1793* of captai?! Bluings. 45 



the notes he had made in uis travels, on the subject of 

 flieep, the moment your correspondent signified an 

 intention to write this paper ; and has since repiew- 

 ed the whole, to see if his meaning had been siezed 

 in every part, and the result of his observations 

 faithfully given. 



The only part your correspondent can then 

 claim, is that of having given the sense of the origi- 

 nal author in Englifh, to the best of his power ; and 

 to have taken the liberty of explaining what he took' 

 to be his meaning, whenever such illustration was 

 necefsary, and the text too laconic for the purpose 

 of the society ; as Dr Pallas wrote for the learned 

 alone in the dead language he employed, and the 

 author of this paper for the public in general. 

 However my learned friend having given his sanc- 

 tion to the whole, by reading it over at the particular 

 desire of your correspondent, and making occasion- 

 ally a remark, has of course adopted the paper, and 

 .thereby rendered it much more worthy of the at- 

 tention of the society. 



To he continued. . 



NEWS FROM CAPTAIN BILLINGS. 



Continued from />• 1 7. 



Curiosities \3c. sent by captain Billings from th( 



Atule islands^ and the continent of America. 

 Happening to be with Dr Pallas, when several 

 cases arrived from captain Billings, containing dif- 

 ferent things collected in liis voyages, we recollect 

 Laving seen the following articles unpacked* 



