PREFACE. 



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A WORD more I muft add about the 



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American Fauna and Flora, which I 



mifed in my propofals. The author* 

 who, '" a Far as I know, is ftill living, 

 has not yet finiftied this work ; thefe 

 three volumes contain all that he has hi- 

 therto published relative to America ; the 

 journal of a whole year's travelling, and 

 efpecially his expedition to the Iroquefe y 

 and fort Niagara, are ftill to come; which, 

 as foon as they appear, if Providence fpares 

 my life and health, and if my fituation 

 allows of it, I will tranflateinto EnghJJj; and 

 there are fome hopes of obtaining the 

 original from the author. He likewife 

 often promifes, in the courfe of this work, 

 to publiflva great Latin work, concerning 

 the animals and plants of North- America, 

 as far as he went through it ; which would 

 certain^ htefce the fmall catalogue I could 

 make, MfilR?")b is likewife probable that 

 the defcription of the animal kingdom 

 will fall to the fhare of an abler pen than 



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I HERE take tiie opportunity of rrfurn^ 

 in^ my humble thanks to my friends, 



who 



