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PREFACE.

ſeeing that by theſe Means the old ruined Places might anew be provided with Colonies and Inhabitants; which would prove no ſmall Advantage to the King and his Dominions. This my well-meant Project, that God in his Mercy will advance and promote, to the Honour of his moſt holy Name, and the enlightening and ſaving of theſe poor Souls, is the ſincere Deſire of,


Hans Egede.
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