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incidents, that to the greateft part of 

 mankind proves more agreeable, tho' 

 lefs ufeful. 



Purfuant to the order which I have 

 prefcribed to myfelf, I am now, after 

 having defcribed the feveral kinds of in- 

 ferior Animals, to give you an account 

 of thofe of the Human Species, evi- 

 dently the firft Order of fublunary 

 Beings. In this I am fenfible that 1 

 have inverted the order ufually followed 

 by Naturalifts ; but have fuWHtuted one 

 more natural, and expofed to fewer in- 

 coaveniencies^ 



To defcribe Man, who depends on 

 almoft every other animal and vegetable 

 production for his fubfiftcnce, and whofe 

 wants are more numerous than thofe of 

 any other terreftrial being, without pre- 

 mifing the means which his Creator has 

 provided for fupplying thefe wants, ap- 

 pears 



