T O 



MARMADUKE TUNSTALL, Esq. 



Dear S I R, 



TH E repeated favours Vou were so kind to 

 bestow upon me, in the co^nass of a short 

 acquaintance, and the zeal with which Voii promote 

 the great cause of Natural History; encouraged me 

 to prefix Votir Name to this Publication, and give 

 me an opportunity, thus publicly, to acknowledge 

 the assistance Vo2C7^ benevolent and generous friend- 

 ship favoured me with. 



Nothing is left to me, but the simple mention of 

 thanks ; and my sincere wishes for Four health, 

 happiness, and the enjoyment of every intellectual 

 and moral blessing. I am, with the truest regard, 



Dear SIR, 



your most obliged, 



obedient, 



humble Servant, 



Lomhn, April 



24.1771. JOHN REINHOLD FORSTER 



