TO 



J. E. BICHENO, F. R. L. G. & Z. Soc. 



AS 



AN ADMIRER OK NATURE AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. 



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ACTUATED BY THE MOST LIBERAL AND UNBIASSED PRINCIPLES 



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 BY HIS MOST OBEDIENT AND OBLIGED SERVANT, 



JAMES MAIN, 



