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gers to human civilization in the strange as- 

 semblage of so many various elements, that I 

 would not confine myself to collecting what is 

 found scattered in printed works. I consulted 

 by an active correspondence the respectable 

 and enlightened men, who took an interest in 

 my labors, and rectified the first results I ob- 

 tained. I testify with pleasure my warm gra- 

 titude to Lord Holland, Mr. Charles Ellis, Mr. 

 Wilmot, under- secretary of state in the depart- 

 ment of the colonies, Mr. Allen, General Ma- 

 cauley, Sir Charles Mac-Carthy, late governor 

 of Sierra Leone, Sir James Mackintosh, Mr. 

 Clarkson, Mr. David Hodgson, and Mr. James 

 Cropper of Liverpool. 



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