PREFACE. JX 



more unnoted here, might have furnished 

 us with an ample field for panegyric. ^'-^ 



Our botanical productions are not less 

 abundant ; but the works of Ray, which 

 have lately been much enlarged and me- 

 thodized, according to the Linncean sys- 

 tem, by the ingenious Mr. Hudson, in 

 his Flora Anglica, are a sufficient display 

 of our vegetable riches. 



Our Zoology would be a copious sub- 

 ject to enlarge on, but the work in hand 

 restrains us from anticipating our reader's 

 curiosity. We might expatiate on the 

 clouds of Soland geese which breed on the 

 ^ass island, or Tuffins on that of Priest- 

 holme : on our fish, and other marine 

 animals ; on our insects, and the various 

 other sensitive productions of this king- 

 dom ; but we forbear a parade of useless 

 declamation, and shall only add, that as 

 few countries receive more advantages 

 from their natural breed of quadrupeds, 

 unmixed with any beast that preys on 

 man, so, few can boast a greater variety of 

 birds, whether local, or migratory. 



