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It. I would wiih therefore to let him know, 

 that the entertaining fcience of Botany had 

 been the conllant amnfement of my ride^ and 

 walkr for upv^pr^s of iixteen years, previous 

 to my tour in Scotland; that in this tour I 

 travelled either by land or fea from the fouth 

 of Anndndale to the borders of Stitherlmdy 

 vifited moftof the Hebrides ^ except thtLong- 

 JJlandy traverfed the kingdom from Argyle- 

 Jhire to the county of Mearns, that is, from 

 the wejiern to the eajlern fhore, and after- 

 wards return 'd to Kiigland by way of Edin-* 

 burgh and Kelfo ; that in all this traft, 

 which took up the daily exercife of a whole 

 fummer, I had a conftant eye to the follow-' 

 ing work, embraced every opportunity of 

 fcaling the higheft mountains, climbing 

 the moft rugged rocks, penetrating the 

 thickeft woods, treading the fallacious bogs, 

 winding upon the fhorcs of feas and lakes, in 

 (hort, of examining every variety of land 

 or water, which promifed to produce a va- 

 riety of vegetables. 



This is mentioned only to acquaint the 

 reader what degree of perfedipn he may 



, expefl 



