Allen's bibliography of cetacea and sieenia. 461 



1768. Krasheninnikof, [S. P.]— Continued. 



Mullor refers to a Freucli edition publislied in two volumes at Amsterdam in 1770 as liaviuf; 

 ■been made directly from the Kussian original. Is it other than a reprint of that of rAbb6 

 Chappe d'Auterooho? [305.] 



1769. [Bancroft, Edward.] An | Essay | on the | Natural History | of | Guiana, | 



In South America. | Containing | ADescriptionof many Curious Productions | 

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

 Account of I 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 Conntrj^. | — | — Ad res 

 pulcheiTimas 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-iv, 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 | Sud-Amerika. | worinn | 

 von der naturlichen Beschaffenheit und den vor- | uehmsten Naturjiroducten 

 des Landes, iugleichen der Re- | ligion, Sitten nud Gebrauchen verschiedener 

 Stamme |.derwilden Landes-Einwohner, Nachricht | ertheilet wird. | — | 

 Invier Briefeu. | VouEduard Bancroft, Esq. | — | Ausdem Englischen. | — ( 

 Ad res pulcherrimas ex tenebris ad lucem cruras | 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 | g6n4rale, historique, | g6ographique et physique | de 

 la I Colonie de Surinam, | Contenant ( Ce qu'il y a de plus Curieux & de plus 

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

 Gouveruenient &sa Police; avec les mceurs & les usa- | ges des Habitants 

 Naturels du Pais, & des Euroi:)(Seus | qui y sont 6tablis; aiusi que des Eclair- 

 cissements sur I'ce- | conomie g6n6rale des Esclaves Negres, sur les Planta- | 

 tions & leurs Produits, les Arbres Fruitiers, les Plan- | tes M^ddcinales, & 

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

 gures, & d'une Carte | Topographique du Pais. | 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 richthyologie, ou Description des Poissons, vol. ii, chap, xsii, 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. 8S-140) are two pages {L c, pp. 122-124) on the "Veau marln," in which the 

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

 Yeo.u Marin, qu'on appelle irapropreraent, dans lo pays, Zee-Rond ou Zee-Kou." 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. iO, 90) as inhabit.ints of tlie country. 

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

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

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



1769. S., J. A. " Stradavits Reyse ter Walvis-Vangst, rijmsgewijzo beschroven door 

 J. A. S. Chirurgijn op het schip Zaaudijker Hooi). Antwerpen, P. J. Parys. 



1769. 4°." 



"Curious and rare." IN'ot seen ; title at second hand. [309.] 



1769-92. "Porte, DE LA. DeuicuweRoisiger: of Beschryving van de oude en uieuwe 

 werelt. Uit het Fransch. Te Dordrecht, bij Abr. Blusse eu zu. 1769-1792, 

 32 din. gr. 8°." 



"De w.ilvisch en de walvischvangst, viii, pp. 213-218 enz." 



Kot seen; title and reference fromBosgoed, op. cit., p. 240, no. 3546. [310.J 



