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me. I am also greatly indebted to Mr. Samuel Stevens 

 (who acted as my agent), both for the care he took of my 

 collections, and for the untiring assiduity with which he 

 kept me supplied, both with useful information, and with 

 whatever necessaries I required. 



I trust that these, and all other friends who have been 

 in any way interested in my travels and collections, may 

 derive from the perusal of my book, some faint reflexion 

 of the pleasures 1 myself enjoyed amid the scenes 

 and objects it describes. 



