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to arrest a fine flow of health, saving a quartan ague, which 

 did not tarry, but tied as suddenly as it appeared. 



And now I take leave of thee, kind and gentle reader. 

 The new mode of preserving birds, heretofore promised 

 thee, shall not be forgotten. The plan is already formed in 

 imagination, and can be penned down during the passage 

 across the Atlantic. If the few remarks in these Wander- 

 ings shall have any weight in inciting thee to sally forth 

 and explore the vast and well-stored regions of Demerara, 

 I have gained my end. Adieu. 



Chaeles Waterton. 



April 6, 1817. 



