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I NTRODUCTION. 



S it has been my endeavour, throughout this hiftory,ts> 

 leave nothing unexplained that may amft the reader 

 dn understanding the different fubjects that have been treat- 

 ed in the courfe of it, I think myfelf obliged to fay a few 

 words concerning the manner of arranging this Appendix. 

 With regard to the Natural Hiftory, it rauft occur to every 

 one, that, however numerous and refpectable they may be 

 who have dedicated themfelves entirely to this ftudy, they 

 bear but a very fmall proportion to thofe who, for amufe- 

 ment or inftruction, feek the mifcellaneous and general 

 occurrences of life that ordinarily compofe a feries of tra- 

 vels. 



By prefenting the two fubjects promifcuoufly, I was ap- 

 prehenfive of incommoding and difgufting both fpecies of 

 readers. Every body that has read Tournefort, and fome 

 other authors of merit of that kind, mull be fenlibie how 

 unpleafant it is to have a very rapid, well-told, interefting 

 narrative, concerning the arts, government, or ruins of Co- 

 rinth, Athens, or Ephefus, interrupted by the appearance of 

 a nettle or daffodil, from fome particularity which they 

 may poffefs, curious and important in the eye of a botanift, 

 but invifible and indifferent to an ordinary beholder. 



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