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MISCELLANEOUS. 



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^AlS this Tolume may fall into the hands of individuals 

 whose attention or pursuits may differ from those of the 

 Naturalist, we shall point out a few particulars wherein 

 persons of observation may render their researches of general 

 uscj and greatly facilitate the acquirement of knowledge in 

 general. 



On visiting foreign countries, our attention should be 

 directed to the Moral and Religious state of the inhabitants, 

 their laws, peculiar customs, rites, ceremonies, &c. civil and 

 religious ; the nature of their religion, as Christian, Jewish, 

 Pagan, &c. ; their establishments for the advancement of 

 learning, or the arts, as also the nature of Hospitals, Prisons, 



