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N the reproduction of this quaint and curious 

 treatise, which is one of the earliest, on the 

 Natural History of Ne~v England, it has 

 been the intention of the Publisher to en- 

 hance its value as a literary curiosity, by making it as 

 nearly as possible an exac~t Fac-simile of the original 

 edition, in accordance with the projected plan of a series 

 of reprints, in which the present work is comprised. 



In the furtherance of this intention, the precise orthog- 

 raphy, punftuation, and also the arrangement, — with the 

 exception of the commencement and termination of pages, 

 — have been preserved. 



The valuable Introduction and Notes of Prof. Tuck- 

 erman, incorporated in this edition, have been previously 



