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REMARKS 



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THE 



KINGDOM 



ANIMAL the fame mould, as if certain conformations were more eafy to Hei^- 



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than others j hemight have added, perhaps, with great, propriety,, 

 hecaufe fuch conformations are moll ufefal and neceiTary in the: 

 v/hole fyilem of organic bodies. Hence we have found, that certain 



claiTes of plants are remarkably copious, likewife,. that the moft 

 extenfive genera of birds, have ftill received a greater number of new 



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fpecies 3 and that in the fiihes alfo, the rich genera 



of gadus bkn 



-?* 



musy /par us and perca^ 



are mofl enlarged, in the fame 



manner ;, 



we may at the fame time, I think, with the greateft probability 

 fuppofe, that the unknown treafures in. this laft clafs are ftill im- 



menfe : firft, from the 



g 



add 



which it has been 



our 



ower 



to make, thou9:h we laboured under the difficulties afore- 



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mentioned :. and fecondly, from the more imperfedt ftate of the 

 definitions, which, according to the befl method extant, mull ftilK 

 depend upon the very precarious number of rays in the fins» 



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No countries in the world produce fewer fpecies of infects than 

 thofe of the South-Sea : it is furprizing how very few we met with,. 



and thofe of the moll common and well-known forts 



Th 



place where we faw them rather more abundant, was in New-Cale- 

 donia, and this I fufped is owing to its proximity to New-Hol- 



land ; but our lliort flay there did not allow us to make the kafl 



acqui- 



