T O 
SIR JOSEPH BANKS, BART. 
PRESIDENT OF THE ROTAL SOCIETT; 
WHOSE PERSONAL RESEARCHES, AND UNREMITTING LABOURS, 
IN THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF NATURAL KNOWLEDGE j 
WHOSE LIBERAL PROTECTION AND SUPPORT 
OF THOSE WHO ARE ENGAGED IN ITS PURSUITS, 
HAVE JUSTLY DISTINGUISHED HIM AS 
THE PATRON OF NATURAL HISTORT, 
THESE TRAVELS 
ARE MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, 
BY HIS OBLIGED HUMBLE SERVANT, 
W. PATERSON. 
