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unless some accident of Authors chusing to have papers back to revise I cannot Guess I shall not doubt however if such accident gives me an opportunity to push it forward
I am sorry that Mr. Jacquin is so angry that I have not yet fulfilld my Promise of sending him Ams & curiosities from the South Sea the reason I have not yet done it is that in order to give preference to the British Museum who engagd to fit up a room for the sole purpose of receiving such things I long ago sent all mine down there consisting of several Cart Loads delays & [indecipherable] I suppose on the parts of officers & workmen have prevented their execution of the plan being yet [indecipherable] also it is the major part of my things will then put me back again