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r I ii/IS Deflgn of this Second Publication of my 

 \ i Defcription of the Ifthmus of Dafien, Im- 

 ^ prov'd with a Late Expedition to the Gold-r 

 Mines, ftnce the Beginning of the prefent War \ and 

 alfo with the Natural Hiftory pf thofe Parts \ giving 

 an Account of fever al Beafts, Birds, Fifhes, Rep- 

 tiles, and particularly many Trees, Shrubs an d 

 Herbs, with their refpettive Names, Ufes and Virtues ; 

 communicated by a Fellow of the Royal Society 9 being 

 only to reprefent to the World, how far it would be 

 the Inter eft of England to make an Eftabltfbrnent upon 

 that Continent ; the Product of whofe Bowels enriches 

 the other Three Parts of the World. Becaufe I am un- 

 willing to weary the Reader with a tedious Difcourfe 

 upon this Sufrjet$ 9 I [kail only tell him, in few Words, 

 that if I plainly demonftrate the Thing n^ight be very 

 eafily effected, and that the Advantages that would 

 thereby accrue to the Nation, would more than anfwer 

 their Charges, I think there will remain but little to be 

 faid againjl fo glorious an Undertaking. 



Thai fuch a Thing might be fuccefsfully performed by 

 the Englifh in this prefent Conjuncture and that they 

 would eafily be 3le to maintain themfelves in the Pofifef 

 fion of. that valuable Conquell, notwithftanding the v 

 greateft Efforts that the French could be able to make a- 

 gainft them, cm fcarce well be denied by any Man that 

 will be at the Pains to confidei\ thai we being vaftly fu~ 



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