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ferent branches of the profeffion ; particularlarly, that of Natural 



Hijlory, which feemed the moji intricate, and of the largefi fcop 

 that, from the knowledge of which alone y they were likely in time to obtain 

 a ?nore competent knowledge of the proper medicines to be ufed on every oc- 



But notwit hjl anding the labours of many learned men y 



this 



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?f literature had continued for a long time in confufit 



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ther through the inaccuracy of the Antients y whofe defcript 



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cated but very faint refemblances ; or the Rabies of fyjlematical 



i?tto which the Authors of later ages had given without re- 

 Thefe have however, gradually improved the defc7~iptt 





ented the number of materials ; and Tournefort 



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and the 



accurate Linneus, have at length reformed the whole, and 'brought 

 the method of Jiudying Natural Hiftory, almojl to a perfeSl Jlandard : 

 But though the labours of thofe great men, have now rendered this Jludy 



ch more agreeable, and 



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than it has been hitherto 



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want many improvements, which a compleat a?id correal collection 

 r the fever al productions of the different parts of the world, with 

 an account 



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the particular 

 alone afford us 



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they may be fever ally puf to 



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ndeed is a difficult tajk, and not 



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to be obtained without the labours of many peopL 

 willing to oblige mankind with their remarks and obfervations ; and from 

 fuch alone, (made with caution in the different regions, and among the dif- 

 ferent nations of the earth) can we hope for any thing like per feci 

 this part of Natural Knowledge. 



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Thefe motives, have of late years, induced many gentlemen to employ 



their vacant hours, m making collection 



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and obfervations 



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natural productions as they could more eafily come at, either at home 

 abroad, nor can any undertaking be 



fuch 



cial to 



laudable 



mankind , or more pleafing to a mind of a natural turn. What Jludy 

 can be fo agreeable to a rational being f or what can raife our admira 



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blige us to contemplate the power and wifdom of the Almighty ', 

 fo much as to obferve the means by which fuch a variety of beings of every 

 kind, is produced with unwearied order and regularity? View but the globe 

 on which you live, and obferve how many different climates, and king- 



each inhabited by Animals peculiar to itfelf / what a variety 

 mountains and vales ! each flowered and adorned with its peculiar p 



dutlions ! how different even 



owels of the earth, pregnant with 



d minerals of various forts ! all fuited and adapted to their na 



tive 



bed. 



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be convemencies 



with which thefe lajl fubfl, 



mces alone, 

 doth Jurnijh mankind, would be a Jufficient inducement to engage a Na- 



lift in a difquiftion of their primary ft ate andproduclions; but when 



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