iv PREFACE. 



tained in the faid Natural Hiftory ; which 

 has the peculiar advantage over all other 

 works of that nature, to be original in its 

 figures, as well as defcriptions. 



The numbers added to the articles 

 in the Generical Catalogue refer to the 

 plates in the Hiftory where the fubjeéls are 

 defcribed and figured. 



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