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21 Eccleston Square
S.W.

24 Jan 1883

Dear Sir

The translation of Tasman's voyage by the Rev'd C. G. Woide was made in 1776, and was always kept with the original, on a shelf in Sir Joseph Banks's library. It was printed in Barney's collection of voyages. I do not know how the manuscript got out of the library of Sir Joseph Banks, but