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PREFACE, 



BY THE EDITOR. 



Having prepared the following work for the 

 press, I have a few things to say respecting it, 

 and the part in regard to it, which I have per- 

 formed. 



The authour of these Voyages and Travels, 

 had no thought, while in the N. W. Country, of 

 making publick his Journal. It was commenced 

 and continued, partly for his own amusement, and 

 partly to gratify his friends, who, he thought, 

 would be pleased to be informed, with some par- 

 ticularity, on his return, how his time had been 

 employed, during his absence. When he return- 

 ed to civilized society, he found that curiosity was 

 awake, in regard to the state of the country which 



