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TO 



THE 



U E E N, 



MADAM, 



(S thefe Volumes contain an Eflay towards the Natural 

 * Hijiory of that Part of Your MAJESTY'S 

 Dominions,, which are particularly honoured by bea- 

 ring Your August Name, CAROLINA' this and Your 

 great Goodnefs in encouraging all Sorts of Learning, hath 

 emboldned me to implore Your Royal Protection and Favour 

 to my (lender Performance. I hope Your M A J E S T Y 

 will not think a few Minutes difagreeably fpent, in calling an 

 Eye on thefe Leaves; which exhibit no contemptible Scene 

 of the Glorious Works of the Creator, difplayed in the New 

 World ; and hitherto lain concealed from the View of Your 

 MAJESTY* as well as of Your Royal Predeceffbrs, tho' fo 

 long poffefled of a Country, inferior to none of Yo u r 

 MAJESTY'S American Dominions. 



