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The Introduction tothe Second Volume. 
Fig.2: Shews a Part of a floating Piece of Timber, or 
drift Wood befet with Bernacle Shells, or Conche Anatifere 
growing to it, mentioned p. 346 of this Volume. 
Tab: XI... Shews fome Shells I had from the Streights of 
Magellan, the Coaft of Chili and the Tzerra del Fuego, a 
mongft the refta {mall black Trochus, which being ftrung by 
the Natives on Fifh Guts, or Nerves, and worn as Bracelets 
and Necklaces, come to an extraordinary fine Colour, even 
beyond that of ‘the fineft Oriental Pearl. I thoughtto have 
given a farther Account of this: Voyage to the Streights of 
Magellan,.and the South-Sea,. and of natural Things: from 
‘thefe Places, but muft leave them for another Opportunity: 
Tt will'-be proper in this Place to take Notice of fome 
Objeftions, that: may have been: made againft my. former 
Volume, and fuch as I find fault with myfelf therein, sand 
inthis... In the firft gs <i many of the 
Figures were taken from dried Plants;"and that both the 
Perfon ‘who faftened them into the Books, he who defign’d 
thern afterwards, and the Engravers have committed feveral 
Miftakes.. I had obferv’d: Books of Natural Hiftory and 
‘Voyages to’be fo fill’d with Figures of Natural ProduGtions 
made from relations by word of Mouth and Memory, that I 
was perhaps too nice in not correcting what was amifs, my 
‘Reafon being, thatif there were any Slips of that kind in the 
Prints,’ they were eafily to be mended, by perufing their 
Defcriptions, where if any of the Leaves had dropt off, or been 
neglected by the feveral Workmen, as for example, in 
being by fuch means placed alternatively, inftead of being 
fet oppofite to one another on the Stalk, fuch Error. is fet 
to rights. ‘This is fo true, that I do not find any Body, who 
minds thofe Things in Sfamaica, ever mifs’d by my Defcrip- 
tion and Figures, to find the Plants I meant, as may appear 
by what follows. Mr. Barbam above-mentioned, an ingenious 
Phyfician in Sfamaica, amongft many other curious and ufeful 
Obfervations he fent tome by Letters and ina Manufcript,call’d 
Hortus Americanus, which I hope he will publifh, many of 
which 
