TO 



SIR WILLIAM JARDINE, BARONET, 



OF APPLEGAETH, DUMFEIES-SHIRE, 

 AND TO 



PRIDEAUX JOHN SELBY, ESQUIRE, 



OF TWIZELL-HOUSE, NORTHUMBERLAND, 



WHOSE FRIENDSHIP 

 HE MUST EVER RECKON AMONG THE MOST VALUABLE FRUITS 



OF HIS 



STUDIES IN NATURAL HISTORY, 



f)tJ5 OSUOtfc 

 IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY 



THE AUTHOR, 



