PREFACE. vii 



A WORD more I mud add about the 

 American Fauna and Florae which I pro- 

 mifed in my propofals. The author, 

 who, as far as I know, Is flill living, 

 has not yet finifhed this work ; thefe 

 three volumes contain all that he has hi- 

 therto publifhed relative to Ame7-ica ; the 

 journal of a whole year's travelling, and 

 efpecially his expedition to the Iroquefe^ 

 and fort Niagara, are ftill to comej which, 

 as foon as they appear, if Providence fpares 

 my life and health, and if my fituation 

 allows of it, I will tranflateinto EngUpy, and 

 there are fome hopes of obtaining the 

 original from the author. He like wife 

 often promifes, in the courfe of this work, 

 to publifh a great Lati7i work, concerning 

 the animals and plants of North- Anierica, 

 as far as he went through it ; which would 

 certainly make the fmall catalogue I could 

 make, ufelefs. It is likewife probable that 

 the defcription of the animal kingdom 

 will fall to the fhare of an abler pen than 

 mine. 



I HERE take the opportunity of return- 

 irg my humble thanks to my friends, 



who 



