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VOYAGE 



TO..TH E 



SOUTH-SEA 



4 



Kit 



HE*Stru<fturfc of the Univerfe, which 

 is naturally the Object of our Admira- 

 tion, has ever alfo been the Subject of 

 my Curiofity: From my very Infancy 

 I took tfce greateft Pleafure in all fuch 

 Things as could advance me in the 

 Knowledge of it* Globes, Charts, and 

 Books of Travels were my Angular Delight : I was 

 fcarce capable of obferving Things by myfelf, when 

 I undertook a Journey into Italy: The Pretence of 

 ftudying afterwards ferv'd me to travel through fome 

 Paxt of Frances but being at length fixM, by the Employ- 

 ment I have had the Honour to obtain in the King's Ser- 

 vice^ I thought there was no more Expectation of in- 

 dulging my Inclination to travel, when his Majefty was 

 pleas' d to permit me to lay hold of the Opportunity that 

 then offer'd, of feeing Chili and Peru. 



I embark' d at S. malo y in the Quality of an Officer^ 

 aboard a Ship of 3$ Guns, 350 Tons Burden 3 and 135 



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