TO THE 



READER. 



Hjf^HE Defign of this Second Fub- 

 lie at ion of my Defcription of 

 the Ifthmus of Darien,, Improvd with 

 a Late Expedition to the Gold-Mines^ 



fines the beginning of the present W ar ; 

 and alfo with the Natural Hiftory of 

 thofe Parts ; giving an Account of feve- 

 veral Beafts., Birds y Fifties., Rep- 

 tiles^ d^c. and particularly many Trees., 

 Shrubs and Herbs., with their refpeSiive 

 Names y ZJfes and Virtues j Commuica^ 

 ted by a Fellow of the Royal Society; 

 being only to represent to the W orld y how 

 far it would be the Interefl of England 

 to make an Eflablijhment upon that 

 Continent ; the FroduB of whofe Bow- 

 els enriches the other Three Parts of the 



World. 



