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 Sir JO SEP H BANKS, Bart. 



PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, &c. &c. &c, 



THE LIBERAL PATRON OF SCIENCE, AND THE ENLIGHTENED CULTIVATOR OF 



NATURAL KNOWLEDGE 



THESE SHEETS, CONTAINING A CONSIDERABLE PART OF THE OBSERVATIONS 

 AND DISCOVERIES IN NATURAL HISTORY, OF THE LATE 



JOHN ELLIS, E s a, F. R. S. 



ARE, WITH THE STRICTEST PROPRIETY, AND THE MOST PROFOUND RESPECT, 



' INSCRIBED BY 



HIS MOST OBEDIENT 



AND MUCH OBLIGED SERVANT, 



THE DAUGHTER OF THE AUTHOR, 



MARTHA WATT. 



