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pied with the fufFering's of the road, or the end he had ia view, 
to be at leifure to attend to its detail. 
The names of places fo obtained and pofitions fo adjufted, | 
It has been thought proper to diftinguifh by dotted letters, with 
a view to denote hefitation and uncertainty. The part with 
which he was himfelf more particularly acquainted, or which 
was fufficiently fupported by the authority of former maps, is 
marked with ordinary letters. The writer's own route is pointed 
out by a green line, the reported routes by a fmgle engraved 
line, without colour. 
The lol^ already mentioned of a large portion of his detached 
papers, has efFedlually deprived him of the power of prefenting 
the chart of the route with all that exa6tnefs and minute detail 
which ought invariably to accompany all geographical re- 
fearches. But if he have been compelled to ufe the refult of 
his celeftial obfervations, which alone his journal furnifhed, 
without the recapitulation of particulars, he has been careful to 
compare them with the bearings which fortunately were moft 
of them preferved, without venturing to force the latter to the 
former : e. g. the refult of his obfervation, as he found it 
briefly noted, would have brought Charje and Miighes feveral 
miles farther Eaft ; but having found the diftance and bearings 
exadlly accord with this pofition with refpedTi: to AJfiut^ he has 
preferred it to the attempt of fixing the pofition of thofe places, 
by obfervation of which he was unable to give adequate proof 
of the accuracy. 
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