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SIR JOSEPH BANKS, BART, 
PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY^ 
WHOSE PERSONAL RESEARCHES, AND UNREMITTING LABOURS^ 
IN THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF NATURAL KNOWLEDGE; 
WHOSE LIBERAL PROTECTION AND SUPPORT 
OF THOSE WHO ARE ENGAGED IN ITS PURSUITS, 
HAVE JUSTLY DISTINGUISHED HIM AS 
THE PATRON OF NATURAL HISTORY, 
THESE TRAVELS 
ARE MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, 
BY 1-IlS OBLIGED HUMBLE SERVANT, 
W. PATERSON. 
