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could inftruft the pupils trufted to his care, and 

 before Spain could reap the lead benefit from 

 the fcience of this promifing and able botanift, 

 and which no doubt it would have enjoyed, had 

 he gone through the intended great tour in 

 South America. 



I conclude with a moft ardent wilh, that Eng- 

 land may never be without difinterefted and pa- 

 triotic men, who for the increafe of ufeful learn- 

 ing and the knowledge of nature, will exert 

 their influence, genius, and wealth, to promote, 

 encourage, and protect, the inveftigation of na- 

 tural hiftory in the Weft-Indies and America, 

 on the Senegal and Gambia rivers in Africa, 

 and the great and extenfive porTeflions which 

 the Englifti enjoy in the Eaft-lndies, and where- 

 ever their navigation extends. 



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