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PREFACE 
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Natural history seems 
likely to become the amusement of our 
Wives and Children ; but the enormous 
expence of books on that subject; and 
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other reasons still more cogent, point 
out the expedience of an epitome for 
the use of Ladies and Young Persons ; 
not to mention the convenience of a 
Manual to refresh the memory and 
assist the researches of an abler 
student: 
