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TO 

 THE RIGHT HONOURABLE 



SIR JOSEPH BANKS, BARONET, 



f's MOST I 

 COUNCIL, 



KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF THE BATH, 



PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, ETC. 



WHOSE UNRIVALLED LIBRARY AND 



PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS 



HAVE FURNISHED MUCH OF THE MOST INTERESTING 

 MATTER THAT IT CONTAINS, 



THE FOLLOWING WORK, 



IN WHICH AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO COPY 



HIS ILLUSTRIOUS EXAMPLE, 



BY POINTING OUT THE CONNEXION THAT EXISTS 

 BETWEEN NATURAL SCIENCE, AND AGRICULTURE, 



AND THE ARTS, 



IS, WITH HIS PERMISSION, 



MOST GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED 



BY HIS MOST OBLIGED 



AND OBEDIENT SERVANTS, 



THE AUTHORS. 



