" Monographers, come from wlipnce they maj-, have, I think, fair pre- 

 tence to challenge some regard and approbation from the lovers of Katnral 

 History ; for as no man can alone investigate all the works of Nature, these 

 partial writers may each in his department be more accurate in their dis- 

 coveries and freer from errors than more general writers, and so by degrees 

 may pave the way to an universal, correct Natural Historj'." 



Gilbert White. 



