l'KEPACE. VU 



It is with muck pleasure- the Author acknowledges his 

 obligations to gentlemen in different and remote parts of tke 

 United Kingdom, and even beyond them, for the assistance 

 they have rendered him in the course of the work no* 

 introduced to tke British public; and to several of tkese Ins 

 tkanks are tke more especially due as tkeir communications, 

 whether of examples or information, kave been altogether 

 unsolicited. From tke remotest parts of tke Shetland Islands, 

 and from Scilly, with tke north and middle portions of 

 Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, contributions kave been received; 

 a large proportion of wkick at least can only be ascribed to a 

 love of science, but of wkick tke particulars are not now 

 given, as it was tkougkt more satisfactory to refer to each in 

 those parts of our work where tke particular subject kas been 

 under consideration. 



Of bis readers tken, for tke present, tke autkor takes his 

 leave in tke words of tke ancient Roman dramatists— "Vos 

 valete;" and if tkeir approbation kas been obtained— «et 

 plaudite!" 



