advertisement; 
While, therefore, the completion of the book was. 
anxioiilly preiied by many who were eager to pof- 
fefs it, that delirable point has confcantly been deferred 
by the communications of thofe who were ftudions to 
render it more valuable ; and the word Finls^ has feemed 
to fly from us, like Italy before the wandering Trojans. 
From the combination of tliefe circumftances it has 
arifen, that every feparate part has been hurried on in 
the execution ; and yet, in the finifliing of the whole, 
more time has elapfed, than would have been necef- 
fary to complete a much more ample volume. The 
defeiis that proceed from thefe caufes, it is hoped, 
the reader v/ill forgive, and accept v/ith complacency 
a volume in which, it is confidently hoped, no- 
thing material has been omitted that is connected 
with its principal obje6r, the formation of a fettlement 
promifing both glory and advantage to this country ; 
in v/hich feveral important difcoveries are announced •" 
no fmall acceffion is made to the Itores of natural 
hiitory ; and interefting notices are communicated of 
countries viiited before, and perfons in whofe fate the 
public has long felt an intereft.. 
The publiflier thinks it his duty, in this place, to re- 
turn thanks to the followino- noblemen and p-entlenien,. 
for their kind affiftance and free communications. The 
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