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could inflrudl the pupils trufted to his care, and 

 before Spain could reap the lead benefit from 

 the fcience of this promiling and able botanifl, 

 and which no doubt it would have enjoyed, had 

 he gone through the intended great tour in 

 South America, 



I conclude with a moll ardent wifh, that Eng- 

 land may never be without difmterefled and pa- 

 triotic men, who for the increafe of ufeful learn- 

 ing and the knowledge of nature, will exert 

 their influence, genius, and wealth, to promote, 

 encourage, and protedl, the inveftigation of na- 

 tural hiftory in the Weft-Indies and America, 

 on the Senegal and Gambia rivers in Africa, 

 and the great and extenfive poflelTions which 

 the Englifli enjoy in the Eaft-lndies, and where- 

 ever their navigation extends. 



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