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after the death of his son, it was remarked that these 

 papers at least ought to have been retained in Sweden 

 as a national property, the journey which they record 

 having been undertaken at the public expense, and the 

 objects illustrated thereby being necessarily more im- 

 portant to the author's countrymen than to any other 

 people.' 



