T O 



Sir JOSEPH BANKS, Bart. 



PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, &c. &c. &c. 



THE LIBERAL PATRON OF SCIENCE, AND THE ENLIGHTENED CULTIVATOR OF 



NATURAL KNOWLEDGE 



THESE SHEETS, CONTAINING A CONSIDERABLE PART OF THE OBSERVATIONS 

 AND DISCOVERIES IN NATURAL HISTORY, OF THE LATE 



JOHN ELLIS, Esq, F. R. S. 



ARE, WITH THE STRICTEST PROPRIETY, AND THE MOST PROFOUND RESPECT, 



INSCRIBED BY 



HIS MOST OBEDIENT 



AND MUCH OBLIGED SERVANT, 



THE DAUGHTER OF THE AUTHOR, 



MARTHA WAT To 



