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Method of ' prefervingBi rds and other Animals, 



Vitam excoluere per Artes. 



Vm.iEn. 6. v. 663. 



rir^HE general increafe of knowledge of late 

 J[ in natural hiftory, from the attention of 

 individuals to various branches of it, muft af- 

 ford no fmall degree of pleafure to the fenfible 

 part of mankind. Whilft fuch different re-* 

 fearches have given entertainment to different 

 difpofitions, enlarged the mind, and engaged 

 and diverted it from unprofitable or dangerous 

 purfuits, they have occafionally given rife to the 

 mod ufeful improvements in every department 

 of life, and afforded means of joining utility 

 with elegance. 



To promote thefe purpofes more effectually, 

 a more general knowledge of a good antifeptic 

 for animal fubftances has been much enquired 

 after. Owing to a want of this, many curious 

 animals, and birds particularly, come to our 

 hands in a very imperfect ftate : fome from 

 foreign parts entirely mifcarry, and others of the 

 fineft plumage are devoured by infects. 



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