vi Preface. 



Christian Neighbourhood for tJic advantage of Trade. But 

 not to amuse the Reader any longer iritJi Encomiums on 

 Carolina, / refer them to my Description of that Country, 

 and it's Inhabitants, which they will find in the following 

 I^atural History, in which I have been very exact; and for 

 Methods sake, have ranged each Species of Animals, Vege- 

 tables, etc. under distinct and proper Heads. 



A Collectio7i of the Natural Curiosities of this spacious 

 part of the ^Vorld, ivill, I hope, not only give Satisfaction 

 and Pleasure to each Reader, but likewise Profit, to all that 

 are inclined to live in those Parts. 



If these my Endeavours meet with this good success, I 

 am thoroughly satisfied, having nothing more at Heart than 

 to be in any Degree serviseable to the Publick ; this being 

 the principal Motive that induced me to undertake any M^ork 

 of this Nature, {the Task being not only Laborious but Dif- 

 ficult) dnd not out of any Praise I expected from it. 



To conclude. Whatever Defects may be found in this 

 Undertaking, we hope in time they will be supplied by the 

 Labours and Industry of such as shall come after; and this 

 we are made to expect chiefly from those of our own Nation; 

 and that their laudable Attempts may meet with just En- 

 couragement, shall be my constant Wish and Desire. 



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