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PREFACE 



O F 



Mr. O S B E C K. 



IN the year 1750 I was chofen by the 

 Swedijh Eajl India company, to perform 

 the functions of a chaplain to a fhip going 

 to the Eajl Indies ; that is, to read prayers in 

 the morning and evening, to confefs the peo- 

 ple, to adminifter the Lord's fupper, to cate- 

 chife, to vifit the fick, to bury the dead, and 

 to preach on Sundays and Holidays. 



So tedious a voyage required fome amufe- 



ment : during all intermiffions from our ordi- 



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