relate, - 
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N ATURAL HISTORY, in its general 
fenfe,. cpniprehending the whole produce of 
the Creation, as confifting of Beasts, Brap +, 
FisHes, Insects, REPTILES, FLOWERS, 
PLANTS, STONES, Fosstus and MINER- 
ALS, it was impoffible to include, ina fingle 
Volume like the following, even the names 
of the different articles : We.were therefore o- - 
bliged to make a fele€tion of a part, which we 
confidered the Toft curious, interefting and 
worthy the attention of the pupil fudying that 
Science of Nature. 
