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TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. 



"hand, his successor in office (Kreander) has promised 

 " immediately to place in the hands of the public." 



This promise was never fulfilled. Professor Kreander 

 obtained possession of the manuscript of the subsequent 

 parts under the will, but was prevented by his early 

 death from publishing them. Previously to the lament- 

 able fire of 1827 they were preserved in the library at 

 Abo. 



TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. 



Of the now exceedingly rare 

 three volumes, not much more 

 than one-half relates to America. 

 The first 137J pp. of Tom, I. 

 bring up the account to Kalm's 

 departure from Gromstad for 

 England. 



The wonderful account of 

 England occupies from p. 138 in 

 Tom. I. to p. in in Tom. II. — in 

 all 458 pp. 8vo. The American portion was translated into 

 English last century by John Reinhold Forster, but the 



