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XVI. 
An hiftory of animal s, containing defcriptions 
of the birds, beafts, fifhes and infedls of the 
feveral parts of the world: and including ac- 
counts of the feveral claffes of animalcules, 
vifible only by the afTifb.nce of microfcopes. 
In thefe the charaders, qualities and forms 
of the feveral creatures are defcribed, the 
names, by which the are commonly known, 
as well as thole by which Authors, who ha- 
ve written on the fubie<ff, have called them, 
are explained. And each is reduced to the 
clafT, to which it naturally belqngs. Illu- 
ftrated with figures. By i o h n hill, M. 
D acad. reg. fcient. Burdig. &c. Soc. London. 
Printed for Thomas Osborne. 1752. fol. 6. 
alph. 10. pl. c. tab. aen. 28. 
i. e. 
Hiftoria animalium, continens defcriptiones 
auium, quadrupedum, pifcium et infero¬ 
rum diuerlarum mundi partium: compre¬ 
hendens etiam aliquot claffes animalculorum, 
quae per microfcopium demum cognofcun- 
tur. Audore 10 . hill. 
A bfoluta itaque nunc prodit omnis hiftoriae natu¬ 
ralis defcriptio, a Cl. hillio propofita, pro 
ea fcilicet norma, quam fibi praefixam habuit. Nul¬ 
li quidem negamus, fed potius cum aliis confenti- 
mus in tam largo, quod fibi emetiendum fumferat 
Cl. Auftor, fpatio praetermifla aut negligentius quafi 
quaedam naturalia corpora fuiffe traftata; non pote¬ 
rit tamen eam illi ob rationem ftudii adhibiti laus de¬ 
trahi. Nec inglorium ipfi exiftit, variorum , in 
