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this kind ; but their indolence y or want of inclination, prevents them 



Juch as have already 



from communicating their obfervations ; 

 wrote upon thefubjeB, feem to have endeavoured to render it rather the 

 Jludy of a mans life, than the amufement of a few leifure hours, for 

 which alone I would prop of e it. This accejfary piece made it now ne- 

 ceffary to divide this Book into two diJlinSl Chapters : the firfl of thefe 

 comprehends the whole of this new method ; and in the fecond we give 

 a particular account of the native Fojjils of Jamaica, with remarks on 

 fome of the mofl ufeful Species. 





Et itum eft in *vifcera terra, 

 Quafque r e con di derate Jlygiifque admoverat umbris, 



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