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land birds. Second, Of birds which wade or 
frequent watering places ; and Third, Of water 
fowl, or such as are web-footed and swim.” 
The Seventh Book is also divided into three 
chapters. 
1. Of the larger quadrupeds, that arc whole 
and cloven footed. 
2. Of quadrupeds which are oviparous, or lay 
eggs. 
3. Of serpents. 
The Eighth and last Book treats “ Of the stones, 
earths, sands, minerals,” &c. 
There are one hundred and thirty-nine plates 
to this volume, consisting of plants, insects, shells, 
fish, and birds ; the two volumes containing two 
hundred and eighty-five plates, besides the map. 
« To the curious botanist,” says Dr Pulteney, 
it will be observable, that out of eight hundred 
vegetables described in these volumes, above one 
hundred are ferns ; and that of the others, more 
than two hundred and fifty species are of the 
arborescent kind. Subsequent voyagers have 
established it as a fact, that in the warmer and 
intertropical regions, this latter class constitutes, 
in a general way, the third part of the vegetable 
productions of nature. Abundantly the reverse 
of this takes place in temperate and cold climates.” 
“ In these volumes, Sir Hans has introduced all 
his quotations at length, from the books of travels 
mentioned in the ‘ Catalogue, to illustrate tho 
