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The Right Worfliipful 



Sir ROBERT ^BDT Kt 



SIR, 



H E Succefs my former Volume met with 

 from the Credit you gave it by your large 

 Contributions and Patronage, would vindi- 

 cate my Addrefs to You in This, either 

 from a Motive of Gratitude to You, or of 

 Interefl: to itfelf But this Volume hath no room to com- 

 memorate Your Favours to its elder Brother, whilfl: it 

 ftands indebted to You in fo great a Sum. Your 

 Inquiries, Sir, in Natural Hiftory have been of great 

 Advantage to my Defigns in painting and defcribing the 

 Subjedt of them ; and 'tis to be hoped there is a more pub- 

 lick one ftill to come ; that our Gentry, by the Example 

 of Sir RoBEBT Abdy, will not content themfelves with 

 a Pkafure they enjoy in a lefs degree than their Dogs, 

 that of purfuing and killing the Game; but that by 

 their Obfervations upon the Polity, Manners, or extraor- 

 dinary Qualities belonging to thefe Creatures, they will 

 exert a Knowledge above that of their Game -Keepers. 



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