42 iTje 'Ll 'P’E of Mr. RAY. 
tarum. For the Sake of which lat- 
ter Piece, in a great Meafure, it was 
that he publifhed the former, becaufe 
he thought the latter too fmall and 
jejune to go alone into the World. 
About the fame Time alfo was 
publifhed, his ColleSHon of unufual.^ 
or local Englifh W ords ; which he 
had gathered up in his Travels thro’ 
the Counties of England. And the 
Reafon why he publifhed them was, 
not barely becaufe it was a new Sub- 
je£l, that might amufe the Curious, 
but alfo be of good Ufo to Strangers 
that fhould have Occafion to vifit 
thofe Parts, or have Dealings there. 
And to make this Book the more 
acceptable to the Buyers, as well 
as a little more bulky, he added 
to the Firft Edition, a Catalogue 
of Englifh Birds and Fifhes, and 
the Way of Smelting and Refining 
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