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attempted towards exhibiting a juft idea of this IJland, confidered both 



in a Civil and Natural Light ; except what bears the evident marks <? 

 Imbecility, Inattention, or erroneous Information, 



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and with a mind ftrongly difpofed to the cultivation of Natural Knowledge 

 If aw with regret, how greatly the Hiflory of this If and was neglected 

 a?id determined to lofe no opportunity to inform my f elf of every 

 ticular, that might enable me to give the moft fati s factory Accow. 

 the paft and prefent State of the If and ; and during fever al year s reft- 



our to col- 



the 





t, both 



dence upon the f pot, it was the employ7nent of every leifure 



leEi the moft authentic Materials ft 



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As a Phyfti 



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nature of the Difeafes that appear there, drew my pri?icipal at ten 



tion 



As a Naturalift 



my peculiar 



productions 



rth claime 



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and as a Member of the Community, and a Subject 



of Great Britain, J took the liberty to enquire into the nature of its go 

 vernment, a?id whatever elfe refpecti?tg it, might tend to afford fatisfac 

 tion to mankind in general 







I have not indeed difpofed my obfervations in the order above 



ed : there are more Men than Naturalift 



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d perhaps, more of thefe than 

 have for this reafon followed that order that jeemed the 



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ft natural, and placed, as far as I could, fubje&s akin togeth 

 part which treats of the Civil State of the If and, I ow 



been the moft brief 



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oave 



oe lives 



of the Gt 



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the civil and military 



factions ; and various other particulars, would have made 



per part of fuch a work 



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but 



would take 



large ftjare of my 



time on a fubjeEl to me not fo materially inter efting y and of confe 

 quence, hindered me from purfuing that part to which I found my f elf 

 more equal \ more ftrongly inclined', and in which I thought my refearches 

 more likely to tend to public advantage. The Natural Hiflory is there- 

 fore by much the moft extenfve part ; the productions are both numerous 

 and curious ; and contains great numbers of articles whereof many have 

 been left wholly unnoticed, while others were but imperfectly or inaccu - 

 rately reprefeiited to us. Sir Hans Sloane hath not collected aboz 



f pedes of plants in all h is travels 



Jamaica alon 



id dejcribed about twelve hundred, befides Fojffils 



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Infects, 



have examined 



and other 



mention « 

 ^accurate 



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neverthelefs, to his praife, that his works, inaccw 

 whole, have done both the Author and his Country credi 



tft be owned. 



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-efpecl to the difeafes, the Duty of myprofeffwn\ the uncommon 

 Appearances of many ; the Violence of the fymptoms, and fatal Confe- 



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