PREFACE. 
Reader, have you ever seen the 
first edition of a singular, antiquated- 
looking work, entitfjled, s€ Extractxs 
& Observationis oo the Naturall Hys- 
torie of the Bee-/ 5 prentit at TLlgyn , 
about the year twenty, (if I remem¬ 
ber rightly) novce decimce centuries;? 
1 doubt if you have. It is, indeed, 
a singular little volume—there being 
only one copy thereof to be met with 
in Scotland at the present day, al¬ 
though the original impression a- 
mounted to at least double that num¬ 
ber !! (Fardonnez mcmhumeur .) 
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