MARTIN FOLKES, Efq; Preswent, 
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GENTLEMEN, 
G Humbly take the Liberty to addrefs this Work to 
You, and prefume to hope, from Your exact Know- 
ledge of the Subjects it contains, and Your having 
, been pleafed to countenance the feveral Parts of it, 
as they were publifhed, with Your Acceptance and 
Approbation, that You will not, now they are put 
—— together, deny them the Honour of Your Patronage. 
The Inftitution of Your Society for the Improvement of Natural 
Knowledge, muft render it not improper to lay before You every At- 
tempt towards fuch Improvement. On the contrary, You have a 
fort of Right to expect, that every Author in Natural Hiftory, fhould 
fabmit his Labours to Your Examination, and think himfelf happy if 
they will ftand the Teft of Your Judgment. | 
The Animal and Vegetable Parts of the Creation afford endlefs 
Stores for the Enquiry and Entertainment of the curious Naturalift : 
and fome of the moft beautiful of each Sort, are here prefented to the 
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