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learned men, feems not yet to be perfe&Iy known, 
I am, with all poffible confederation and efteem, 
SIR, 
Your much obliged, 
and mofl obedient fervant, 
Chrift-Church, Oxon. John Swinton. 
Aug. 22, 1764. -J 
LIV. ExtraB of a Letter from Mr . John 
Horfley, Fourth Mate on board the Glattoa 
Eaft-India Ship , to the Rev . Mr . Nevil 
Mafkelyne, F. R. S. dated Batavia, Nov. 
16, 1763, giving an Account of his 
ObfervationSy at Sea y for finding out the 
Longitude by the Moon . 
Dear Sir ; 
Read Dec. 1 3, "CT O U was fo good as to exprefs a 
j 7 6 +* defire of hearing from me, by 
every opportunity, during the time of my voyage j a 
requeft that I fhall always comply with, with a great 
deal of pleafure. 
I have the misfortune to inform you of our having 
lod: our paffage to China, the original occafion of 
which was our late departure from England. We 
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