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culatcd to oratify tlic lovers of topo- 

 graphical studies, it was thought that 

 its entire ouiissiou would be no loss to 

 the work, considered as a publication 

 in Natural History. Its place is occu- 

 ])ie(l by the Nafurnlist's Calendar <nid 

 Miscellaneous Observations, which ap- 

 peared in a separate volume since the 

 Author's decease, extracted from his 

 papers by Dii. Aikin. Thatgentleman 

 has likewise niadc some farther selec- 

 tions from the papers, which are now 

 all in my possession ; and has under- 

 taken the revision and arrangement of 

 tlu^ ^\ hole. A very valuable addition 

 to the Calendar and Observations has 

 been obtained fiom the kindness of 

 AViLLiAM Makkmick, Es(p F.L.S. 

 well known as an accurate observer of 

 nature ; whose parallel calendar, kept 

 in tlie county of Sussex, is given upon 

 the opposite columns. 



The Editor Hatters himself, that the 

 publication in its present form will 

 prove an acceptable addition to the li- 

 brary of the naturalist; and will, in 



