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former World,” very kindly lent me by Mr. Wool- 
combe, of Hemerdon. 
Under these disadvantages, I am conscious that I 
may have been guilty, although unintentionally, of 
some inaccuracies; but, when the difficulties, always 
attendant upon the entrance into a new field of en- 
quiry are considered; and when, I say, that it has 
been my anxious care to avoid speaking positively, 
as to any fact which I did not believe to be true, 
I hope to be forgiven, 
With regard to the accuracy of the several draw- 
ings, from which the accompanying plates to this 
little volume have been taken, I can speak with 
confidence, as they were made immediately under 
my own eye, from specimens in my _possession.— 
And, as to the plates themselves, they are sufficiently 
correct for every purpose for which they were de- 
signed—that of giving a just idea of those Animal 
Remains, which they are intended to represent. Be 
it remembered also, that it is requested, that they 
may not be regarded as Copper-Plate Engravings, but 
yather such as they really are, fair examples of Li- 
