ALLEN'S BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CETACEA AND SIRENIA. 473 



1782. ST. JOHN [DE CREVECCEUR], J. HECTOR Continued. 



A " New Edition, with an Accurate Index," appeared in 1783, textaally the same as the 

 present. There are also later editions in English (that of 1793 is given infra), and in French, 

 the author himself translating and publishing his "Letters" in that language in 1784 (q. v. ; 

 see, also, under 1787). Also cf. Rich, Bibliotheca Americana Nova, p. 302. [372.] 



1782-84. "BocK, FRIEDR. SAM. Versuch einer wirtschaftl. Natnrgesch. von Ost-u. 

 West-preussen. 5 Bde. Mit Kpfrn. gr. 8. Dessau, 1782-84." 



Not seen; title from Cams and Engelmann. Cited by Donndorff, Zool. Beytr., i, 1792, p. 

 782. [373.] 



1783. "HERMANN, JOA. Tabula affinitatum animalium, per totum aniinalo regnura 



in tribus foliis exposita, olim academico specimine edita, nunc uberiore com- 

 mentario illustrata, cum annotationibus ad historiam naturalem aniinalium 

 augendam fascientibus. 4. Argentorati, 1783." 



Not seen; title from Carus and Engelmann. Cited by Donndorff and others. [374-] 



1783. [LONDON SOCIETY FOR, etc.] [Gun Harpoons.] < Trans. London Soc. for En- 

 cour. Arts, Man., and Com ., i, 1783, pp. 42, 215. 



"Whale-Fishery," p. 42 (announcement of the successful introduction of the gun har- 

 poon). "Gun for throwing Harpoons," p. 215 (prize offered for improvement in its construc- 

 tion). "Harpoon to be thrown by a Gun," p. 215 (prize offered for improvements in its con- 

 struction). These offers, as also a prize for the capture of Whales by use of the harpoon 

 gun. were annually renewed by the society for many years. See the society's Trans., 1784 

 et seq. [375.] 



1783. SCHWEDIAWER, F. X. An Account of Ambergrise. . . . <^Philos. Trans. Land., 



Ixxiii, pt. 1, art. xv, 1783, pp. 226-241. 



A detailed account of nature, mode of occurrence, and use of ambergris and sperma- 

 ceti. [376.] 



1784. BODDAERT, P. P. Boddaert med. doct. | . . . . [= titles, 7 lines] | Elenchus 



Animalium. | Volumen I. | Sistens Quadrupedia hue usque nota, | eorumque 

 varietates. | Ad ductum Naturae, quantum fieri potuit disposita. | | .... 

 [= motto, 6 lines]. | | Roterodaini, | Apud C. R. Hake. | MDCCLXXXIV. 

 8. pp. i-xxxviii, 1-174. 



The Cetacea are not included. The Sirenia are : I. Rosmarus Indicus, p. 169 = Indian 

 Walrus, Pennant and Dugon, Buffon; ii. Manati Trichechus, p. 173= The Broad-tailed 

 Manati, Pennant; 3. Manatus Balcenurus, p. 173 = Whale- tailed Manati, Pennant, there- 

 fore =Rhytina borealis. [377.] 



1784. CHEMNITZ, T. II. Auszug aus einem Schreibeii des Herrn Garnisonprediger 

 Chemnitz zu Coppenhagen, an den Herrn O. C. R. Silberschlag, vom 29sten 

 July, 1783. 5 Taf. Fig. 4 bis 7. <^Schriften der Berlinisclien Gesellschaft na- 

 turforscher Freunde, v, 1784, pp. 463-469. 



Account of the capture of a "Nordkaper" "etwa zwischen Neufundland und Issland," 

 from the head of which were obtained examples of the Balanus polythalamius compressus, 

 the same being here described and figured, etc. [378.] 



1784. FOORD, HUMPHREY. A short Account of the Invention of the Gun Harpoon, 

 which has been introduced into the Greenland Fishery, by means of the Re- 

 wards bestowed by the Society; the utility of which will be manifested, by 

 the Facts related in the following Letters. < Trans. London Soc. Encour. Arts, 

 Man., and Com., ii, 1784, pp. 191-222, pi. 



Account of "an Harpoon to be fired from a Swivel Gun," invented by Abraham Staghold, 

 in 1771, with a plate giving figures of the harpoon and gun, pp. 191-196. Six letters from 

 Captain Humphrey Foord, giving accounts of the capture of Whales by the Gun Harpoon, 

 and claiming premiums therefor, pp. 197-222. The account gives also the "length of bone" 

 and yield of oil of several of the Whales thus taken. [379.] 



1784. "LESKE, NATHAN. GTFR. Aufangsgriinde der Naturgesch. 1 Th. Allgem. 

 Natur- u. Thiergeschichte, mit 12 Kpfr. 2 Aufl. gr. 8. Leipzig, 1784." 



Not seen ; title from Carus and Engelmann. Cited by Donndorff. The first edition is said 

 to have appeared in 1779. [380.] 



1784 (circa). LICHTENBERG, GEO. CHPH. Potfisch. <^Mag. fur Neuste aus der Phys. u. 

 Naturg., ii, (1784?), p. 204. 



Not seen; title and reference based on Donndorff, Zool. Beytr., i, 1792, p. 777. [3J ,] 



