PREFACE 



*• TJE that enlarges his curiofity after the 

 works of nature," fays a celebrated 

 writer, " demonftrably multiplies the inlets 

 to happinefs. A man that has formed a 

 habit of turning every new objeft to his 

 entertainment, finds in thefe produftions an 

 inexhauftible (lock of materials upon which 

 he can employ himfelf, without any temp- 

 tations to envy or malevolence ; faults, per- 

 haps, feldom totally avoided by thofe, whofe 

 judgment is much exercifed upon the works 

 of art. He has always a certain profpeft 

 of discovering new reafons for adoring the 

 fovereign Author of the univerfe, and pro- 

 bable hopes of making fome difcovery of 

 benefit to others, or of profit to himfelf." 



No method appears better calculated to 

 enlarge our knowledge of Natural Hiftory, 

 than vifiting foreign countries, and carefully 



attending 



