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remedy ; and the priests of ancient religions, as an 

 object acceptable to the gods. 



After this rapid sketch of Polypidomean history, 

 it may be easy to comprehend how bounded is our in- 

 formation in this department of nature : the most that 

 we do know, is nothing in comparison to what we do 

 not know. It is therefore to draw the attention of 

 intelligent men to these new objects of Natural His- 

 tory that 1 have been induced to publish this work, 

 in which I have endeavoured to unite the remarks of 

 my predecessors, and to augment the domain of 

 science by some new observations of my own. 



J. V. F, Lamouroux. 



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