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community^ his irade^ his wealth and ajfl* 



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ed and carried on with the productions of this clafs. How nc 

 tural mujl it then be for the inquijitive part of mankind, to fearch inu 

 and endeavour to explore, the nature and Jituation of a clafs of beings, 

 that furnifhes fo many materials to fupply both the wants and luxury 



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nhabitants of every part of the earth t 



Thefe inducements have always engaged fome part of mankind in the 

 ftudy as well as culture of plants ; and the informatio?is and materials 



tranfmitted from one colony to another, have been always found to con 



tribute alike towards the improvement of both. From hence we may 

 learn to know the ufe of Natural Hiftories in general, which ferve, not 

 only to inform us of the materials with which different countries abound, 

 but likewife to acquaint us with their ufes and various manufaElures. 



In this part of the Natural Hiftory of Jamaica, I have followed th 



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order and diftribution of Linneus as much 



differed from him in the difpofttion of the more imperfeEl 



poffible 



I have placed, according to a more antient cuft 



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wever, 

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ore 



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was this my only reafon^ for really I think they, info??ie meafure,feem to ap 



proach nearer to mineral fubjl 



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button of them I have been various ; followed Hill fc 



eir 7tature : but in the difl, 



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tly my own fancy, jufl as I thought them to app 



roach 



lius often, a 



near eft to nature. I have given the general charaBers wherever 

 found them new, ■ or but imperfeEl ly reprefented before ; and have ad- 



ded thefynonima out of the moft noted and approved authors ; / have aljl 



a Jhort defer iption of moft of the fp 



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culture , and manufactures of fuch as were found of any 

 known fervice. 



d adjoined the ufe 



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