These £40 I had mustered together by the assistance of some of my relations whom I corresponded with; and who, I believe, got my father, or at least my mother, to contribute so much as that to my first adventure.
Deze 40 [£] Sterl. had ik bijeengebragt door behulp van eenige mijner bloedverwanten, waarmede ik briefwisseling hield en die, geloof ik, mijn vader, of althans mijne moeder, overgehaald hadden mij die som af te staan.