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written the (general lack of) preserva- tion of East African Swahili manuscripts provided high loss rates of round –90% per century. Such a value of a loss rate means it will be very diffi cult to get a reliable picture of anything older than a few centuries in tropical areas.72 With such high loss
my Brother Will1 1. Lister indicated in his notebook this letter was sent in a packet with other pieces of cor- respondence to his friends Mr. Sharpe and John Peck. 50 Lister to Sharpe 0022 0022 Martin Lister to [Thomas] Sharpe Bordeaux, France, 13 November/23 November 1663 Source: Bodl. ms