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cultivated in Gardens^ with a difcourfe of Gardens in ge- 
neral, and a defcription of t\\Q FhyJicJ^Garden^tEdinbo- 
rough. 
The ^A^V^5(?^?>^ informs us of the Animals o{ Scotland, 
from Men down to InfeUs ; where after a difcourfe of ani-» 
mats in general, and of the dignity of Man^ he mentions 
fome men more eminent, and gives an account of the 
Life and Works of Mr. Alexander Bodius^ whole Effigies he 
has likewife gi ven us, C^^. 
He has annexed a difcourfe about tht Scotch Geefe, the* 
Fable of which he confutes by a defcription of the Concha 
Analifera^ which is a perfect animal of it felf, and allways 
remains fo; and afferts that thofe Geeje are known to 
build and lay Eggs, like other ; though not in that 
Country, in which they only appear ia Autumn SLndlf^fi- 
ter. Anatomy alio difcovers in thefe all the VejfeU for 
propagation oi Species that are found in other Birds. 
The laft >5<?^>>^gives an account ofthe FoJJilia and Ma* 
r/;?^, by which the r<?««^ry leemes to be very well ftored 
with Earths, M.etals, Stones and Minerals of all kinds; 
the Sea is no lefs bountiful than the landi Ambergrife^ 
Succinum, Spermaceti, 6cc. being the frequent effedis of 
its Munificence. Several Copper Plates adorn and illuflrate 
the books, all together make us impatiently expect the 
Atlas it lelf, th.Q Prodromm of whLchisfo fati$fa<Story> 
that it feems to have prevented it. 
O X F O R T>, 
Printed at the THEATER, and are to be fold by Mofes "Tin, 
at the Angel, and Samuel Smith, at the P'riffces Arms in St, 
^ads Chmcb-prd LONDON, 1^84. - : ' 
