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judicial to the knowledge of that very fubject which it is intended 

 chiefly to inculcate. 



Linnaeus hath comprifed the animal kingdom of the whole 

 globe, except infects, (viz. Beafts, Birds, Reptiles, and Fifh,) in 

 S3 2 P a g es ' octavo : and what can this poffibly amount to more 

 than a vocabulary, grammar, or dictionary, be it as excellent as 

 it may ? 



But it may poflibly be faid, that the cheapnefs of fo much in- 

 ftruction, as well as its being fo portable, are great recommen- 

 dations of this ufeful publication, which I am very ready to al- 

 low : fo are Cole's Latin Dictionary and Hedericus's Lexicon de- 

 fervedly in great requefr. ; but though thefe will anfwer my pur- 

 pofe very well whilft I am at fchool, I mall want better affiflance 

 when I have left it. 



Again, it will be urged, that they who ftudy the Linnaean 

 Syftem are not debarred from perilling the works of other natu- 

 ralifts ; but I appeal to experience, whether thofe who are zea- 

 lous admirers of the Swedifh profeflbr often go beyond the ele- 

 mentary knowledge of their inftructor, or contribute any ufeful 

 additions to any article of natural hiftory. 



In other words, fo much time is taken up in mattering the 

 Linnaean elements, that we grow old before we can apply to any 

 particular branch of this comprehenfive ftudy. 



I may therefore perhaps, in fome meafure, compare this to a 

 perfon's perufing with great care treatiies on huibandry in every 

 latitude and quarter of the globe, whilft no particular attention 

 is paid to the culture of his own elrate, where alone he can make 

 any improvement either in knowledge or profit. 



I have already admitted, that fo ufeful a repertory cannot be 

 carried into any mufeum, or upon an extenlive voyage, as Lin ■ 

 nanus's Syftema Naturae, but after all, when we have found fome 



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