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made : and it is to be lamented, that in every Latin edi- 

 tion, and by every fuccccding writer, thefe highly ex- 

 ceptionable idioms are preftfytd. While the defcrip- 

 tive language of natural hiftory is poHfhin^' down to al- 

 moft mathematical precifion, furely it is defirable that a 

 revifion be made of this department^ and fitter tcrn;s 

 adopted. 



To this fyflem may be juftly applied the nervous 

 obfervation of Dr Jcihnfon, in his delineation of the 

 chara6ler of Shakefpeare. ** The flream of time, 

 which iF continually wafhing away the diflbluble fabrics 

 of other fyftems, pafTes without injury by the aoamant 

 oi Linne." 



