vi DEDICATION. 



To Your MAJESTY, as the Founder and 

 Patron of the Society, they, of right, fhould 

 be prefented. 



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IF they fhall be found worthy of the ap- 

 probation of a MONARCH, who has diftin- 

 guifhed His Reign by the utility of His In- 

 ftitutions for improving the elegant Arts, 

 as well as by the fplendour and fiiccefs of 

 His undertakings to extend the knowledge 

 of Nature, The Royal Society of Edin- 

 burgh may hope to occupy a refpeclable 

 place among thofe Bodies of learned Men, 

 who, by their united efforts, have contri- 

 buted, 



