A 
I 
Preliminary Difcourfe 
Concerning 
ANATOMY 
AND A 
Natural History 
OF 
ANIMALS. 
S ince firft I applyed my felf to Phyfick , and had 
fjpent fome time in the various ftudies thereof ; 
though each had its peculiar Charms, which al- 
lured and greatly delighted the Mind bulled and 
imployed therein ; yet that of Anatomy in a 
more extraordinary manner affefted my Genius. The 
great and uleful difeoveries that of late have been made 
by it in the LeJJer World, have equalled, if not exceeded 
thole done by curious Adventurers and Saylers in the 
Greater. New Traits, new Lands, new Seas are daily 
found out, and frefh deleriptions of unknown Coun- 
treys frill from both brought in ; lb that we are forced 
to alter our 'Maps, and make anew the Geography of both 
again. Nor have the difeoveries of the Indies more en- 
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