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MEMOIR OF 
Diseases, Trade, &c. of that place, with some 
Relations concerning the neighbouring continent 
and islands of America. Illustrated with the 
Figures of the Things described, which have not 
been heretofore engraved. By Hans Sloane, 
M.D. Fellow of the College of Physicians, and 
Secretary of the Royal Society. Vol. I. ‘ Many 
shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be 
increased,’ Dan. xii. 4. London : printed by B.M. 
for the Author, 1 707.” 
It is dedicated to Queen Anne in the following 
terms : — 
TO HER MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, 
THE QUEEN, 
THIS 
NATURAL HISTORY OF JAMAICA, 
ONE OP 
THE LARGEST AND MOST CONSIDERABLE 
OP 
HER MAJESTY’S PLANTATIONS 
IN 
AMERICA, 
IS, WITH ALL HUMILITY, DEDICATED, 
BY 
HER MAJESTY'S MOST DUTIFUL AND 
MOST OBEDIENT SUBJECT, 
HANS SLOANE. 
I lie introduction, consisting of one hundred 
and fifty-four pages, contains a general account 
of the West Indies, their discovery, climate, 
