1 PREFACE. ix 



ing nation, and render the inquifiti Vie tra- 

 veller confpicuous as a public bieffing. 



Many gentlemen and fea-faring perfons 

 who go abroad, by their office and fitua- 

 tion in life, enjoy both time and Oppor- 

 tunity for colle&ing the beft information 

 on fuch fubjefts of general utility^ efpecially 

 the natural produtiions peculiar to the 

 place they vifit or refide in, which 'they .are 

 induced to overlook, for want of proper di- 

 teftions for diltinguifhing and preferving 

 them, whereby things of value and ufe are 

 loft to the public, and the time of the tra- 

 veller lefs beneficial-ly employed; 



To promote an application of the time 

 and talents of fuch perfons to rational and 

 commendable inquiries of this kind, is the 

 defign of the following directions, which 

 the. author thinks himfelf juftified in re- 

 commending, as they principally refultfrom 

 experiment and obfervation : Thefe were 

 firft printed in the year 1772, and the re- \ 

 ception from the publick was fuch as to ; 

 encourage a fecond edition in 1774 5 but! 

 this likewife being foon out of print, a 

 third edition was not long afterwards pre- 

 pared for the prefs, and fome of the firft 

 feftions were printed off feveral years ago ; 



A various 



