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and improved by conilant plagiarifms, from the works of 

 others, pretends in favour of his country and -countrymen, 

 to ileal this into a Swedifli difcovery. He fays that Mr Bran- 

 der has publifhed an account of it in fome Swediih trans- 

 actions, a book I never faw, but that being long importu- 

 ned by his friend Mr Nicander, to give the figure of the ani- 

 mal itfelf to be published, he conflantly rcfufed it. 



Whether this fact is fo or not, I do not pretend to give 

 my opinion : if it is, I cannot but think Mr Brander' s con- 

 duct in both cafes was extremely proper. The creature itfelf 

 palled, by very fair means, from my poffeilion into Mr Bran- 

 der's, who cannot doubt that 1 would have given it to him 

 in preference to Mr Cleveland, if I had known he thought it 

 of the leail confequence ; he was theivas having had the ani- 

 mal by juft means in his pofleillon, as much entitled to de- 

 icribe him as I was .; or as the Turk, the prior pofTeilbr, 

 who gave him to me, had he been capable, andfo inclined. 

 On the other hand, Mr Brander likewife judged very pro- 

 perly in refufing to publifh the drawing at the requeil of 

 Mr Nicander. The drawing was not juflly acquired, as it 

 was obtained by a breach of faith, and feduction of a 

 fervant, which might have coil him his bread. It was con- 

 ducted with a privacy feldom thought necefTary to fair deal- 

 ing, nor was it ever known to me, till the young man be- 

 gan to be dangeroufly iick at Tunis, when he declared it vo» 

 luntarily to me, with a contrition, that might have atoned 

 for a much greater breach of duty. 



Dr Sparman attempts to conceal thefe circumfiances. He 

 fays Mr Brander told him, that I faw this animal at Algiers, 

 and that I employed the fame painter that he did to make 



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