TO 



JAMES EDWARD SMITH, M.D. F.R.S. 



PRESIDENT OF THE LlNN^EAN SOCIETY. 



JL Have taken the liberty of pre- 

 senting to you these volumes, which 

 contain an account of a Tour made round 

 a part pf Great Britain, that to every 

 naturalist, is particularly interesting. If 

 they are found of any use as a guide to 

 the treasures in the science, which there 

 so amply abound, one chief end of their 

 writing will be answered. It was in the 

 Jiope of this, that I was principally in- 

 VOL. i, A duced 



