TO 
THOMAS PENNANT, ESQ. 
OF 
DOWNING IN FLINTSHIRE, LLD. 
F.R.S. F.S. Mat. Hist, and Antiq. Edinburgh and Perth ; 
F. S. Rural Oecon. of Odikam; of the Royal Academies of Sciences 
of Stockholm, Upscd, and Lund, i n Sweden', and of Drontheim, 
in Norway, &c. &c. <&c. 
SIR, 
On considering to whom I might venture to refer 
myself for the patronage of the Work now offered to 
the Public, it will not be a matter of wonder, that a 
person so eminent in the science of Zoology, and 
withal so accessible as Mr. Pennant, should have pre- 
sently occurred to me. 
Without hesitation, I was encouraged to apply to 
you, Sir; and I was not disappointed: with that 
candour which seldom fails to accompany superior 
knowledge, you readily allowed me to prefix your 
most respectable name to my Publication. 
Gratitude and honesty, and that powerful motive, 
self-interest, will concur in exciting me to use my 
