ROBERT JAMESON, Esq. F. R. S. E. 



JIEGIUS PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, 

 KEEPER OF THE MUSEUM, PRESIDENT OF THE WERNERIAN SOCIETY, 



&C. &C. &C. 



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WHOSE ZEALOUS AND ENLIGHTENED LABOURS 

 HAVE SO GREA.TLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT 

 OF NATURAL HISTORY IN THIS COUNTRY ; 



THIS WORK 



IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED 

 BY THE 



TRANSLATOR. 



