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land birds. Second, Of birds which wade or 

 frequent watering places ; and Third, Of water 

 fowl, or such as are web-footed and swim." 



The Seventh Book is also divided into three 



chapters. 



1. Of the larger quadrupeds, that are whole 



and cloven footed. 



2. Of quadrupeds which are oviparous, or lay 



eggs. 



3. Of serpents. 



The Eighth and last Book treats Of the stones, 

 earths, sands, minerals," &c. 



There are one hundred and thirty-nine plates 

 to this volume, consisting of plants, insects, shells, 

 fish, and birds ; the two volumes containing two 

 hundred and eighty-five plates, besides the map. 



" To the curious botanist," says Dr Pulteney, 

 it will be observable, that out of eight hundred 

 vegetables described in these volumes, above one 

 hundred are ferns ; and that of the* others, more 

 than two hundred and fifty species are of the 

 arborescent kind. Subsequent voyagers have 

 established it as a fact, that in the warmer and 

 intertropical regions, this latter class constitutes, 

 in a general way, the third part of the vegetable 

 productions of nature. Abundantly the reverse 

 of this takes place in temperate and cold climates." 

 " In these volumes, Sir Hans has introduced all 

 his quotations at length, from the books of travels 

 mentioned in the * Catalogue,' to illustrate the 



