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The following work, therefore, contains a Syftematic Catalogue and 

 defcription, not only of fuch objects as were known to the illuftrious 

 Linnaeus, but likewife of all thofe which have been difcovered fince 

 his death by the many excellent difciples * which were trained un- 

 der his learned inftruction, and formed by his great example; and of 

 every thing that has been obferved by other great naturalifts "{"> who, 

 though not favoured with the inftru&ions of that great mafter of 

 this fcience, have followed his footfteps, and thofe of his worthy 

 fcholars. Nor muft thofe writers J be pafled over in filence who, 

 by their ftrictures and invectives, have endeavoured to depreciate the 

 immortal labours of our illuftrious author; even from their works I 

 have derived information which has contributed toward the perfec- 

 tion of this edition. 



But, after all the pains that have been taken, I am far from fup- 

 pofing that the prefent edicion is fo perfect as not to require many 

 corrections, amendments, and additions, from the labours of my con- 

 temporaries, 



* As Falk, Solander, Dryander, Forfkahl, the two Fabricii, Muller, Brunnich, 

 Bjerkaadr, Retz, Rothboeh Schreber, Murray, Ferber, Pajkuhl, &c. 



f Pallas, the Forflers father and fon, Jacquin, Sonnerat, Scopoli, Lefk, S. G. Gmc- 

 lin, Lepechin, Georgi, Hablizl, Guldenftaedt, Koelreuter, Gaertner, Houtujn, Storr, 

 Bowles, Molina, Seftini, Cetti, Count de Borch, Dolomieu, Fortis, Andrea, Schranck, 

 the two Hermanns, Carofo, Gilies, Clavigero, Bancroft, Aublet, Merrem, Gowan, Gott- 

 wald, Zimmerman, Walbaum, Bloch, Goetz, Werner, Batfch, BrouiTonet, Meidinger, 

 Laicharting, BergftraefTer, Schaller, Fueflin, Knox, Herbft, Cramer, Drury, Seppi, Stoll, 

 Schaeffer, Harreri, Geofroy, Fourcroy, Chemnitz, Martin, Walch, Spengler, Oeder, 

 Weifs, Weber, J. Miller, Schmiedel, Gifek, Roth, F Hoffmann, Hedwig, Curtis, 

 l'Heritier, Gloxin, Sage, Monnet, Burtin, Sauffure, Voigt, Bruckmann, Giraud-Sou- 

 lavie, Genfan, Pine, Abildgaard, Palaffo, Peiroufe, Wulfen, Klipftein, Trebra, Dietrich, 

 Count Rafoumovviki, and others. 



% Particularly the Count de BufFon, Adanfon, Camper, Laurence, Hacquet, the ano- 

 nymous author affuming the name of Medicus, and others. 



