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nerous and kind Affiftance of. ‘fome Gentlemen of the Society, it was not long before he had ac- 
quired a tolerable Collettion of Englifh Motus avd Burrerrites; and for ten Tears” 
paft bis leifure Hours have chiefly been employed in. the colletting and making Drawings of the 
different Englith Caterpillars, Aureliz or Chryfalides, Flies, Sc. that he could any Ways ob- 
tain; and in making fuch Obfervations and Remarks thereon as foal new, with all Sub- 
miffion, be laid before the Publick. : 
HE bas been greatly affifted in this Work by that well-known and ingenious Naturahft, 
Mr. Jofeph Dandridge ; to whofe noble Collettion he bad free Acces during bis Lafe-time, 
and alfo the Liberty of making what Ufe he thought fit of bis curious Remarks on thefe Sub- 
jects, which were the Fruits of no le{s than forty Tears Experience. And be is fill favoured 
in the like Manner by bis Succeffirs, as often as be finds Occafton. . 
RESPECT to the Memory of this valuable and worthy Man, wiil not fuffer him to omit 
this Opportunity of giving him the Charatter that ts moft juftly bis due, viz. That he was a 
Peron of unbounded Curiofity, and unwearied Application in bis Refearches into the Works of 
Nature; in the Study of which all thofe Hours were employed that could be {pared from his 
zmmediate Bufine(s ; by which Means, during a long Life, he had not only got together a great 
Variety of the moft rare natural Produttions, but alfo from Time to Time had written down 
his Obfervations thereon, which deferve the bigheft Regard, as bis Fudgment and Veracity 
were both without Exception. And, as he loved thefe Studies himfelf, be was a zealous En- 
courager of all that had the fame Inchmatien, whom be was always ready to affift with bis 
laborioufy acquired Knowledge. Sisk 
BUT to proceed ——He mujt alfo acknowledge, that in the Courfe of this Undertaking he 
has made ufe of the Drawings of fome Caterpillars and Flies which were publifbed not long 
ago in a curious Work of this Sort, by J. A. Rofel, at Norimburgh, m Germany: But be 
has taken from him fuch only as are exaétly of the fame Species with what we have in England, 
though we have not yet been fo fortunate to meet with them under all their feveral Changes : 
what Information that Gentleman has given, as to thofe Particularities concerning them weich — 
we are yet unacquainted with, he therefore judged proper to infert. 
AS to thé Plants, Flowers, and Fruits, be declares himfelf under the bighe[t Obligation 
to a moft curious Naturalift, and worthy Member of the Royal Society of London, whofe coftly 
and valuable Colleétion is known to the learned World, and efteemed as it deferves. This 
Gentleman bas generoufly permitted him to make ufe of many excellent Paintings of thefe Sub- 
jects, which were taken from Nature by thofe two celebrated Artifts Mr. George Dennis 
Ehret, 
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