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Dr. sparrman’s Account of 
V. An Account of a Journey into Africa from the Cape 
of Good-Hope, and a Defer ipt ion of a new Species of 
Cuckow. By Dr. Andreas Sparrman, of the Royal Aca- 
demy of Stockholm, in a Letter to Dr. John Reinhold 
Forfter, F. R. S. 
DEAR SIR, 
Gottenburg, 
Sept. 16, 177^ 
Head Dec. 19, TO EING returned to my native country 
J _3 after an abfence of five years from it, 
I will endeavour to give you a fhort account of my expe- 
dition into Africa, which I undertook foon after parting 
with you at the Cape of Good-Hope. The voyage round 
the world, of which I fhared the perils and pleafures 
with you, had only made me more eager to continue my 
rambles in quell of new difeoveries. I fet out therefore 
from the neighbourhood of the Cape-town in the be- 
ginning of Auguft 1772b with no other company than 
the fon of the Dutch lieutenant emelman, who had 
formerly accompanied my learned friend Dr. thunberg 
on a fimilar journey, and fome Hottentots who took care 
of my oxen. 
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