ALLEN'S BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CETACEA AND SIRENIA. 461 



1768. KRASHENINNIKOF, [S. P.] Continued. 



Muller refers to a French edition published in two volumes at Amsterdam in 1770 as having 

 T>een made directly from the Eussian original. Is it other than a reprint of that of 1'Abbo 

 Chappe d' Auteroche ? [305.] 



1769. [BANCROFT, EDWARD.] An | Essay | on the | Natural History | of | Guiana, | 



In South America. | Containing | A Description of many Curious Productions j 

 in the Animal and Vegetable Systems | of that Country. | Together with an 

 Account of | The Religion, Manners, and Customs | of several Tribes of its 

 Indian Inhabitants. | Interspersed with | A Variety of Literary and Medical 

 Observations. | In Several Letters | from | A Gentleman [Edward Bancroft] 

 of the Medical Faculty, | During his Residence in that Country. | | Ad res 

 pulcherrimas ex tenebris ad lucem erutas alieno | labore deducimur. | Seneca, 

 De brevitate vitae, cap. xiv. | | London, | Printed for T. Becket and P. A. 

 De Hondt | in the Strand. MDCCLXIX. 8. 11. 2, pp. i-i v, 1-402, 1. 1. 



Manatee or Sea-Cow, pp. 186-187. Original account. Of this work there is a German edi- 

 tion of same date (see next title), and also a Dutch translation from the English (Utrecht, 

 1782, 8). [306.J 



1769. BANCROFT, E. Naturgeschichte | von | Guiana | in | feud-Amerika. | worinn | 

 von der natiirlichen Beschaffenheit und den vor- | nehmsten Naturproducten 

 des Landes, ingleichen der Re- | ligion, Sitten und Gebrauchen verschiedener 

 Stamme | der wilden Landes-Einwolmer, Nachricht | ertheilet wird. | | 

 In vier Briefen. | Von Eduard Bancroft, Esq. | | Aus dem Englischen. | j 

 Ad res pulcherrimas ex tenebris ad lucem eruras | alieno labore deducimur. 

 Seneca. | | Frankfurt und Leipzig, | bey J. Dodsley und Compagnie, 1769. 

 8. pp. i-x, 1. 1, pp. 1-248. 



Manati oder Meerkuh, pp. 112,113. See last title. [307.] 



1769. FERMIN, P. Description | gene'rale, historique, | ge'ographique et physique | de 

 la | Cokmie de Surinam, | Contenant | Ce qu'il y a de plus Curietix & de plus 

 Remarquable, tou- j chant sa Situation, ses Rivieres, ses Forteresses ; son | 

 Gouvernement & sa Police; avec les mceurs & les usa- j ges des Habitants 

 Naturels du Pa'is, & des Europeans | qui y sont e"tablis; ainsi que des Eclair- 

 cis,sements sur 1'ce- | conomie g6n6rale des Esclaves Negres, sur les Planta- | 

 tions & leurs Produits, les Arbres Fruitiers, les Plan- | tes Me'de'ciuales, & 

 toutes les diverses Especes d'animaux | qu'ou y trouve, &c. | Enrichie de Fi- 

 gures, & d'une Carte | Topographique du Pa'is. | Par | Philippe Fermin, | Doc- 

 teur en M6decine. | Tome Premier [et second]. | [Design.] A Amsterdam, 

 | Chez E. van Harrevelt. | MDCCLXIX. 2 vols. 8. Map and plates. Vol. 

 i, pp. i-xxiv, 1-252, map; vol. ii, 11. 2, pp. 1-352, pll. 3. 



De I'lchthyologie, ou Description des Poissons, vol. ii, chap, xxii, pp. 248-281. Le Marsouin, 

 pp. 250, 251. 



The second volume of this work is largely zoological, but the only passage strictly citable 

 in the present connection is that above given. In the chapter " Des Quadrupedes" (vol. ii, 

 chap, xix, pp. 88-140) are two pages (I. c., pp. 122-124) on the " Veau marin," in which the 

 author evidently describes the Common Seal (Phoca vitulina), in which he says: "Tel est le 

 Veau Marin, qu'on appelle improprement, dans le pays, Zee-Hond ou Zee-Eou." This seems 

 to be a confused reference to the Manatee, or Sea-Cow, and, strangely, the only one in the 

 work. The author also describes "Buffles" (I. c., pp. 9, 90) as inhabitants of the country. 

 These two facts seem to show that the author's zoological matter is not wholly trustworthy. 

 Tet Sabin cites Kich as saying: "One of the best books at the time it was written in regard to 

 the colonies," which, doubtless, in other respects, may be true enough. [308.] 



1769. S., J. A. "Stradavits Reyse ter Walvis-Vangst, rijmsgewijze beschreven door 

 J. A. S. Chirurgijn op het schip Zaandijker Hoop. Antwerpen, P. J. Parys. 

 1769. 4." 



"Curious and rare." Kot seen ; title at second hand. [309.] 



1769-92. " PORTE, DELA. DenieuweReisiger: of Beschryving van de oudeen nieuwe 

 werelt. Uit het Fransch. Te Dordrecht, bij Abr. Blusse en zn. 1769-1792, 

 32 din. gr. 8." 



"De walvischen do walvischvangst, viii, pp. 213-218 enz." 



Not seen; title and reference from Bosgoed, op. cit., p. 246, no. 3545. [310. j 



