TO MY BROTHER, 



THOMAS GOSSE, OF BRUTON, 



IN SOMERSETSHIRE, 



MY EARLY COMPANION IN ZOOLOGICAL PURSUITS, 

 THESE VOLUMES ARE INSCRIBED ; 

 IN TESTIMONY OF AN AFFECTION, 



WHICH 



THE LAPSE OF YEARS 



SERVES BUT TO STRENGTHEN AND 



INCREASE. 



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