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which an alphabetical index of all the parishes in 

 Kent is added, with the pages wherein they are men- 

 tioned : this will prove of great advantage to a 

 parochial historian. 



"GENERAL DISTINCTIONS. 



" The scarcity or plenty of things is remarked by the 

 following words in italic type : 



' ( Most common means what is found in every parish, 

 and daily seen, as horses, nogs, sparrows, &c. 



" Common means what is found in several parishes, 

 but not daily seen, as moles, hawks, &c. 



"Not uncommon means what is found in some 

 parishes, but not so often seen, as otters, badgers, &c. 



" Uncommon means what is found in few parishes, 

 and but seldom seen, as martens, cats, horned owls, 

 soap- wort. 



" Most uncommon means what is rarely met with in 

 the county, or visit the shores, as whales, seals, eagles. 



" Not heard of means has not come to the author's 

 knowledge. 



" Var. means a variety." 



He dedicated this labour to the President and 

 Council of the Royal Society in the following words : 



" Gentlemen, The British nation is greatly indebted 

 to our Sovereign Gracious Family by the incorporation 

 of the Royal Society, which has so often and laudably 

 issued forth rewards for improvement of scientific 

 knowledge, whereby many useful inventions have been 

 brought to perfection and carried into effect, which 

 otherwise would have lain dormant and been lost in 

 oblivion. The encouragement held forth by your 



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