XXII THE TRANSLATOR S PREFACE, 



I think it necefiary to be thus explicit on this 

 point, as I am of opinion that the names of all 

 coafts, iflancls, bays, &c. given by the naviga- 

 tors who firft difcovered them fhould be faith- 

 fully preferved and adhered to, unlefs there is 

 a pofiiliility of obtaining the name afligncd to 

 them by the natives of the country, which 

 fhould undoubtedly be preferred. 



In regard to longitude, I have alfo followed 

 the original, in which it is uniformly reckoned 

 from the meridian of Paris, and after palling it 

 to the eaft, is carried on.eafterly beyond the 

 180th degree, and back to the fame meridian. 

 The reader can eafily reduce it to longitude 

 from Greenwich, by allowing 2 20' for the dif- 

 ference cflabliiried between the two meridians. 



In order to fave the trouble of reference, I 

 have prefixed to this volume an Index of the 

 articles of natural hiftory, which occur in the 

 work, containing their Linnasan or other fei- 

 cntiric name, with the correfponding Englifli 

 or other name by which they arc moft commonly 

 'An, an.; ,te the pages of the volume 



in which they arc mentioned. 



In 



