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thod of putting the different fpe-. 
cies of air to the teft, This kind- 
nefs of that gentleman deferves my. 
public thanks. 
_-‘Inaccuracies in the manner of 
exprefling myfelf will find fome 
_ indulgence in a man born and edu-. 
cated in the Republic of the United 
Provinces, and who was not early 
in life acquainted with the Englifh 
language. 
The AucusT SovEREIGNS, whom 
I have the honour to ferve, conde- 
fcending coe | prolong, a : 
to {pend the prefent aera in 
this ifland, I thought it my duty to. 
apply the time granted me by their 
yoodnefs to an ufeful purpofe, and 
to make all the advantage I could of 
that peculiar ere of health which. 
ras bays 
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