Letter from Rear-Adm. Sir Samuel Hood to General Jacob de Budé expressing concern at the delay in the sailing of the British fleet and suspicions that something may be amiss, quoting a letter to him from Lord Keppel of 29 April recommending Adm. Pigot but disparaging it, remarking that Pigot had never previously commanded a squadron and would therefore require advice and assistance from all his able officers.
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I suppose our late or present chief has delayed the Pacquet, she was undersail this morning but droped her anchor again, which gives me an opportunity of sending you a few lines more I have expected to sail morning after morning but am still here without orders—I wish the unnecessary delay of His Majesty’s fleet, in not following the Enemy, may not be productive of much evil — I have very openly spoken out my sentiments to both the old & new chief Indeed my dear General I wish much to be home, for having laboured [[underline]] long [[/underline]] and [[underline]] hard [[/underline]] to raise a character, I cannot feel easy to have it sacrificed to [[underline]] inexperience, [[/underline]] which may probably be the case. I have troubled [[catchword]] you [[/catchword]]
