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to press, many inaccuracies, which a fo- 

 reigner could scarcely avoid, might have 

 been corrected by a native Swede, a man 

 too so supremely accurate, and so conver- 

 sant with every part of the subject. But 

 this the various and unremitting employ- 

 ments of my deceased friend rendered im- 

 practicable, and I could only take advan- 

 tage of what he had it in his power to be- 

 stow, in casual conversations, or in answer 

 to the questions I was now and then obliged 

 to ask him, such as he was ever ready, on 

 all occasions, to satisfy, because, to use his 

 own words, he knew they were " likely to 

 be of use/' 



The following remarks of Dr. Wahlen- 

 berg display a singular acuteness of obser- 

 vation. They are a complete picture, 

 drawn by a masterly hand, not only to 

 the adept in Natural History, but to every 

 one who has the least taste for beholding 

 the fcice of Nature, under its most striking 

 and unusual aspects. The able author is, 

 as yet, but slightly known to English read- 



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