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Parkinfon*s or- done by Others, an accurate, p:eological, and chemical view 

 game remains, ^p ^^^ ^^^^ ^p^^^ which fcientific conclufions or deda61ion!4 

 may be grounded, and above all, an ardent curiofity, with 

 adequate leifure and means to become acquainted with the 

 fpecimens themfelves: — And, after this preface, I muft add, 

 that fortunately for the advancetnent of this brancli of know- 

 ledge, the author of the prefent work, has amply vindicated 

 hisciaim to thefe requifites. 



The work is written in the form of letters, and enlivened 

 by an adoption of the ftyle and fome of the incidents of a 

 traveller. Much of ufeful fcience and clear explanations of 

 the fubje6l are to be found in tlie pages of this volume. The 

 abridgements from other authors are full, and the quotations 

 always given with the volume and page, which I mention 

 more readily, as a flovenly iiabit of loofe quotation, or not 

 quoting at all, is but too common, even with our wTiters of 

 merit. Nine plates of the fubjeds are given, which do the 

 higheli credit to the defigner and engraver, Springfguth, for 

 their delicacy and beauty, and conliderable pains have been 

 taken in colouring them. The frontispiece, reprefenting the 

 Ark upon Mount Ararat, dellgned by Cotbould, is happy and 

 appropriate; though the artill has taken a pi6lorial licence to 

 reprefent the fun and the rainbow nearly on the fame azimuth, 

 for which neither opticians nor correal obfervcrs will be dif- 

 pofed t» excufe him. 



The volume yet to be publiHied will contain the animal king- 

 dom; a fubjecl perhaps ftill more attractive than the vegeta- 

 ble. In the remains of extind vegetables, we appear to con- 

 template the phyfical economy of a world long ago obliter- 

 ated ; but in thofe of animals, we feem to behold fomething 

 that gives a glimpfe into the moral relations of thofe beings of 

 palt ages who exifted upon its furface. 



