PREFACE 
TO 
PART THE FIRST. 
In presenting the First Part of his Travels 
to the Public, the author is desirous to explain 
the general extent of his undertaking 
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His design is, to complete, in three separate 
Parts, a series of Travels, in Europe, Asia, 
and Africa; so that each portion, consisting of 
one, or more, volumes, may constitute a survey 
of some particular region. ‘ Thus, for example, 
the Part now published, relates to Travels in 
Russia, Takary, and Turkey ; a Second Part 
may include the observations collected in Greece, 
bgypt> and Palestine; and, finally, a Third 
Part, those objects which were presented in 
■Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Lapland, and Finland. 
Put, in order to accomplish so extensive an 
undertaking, some indulgence is required to 
the manner of its execution ; some credit for a 
better disposition towards his fellow-creatures, 
than the author s severe penance in Russia may 
eem *° have excited. It is not so generally 
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