TO 



THE RIGHT HONOURABLE 



Sir JOSEPH BANKS, Baronet, K.B. 



PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, &c. &c. 



WHO HAS 



DEDICATED THE GREATEST PART OF HIS LIFE 



TO 



THE PROMOTION OF NATURAL SCIENCE, 



AND 



RENDERING IT USEFUL TO MANKIND 



HOW EMINENTLY HE HAS SUCCEEDED ALL EUROPE IS SUPPICIENTLY INFORMED, AND HIS NAME 



WILL CONTINUE AN ORNAMENT TO THE PAGES OF SCIENCE, 



TILL TIME SHALL BE NO MORE. 



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