ADVERTISEMENT. 



infight into the ufes of every objeft of Natu- 

 ral Hiftory ; and gave fan&ion to thofe ftu- 

 dies, which by trivial obfervers were held 

 mofl contemptible. The end of his labors 

 was the good of mankind. He attempted 

 to deftroy the falfe ihame that attended the 

 devotee to Ornithology, the chace of the 

 Infect, the fearch after the Cockle, or the 

 poring over the Grafs. He proved every 

 Subject to be of the greateft fervice to the 

 world, by the proper remarks that might 

 be made on them. The traveller, the failor, 

 the hufbandman might, if they pleafed, draw 

 the moft ufeful conclufions from them. The 

 reader may receive the proof from his trans- 

 lations of various effays, the productions of 

 the Linnjean fchool; his own Calendar 

 of Flora, and Obfervations on Grasses. 

 How much to be lamented is this fhort 

 catalogue of the works of fo great, fo good a 

 man ! I fpeak not of his BfTay on Mufic, as 

 foreign to the Subject. Some of his remarks 

 appear in my Britijh Zoology. He thought 

 me fo far deferving of his encouragement, as 

 to dedicate part of his time to farther ads 

 of friendihip. I received the unfinished ■ 

 tokens of his regard by virtue of his promife ; 

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