380 BB, AIKIN'8 ADVERTISEMENT. 
ment to him to forego his intention had been the publication by Dr. 
A.ikin of somewhat of the same kind : the commencement of the 
Naturalist's Calendar is a Preface by Dr. Aikin himself, explanatory of 
his part in the preparation of such a work from the materials left by 
Gilbert White !— Ed. 
