78 CHAPTER 3^. 
own obfervation. Then follows the jour« 
nal of the voyage ; with ample defcriptions 
of the marine animals obferved in the courfe 
of it : the plants obferved at Madeira, feve- 
ral of which are figured in the work itfelf : 
obfervations of the like kind made at Bar-- 
badoes. The remainder of the volume con- 
tains a methodical arrangement, and de- 
fcription, of all the fubmarine, and herba- 
ceous pl;ants, natives of the ifland ; amount- 
ing to 550 and upwards. Very few lyno- 
nyms are here introduced 5 but references, 
in general, made to the copious colle(ftion 
of them in his Catalogue." To each 
plant the author has fubjoined, from medi- 
cal authors, and from travellers, the moft 
ample account of their feveral ufes. 
The fecond volume was not publiflied till 
the year 1725, and was dedicated to the 
king. The reafons of this delay are affigned 
in the introdudion, and were, principally, 
the care, the arrangement, and defcription 
of his rnufeum. The acceffion of Mr. 
CouRTEN*s colleftion has been remarked 
above; and that of Petiver, in 1718, 
gave Sir Hans much employment. Peti- 
ver 
