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LETTER III. 



Rio Demerary, 00. 25, 1766, 



Dear Brother, 



AFTER an unavoidable inter- 

 ruption of feveral weeks, I am 

 again at leifure to refume the 

 continuation of my Effay on the Natu- 

 ral Hiftory of this Country, and am, 

 happy in finding by yours of the 5th 

 of September, which I had yefterday, 

 the pleafure of learning that my former 

 Letter has contributed to your enter- 

 tainment. Natural Hiftory, to uncul- 

 tivated minds, has fewer charms than 

 the Hiftory of Human Affairs, which is 

 connected with a furprizing diverfity of 



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