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REPLY1851

HISTOIRE DES SÉVARAMBES

By F. R. A.

I am not sufficiently familiar with Vossius or his works to form any opinion as to the accuracy of the conclusion which Mr. Crossley has arrived at. There is at least much obscurity in the matter, to which I have long paid some little attention. My Copy is entitled,— "The History of the Sevarambians: A People of the South continent. In *Five* Parts. Containing an Account of the Government, &c. Translated from the Memoirs of Capt. *Siden*, who lived fifteen years amongst them. Lond. 1738." (8vo. pp. xxiii. and 412.) I have given this to show how it differs from that spoken of by Mr. C. as being…

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