'Give my kindest love to Lady Clanricarde and if she wants Turkey carpets, shawls, &c. &c. now is the time. Affectionate love to all. I wish Hy. was with me, I think if he would read as he travelled he would make good use of his time.
'Your affectionate son,
'C.Y.'
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H.M.S. 'TRIBUNE,'
In the Channel off Corfu, on the coast of Epirus:
July 16, 1824.
'MY DEAREST FATHER,
'I am here with G—- under sail and about to eat the gouty old
Commodore's dinner, Alacrity in company. We start together for Zante,
Cephalonia, Cerigo, &c. though I leave him to take command in the
Archipelago.
'He is, as you well know, all that a kind and affectionate friend can be. I wrote you a few days ago a very short letter and one that I know you will abuse much when you receive it, but I promise a long one when I am in for the Station and business that will naturally occur therefrom. I have already one affair in hand with a Greek corvette for plunder which will be acted on by me in a burning manner, for these fellows require it.