46 MEMOIR OF 



Disease.^ Trade, &c. of that place, with some 

 Relations concerning the neighbouring continent 

 and islands of America. Illustrated with the 

 Figures of the Things described, which have not 

 been heretofore engraved. By Hans Sloane, 

 M.D. Fellow of the College of Physicians, and 

 Secretary of the Royal Society. Vol. I. ' Many 

 shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be 

 increased,' Dan. xii. 4. London : printed by B.M. 

 for the Author, 1707." 



It is dedicated to Queen Anne in the following 

 terms : * 



TO HER MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, 



THE QUEEN, 



THIS 



NATURAL HISTORY OF JAMAICA, 



ONE OP 



THE LARGEST AND MOST CONSIDERABLE 

 OP 



HER MAJESTY'S PLANTATIONS 



IN 

 AMERICA, 



IS, WITH ALL HUMILITY, DEDICATED, 

 BY 



HER MAJESTY'S MOST DUTIFUL AND 



MOST OBEDIENT SUBJECT, 



HANS SLOANE. 



The introduction, consisting of one hundred 

 and fifty-four pages, contains a general account 

 of the West Indies, their discovery, climate, 



