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this country, have been introduced to 

 a number of munificent and worthy 

 friends, whofe acquaintance is both my 

 honour and my happinefs. 

 ■ 

 The fimilitude of our ftudies was 

 what firft recommended me to your no- 

 tice ; but your humanity was engaged to 

 receive me to a nearer intimacy from 

 a circumftance, which too frequently 

 would have been the caufe of neglect : 

 the diftrefles I. labour under affected your 

 heart, and excited you to remove them 

 in a moft tender and benevolent manner. 



Having no other way to exprefs the 

 ftrong impreflions it has made on me, I 

 beg leave to prefix your name to theie 

 Voyages ; and thus publicly to acknow- 

 ledge your great and moft ieafonable fa- 

 vours. But I will fay no more on this 

 fubje& ; well knowing, that thanks are 

 Often lead pleafing where they are moft 

 due. Permit me, however, to offer up 

 the moft iincere and earneft wifhes of a 

 4 . ' - ' grateful 



