12 
1770+ 
ADDITIONAL 
PLATES TO THE 
BritisH Zoo- 
LOGY. 
1771. 
PUBLISH THE 
SyNOPSIS OF 
QUADRUPEDS. 
OF (MY LITERARY! £2 
Give!. give! fond Exoisa refts 
But fhun, oh fhun my Emma’s breaft. 
Or on Lyce, wanton maid! 
Be thy chilling finger laid. 
Quench the frolic beam that flies 
From her bright fantaftic eyes. 
Teach the {weet Coquet to know 
Fleart of ice in breaft of {now: 
Give peace to her: Give peace to me: 
But leave, oh ! leave my Emma free. 
But if thou in grave difguife 
Seek’ft to make that Nymph thy prize: 
Should that Nymph, deceiv’d by thee, 
Liften ‘to thy fophiftry: 
Should fhe court thy cold embraces, 
And to thee refign her graces; 
What, alas! is left for me, 
But to fly myfelf to thee. 
Cuester, March 1769. 
Iw 1770 I publifhed citi additional plates to the three vo- 
lumes of Britifb Zoology, with feveral new defcriptions, befides 
references to thofe which had been before defcribed; it appeared 
in an o¢tavo volume of 96 pages, in which is included a lift of 
European birds extra Britannic. 
In 17711 printed, at Chefter, my Synopfis of Quadrupeds, in one 
volume, octavo, with xxxi plates. 
On May the 11th, 1771, I was honored by the univerfity of 
Oxford with the degree of doétor of laws, conferred on me in 
full convocation. I was prefented (in the abfence of the public 
orator) by the reverend Mr. Fofer, who made a moft flattering © 
fpeech on the occafion. 
In 
