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learned men, seems not yet to be perfectly known. I am, with all possible consideration and esteem,
SIR,
Your much obliged,
and most obedient servant,
Christ-Church, Oxon.
Aug. 22, 1764.
LIV. Extract of a Letter from Mr. John Horsley, Fourth Mate on board the Glatton East-India Ship, to the Rev. Mr. Nevil Maskelyne, F. R. S. dated Batavia, Nov. 16, 1763, giving an Account of his Observations, at Sea, for finding out the Longitude by the Moon.
Dear Sir;
Read Dec. 13,
1764.
YOU was so good as to express a desire of hearing from me, by every opportunity, during the time of my voyage; a request that I shall always comply with, with a great deal of pleasure. I have the misfortune to inform you of our having lost our passage to China, the original occasion of which was our late departure from England. We
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