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On behalf of my comrades and on mv Own account 1 beg to express our 
heartfelt gratitude to the Swedish Government, the Diet, the supporters of the 
Expedition, to all our collaborators, and to the Publishers of the Work. General- 
stabens Litografiska Anstalt, and Mr. Axel Lagrelius. 
Otto NordenskjOi .i >. 
