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CONTENTS 



OP THE 



FIRST VOLUME. 



1 HE Translator's Preface - - Page xv 

 Introduction -------- xxvii 



List of the Plates --xl 



Index of the Articles of Natural Hijtory, which oc- 

 cur in this work, containing their Linnaan, or 

 other fcientific name, with the correfponding Eng* 

 lijh or other name by which they are mojl com" 

 monly known ---..- xlvi 



CHAPTER I. 



Departure from Breft. Arrival at Santa Cruz, in 

 the ifland of Teneriffe - Journey to the Peak.* 

 Afailor who was juft drowned is reflored to life. . 

 Some daring thieves fteal his clothes. Two 

 naturaliflsfeized with a f pit ting of blood, which 

 prevents them from afc ending to the fumntit of 

 the Peak. Enghjh fhips in the road of Santa 

 Cruz.^- Different refults of obfervations made 

 a 4 for 



