34 ROBER2 POCOCK. 



Also 

 The Specific Names 



of every 



Animate and Inanimate Production of Nature 

 found in and about 



Great Britain. 



By E. Pocock, Author of the Tufton Family, 



History of Gravesend, Margate Water Companion, &c. 



Gravesend : Printed by R. Pocock. 



1809. 



He wrote a preface to this work as follows : 



"The foundation work of this Natural History of 

 Kent is adopted from Dr. Turton's octavo edition of 

 Linne. His method, and systematic order, is followed 

 (because better cannot be found), but the merit and use- 

 fulness of that publication is not lessened, as no article 

 is stolen or copied therefrom (which is too often 

 practised), but overlooked or new information is 

 added, whereby this may rank 1st as a continuation of 

 that excellent universal collection, 2nd as an extra 

 volume to Mr. Hasted's octavo edition of ' ' Kent/' and 

 3rd as an original work. 



" It is not presumed or expected a volume of this 

 nature can be perfect (for much is yet left to be 

 known and done) ; yet the candour of the public is 

 claimed for all deficiencies, especially when it is con- 

 sidered that the labour of this first systematically 

 arranged natural history of a county is greater than 

 superintending twenty future editions. 



" Much difficulty occurred at the beginning. It was 

 once thought the best way to give the produce of each 

 parish under its head, but repetitions of articles would 

 have extended the work to an enormous size, to avoid 



