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TO 



JOHN SHUTE DUNCAN, Esquire, 



HONORARY L.L.D. 

 THE LATE CURATOR OF THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, 



AND TO 



PHILIP BURY DUNCAN, Esquire, 



THE PRESENT CURATOR OF THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, 



MEN 

 OF DIFFUSIVE BENEVOLENCE, AND CLASSIC TASThi, 



TO WHOSE 



LIBERALITY AND EXERTIONS, 



NATURAL SCIENCE AND THE FINE ARTS, 



IN THIS UNIVERSITY, 



ARE PRE-EMINENTLY INDEBTED, 



^i THE FOLLOWING WORK, 



INTENDED TO FACILITATE A PLEASING, 



AND, 







AS CONNECTED WITH NATURAL THEOLOGY AND MEDICINE, 



A HIGHLY IMPORTANT PURSUIT, 



IS 



WITH ALL RESPECT 



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^ DEDICATED BY THE COMPILER, 



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RICHARD WALKER. 



