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N the reproduction of this quaint and curious 
treatise, which is one of the earliest, on the 
Natural History of New England, it has 
been the intention of the Publisher to en- 
hance its value as a literary curiosity, by making it as 
nearly as possible an exa£t Fac-simile of the original 
edition, in accordance with the projected plan of a series 
of reprints, in which the present work is comprised. 
In the furtherance of this intention, the precise orthog- 
raphy, punctuation, and also the arrangement, — with the 
exception of the commencement and termination of pages, 
— have been preserved. 
The valuable Introduftion and Notes of Prof. Tuck- 
erman, incorporated in this edition, have been previously 
