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PREFACE. 
r H E following inftrudions 
were originally drawn up 
for a gentleman going to refide 
abroad, partly with a view of 
colledting the various produc- 
tions of nature, particularly 
infe&s. 
Moft of the Englilh as well 
as Foreign infe&s, in the col- 
lections which I have lately had 
opportunities of obferving, have 
been either fpoiled in the catch- 
ing, or, for want of properly 
know- 
