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“ proves erroneous. They would not, in fact, venture a single 
" assertion beyond what they could affirm to have seen and 
“ investigated by their own observations. In so doing they 
“ acted in accordance with the wishes of the projector, Don 
“ Joseph de Garay, who conceived the undertaking with the 
“ grandeur it deserved, nor would they otherwise have accept- 
“ ted the trust with which they were honoured. 
“ The public, to whom this report is addressed, may there- 
“ fore trust the correctness and fidelity of the assertions which 
“ it contains, ascribing only to inefficiency whatever errors of 
“ calculation may have been committed, but by no means to a 
“ want of zeal and conscientious diligence on the part of the 
“ Commissioners. 
