Keith, George. An Account of Mackenzie River (Letters to Roderick Mackenzie), 1807-1817. An electronic transcription. MFTP #0033
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Mackenzie's River Dept
21st Jany 1811.
Roderic McKenzie Esq.
Dear Sir,
I had the pleasure of receiving your kind and agreeable letter of the 15th May 1810, last fall. My last letter which I had the satisfaction of addressing to you in the course of last winter, will have informed you of my fruitless researches after any thing that might be worthy of transmitting to you for the proposed Publication. I am sorry to say that I have been equally unsuccessful since that time. I am conscious, you will impute this barrenness, partly to delicacy and the want of Taste. This must be admitted; but these are in some measure the defections of Nature, which I cannot remedy; and upon this consideration I am persuaded you will not think that my endeavours
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