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Monographers, come from whence ttey may, have, I think, fair pre- 

 tence to challenge some regard and approhation from the lovers of Natural 

 History ; for as no man can alone investigate aU the works of Nature, 

 these partial writers may each in his department be more accurate in their 

 discoveries and freer from errors than more general writers, and so by 

 degrees may pave the way to an universal correct Natural History. — 

 Gilbert White. 



