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PREFACE. 
tained a degree of tranquillity which would permit an ab¬ 
sence of a year or eighteen months, without a fear on my 
part that I should fail in any of ^ny engagements. His 
majesty, the King of tfie Netherlands, whom I have the 
honour to serve, not only allowed me the requisite time, 
but also granted me a passage in the Pallas, a royal sloop 
of war, commanded by Captain-Lieutenant Ryk, a gal¬ 
lant, highly-esteemed, and experienced seaman. 
Under which order of travellers I am to be ranked, ac¬ 
cording to poor Yorick’s classification, is submitted to the 
decision of the kind reader. 
BERNHARD, 
Duke of Saxe- Weimar . 
Ghent, May 20, 1827. 
