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clefVj and to be h'izhly deser^ing its attention ; 

 it is a part of historv, ^^hich seems bither- 

 to to have been too little incest igated, and a 

 tract on the subject, while it dïscussed the que?- 

 tioQ alluded to, would oaturaffv introdoee other 

 important object?. 



The Societj was eg sooner fullj established 

 and its proceedio^s srenerallv knowo, than it re- 

 ceived frora all qïiarters various acquisitions to 

 its cabinetand librarv. Mr. RadermücJierhim* 

 «elf presepted the Societv with a conYenient 

 house and with eight cas^s of Taluable book?, a 

 collection of animals, fo?si!s, minerals, musical 

 instruments of the Javanese, and of the different 

 coins current in the East ; and in the «ame vear, 

 bj the liberaltty of Mr. Bartto, the Societv was 

 enabled to form a Botanica! Establishment in a 

 garden presented bj that Gentleman. 



In 1TT9 the Societv ondertook to print toa 

 first ToluTïie of iis Transactions ; the second ap- 

 peared in 1780^ and the ihird in ITSl, but fruni 

 the want of tjpe? and other unfortunate circnm- 

 stances. a Programma or.lv appeared in ITS^, 

 In 1786 the 4th volume was bowever given to 

 tbe public, but printed in Holland bv the C» m- 

 mi?23ries of the Societj, «nder the special privi- 

 lege of the States General. 



