MEMOIR 
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THOMAS BEWICK, 
EMINENT ENGRAVER ON WOOD. 
Although the Biographical Notices prefixed to 
these volumes have hitherto been confined to Scien- 
tific Naturalists, yet, as no one perhaps has contri- 
buted more essentially to promote the study of Zoo- 
logy, in two of its most important branches, than the 
ingenious Artist whose name stands at the head of 
this article, it appears no more than an act of justice 
to offer, in this way, a respectful tribute to his me- 
mory. 
Though the art of cutting or engraving on wood 
is undoubtedly of high antiquity, as the Chinese and 
Indian modes of printing on paper, cotton, and silk, 
sufficiently prove ; though, even in Europe, the art 
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