PREFACE. 
Vll 
Of the Indian fishes delineated by Bloch, he acknowledges himself 
indebted for many to the Rev. Mr. John at Tranquebar: and it is with 
pleasure I take this public opportunity of expressing my own obligations 
to the same respectable Missionary, for Specimens and Drawings of Ser¬ 
pents received formerly, as well as within these few months. 
The Drawings of this Collection, as before mentioned, were executed 
by a native of India; and, by the advice of artists at home, have under¬ 
gone only a few slight corrections. Of the Engravings some are by Heath, 
others by Neele, and two or three by Skelton: but the greater part by 
Reeve, a young diligent artist, who in the course of this Work has made 
progressive improvement. The initials of the artists are engraved on the 
respective plates. 
Weymouth Street, 
Dec. io, 1802. 
