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entirely from my own resources as I
am not aware of much that [words crossed out] has
been written or said, about the Abori-
ginees from which I could derive,
much advantage, even if I had it
to refer to. And as I have made the
Blacks for more than six years the main
objects of my attention & study, I
fancy I do not presume too much, if
I express chiefly my own opinion & the results
of my experience. You will therefore
bear with me, if my own name
& personal efforts are now & then al-
most unavoidably, mixed up with my
statements.

[words crossed out] I shall now proceed to make a
few remarks as to the various questions
which may naturally rise in our minds:
When & how the [words crossed out] original
inhabitants came to this country, when
they came and with and [word crossed out to what other races
they [words crossed out]
bear a resemblance

[r.h. margin]
These sudden
& great changes
often cause
serious colds
& other diseases
under which
they pine
away