
ment, ole painted at diffe 
aca fucceftion of them procur’d w hile the for- 

in a more bold and Painter like Way. 
 defigning the Plants, T alwaysdid them while 

Sas ees ee ers 
~The: P a 
56 i was not ‘ced 4 Painter I Hope Bae 
faults j in Perfpective, and other Niceties »may 
be more readily excufed, for I humb! y con- 
ceive Plants, and other Things done ina Flat, 
” tho’ exact manner, may eee the Purpofe of 
Natural H iftory,better i in fomeMeafure than 
In 
fiefh and jult eather’d: And the Animals, 
| ine the Birds: I pas a while 
alive (except a very few). and ¢ gayi them their 
 Geflures peculiar to every 
where it would admit of, 
kind of Bird and 
: adapted the — 




Birds to thofe Plants Q aey fed, or. 
' have any-Relation to. BG do. not 
retain their Colours wi their Ele- 
At tin 1€S, having 
- wier lof their Colours: I dont pretend to. 
have had this advantage in all, for fome kinds 
S ~ T faw not plenty of, and of others I never {aw 
. : ee Thad the Satistaction of, hav 
-Labours approved of, and was honoure maith 

above one or two: Reptiles will live many 
: Months without Suftenance, fo that I had 
= a difficulty i in Painting them while living. 
_ At my return from America, 1wthe Year 
img my 
the Advice of eral of the above-mention d 
“Gentlemen, moft skill’d in the Learning of 
2 aN 
— ftanding ofit, that I may aver a Clearer 
| may. be conceiv’d from the Fi igures of 4A 
. _Nature,whowere pleated to think them wor th. 
: + 
: ‘Publifhing, but that the Fixpence of Graving 
- would make it too burthenfome an Under-. 
taking, this Opinion, from fuch good Judges, 
me difcouraged me from attemping it any’ fur 
ther; And Palter’d my Defign of going, to. 
Paris or Anfterdam where I at tirft. pro- ; 
At length by the 
ofed to have them done. 
kind Advice and Inftructions of that inimit- 
able Painter Mr. Sof eph Goupy, Lundertook 
and was initiated in the way of Etching them 
— myfelf, which, tho’ may not have doe in 
a Graver-like manner, chooling 
~ omit their method of crofs-Hatching, 
~ follow the humour of the Feathers, 
- is more laborious, and I .hope has Be ved 
‘more to the purpofe. i 
rather to 
and to: 
which 
The Uluminating Natural Hiftory i is fo 
par ticularly Effential to the perfect mne 
e. 
Prares,. 
‘x4 
th. 
sla gravure ne 

— ESSE STL TIT 
es vet eee ! 
RE FACE ce 

rieux de mes 5 Ainis, &P fur tout, ainfique 
4y élois obligé, ace grand Naturalifle, iF 
Patron des Sciences, 
cette entreprife. 
Fe ne fis pas Poise de Protein | 
ainfi j efpere quon excufera plus aifément oo 
quelques fautes de Perfpective, S quel 
ques autres Sunelfes del Art, ou fai peut 
etre manqué; car il im e femble que les - 
Plantes, ou les autres ak es gue fai deffi- 
nées exactement. quoique fans Perf pechive, 
peuvent etre aufft utiles pour Thifteire na- 
turelle, & meme plus que fi Elles é toient — 
exprimies plus hardiment, SF dune ma-_ : 
mere plus pittorefque: F i toujours def-* 
finé les Plantes touttes fraiches, 
dans le moment qu'on venoit de les ceuillir? 
& les Animaux, fur tout les Oifedux, = 
pendant quils cLotent vivants, excepté um 
tres petit nombre, je leur ai donné d cha- 
Cun fe On attitude propre ; CF, Guiaut Guile: : 
a été poffible, pai joint les Oifeaux. gus .. 
Plantes defiguelles we. fe nourriffent, ou 
LaF 
peint a differentes fois, (SF on n@enfour- - 
nifjoit de nonveaex a mefure que les pre- 
‘aux-quelles ils ont quelque rapore ; 
muers ne pouvoient plusme fervir) les — 
Poiffons. qui perdent letirs: couleurs, ‘orf. | 
qu ils font hors de~Peau Par pas Ge 
‘cette cemmodité pour to NG ul J Ce 
a 1 quelques efpeees,” ‘query ai trouvées* tres 
°dextuclques unes ge Wai eu 
quun ou deux Poiffons. 
a des peindre vivants. 
A mon retour de ae a Panne | 
1726, yeus Ja fatisfattion de voir mow “ 
on plufieurs de. COUR 
travail approwve, 
gue jai nommeées cy-deffus, trés verfés 
dans 0 Hifloire naturelle, w’bonerevent de 
leurs Avts, o juger ei 
méritoit dé 

ai que ino7 Ouvrage 2 
a Id DEH, C jee 
ELIS. _Entren 








Mr. le Chevalier — e 
Sloane, favotie que ceft a fa bonté que je 
fuis vedevable di fuccés, que Ji ai eu dees 3 
es = 58 
Pour les Reg- | 
tiles, comme ils vivent plufieurs mois fans 
MANLET , je Wal. LVOUVE aucune difficulte” 
