. British zoology . Siqiri ijiiulie fiui l\ia co^iiitaone feinpei-piueri efle veliiit. libi per ine j)laceaiit,fihi dormiant, non e^o iHis lisec conlcnpil,TMniillis vipilavi . J. o :^r J) 0 ::s • Printed for Beiij.^liite,MDCCI^XXVI. PREFACE. AT a time, when the ftudy of natu-ral hiftory feems to revive in Eu*rope-y and the pens of feveral il-luftrious foreigners have been employed inenumerating the productions of their refpec-tive countries, we are unwilling that ourown ifland fhould remain infeniible to its par-ticular advantag
. British zoology . Siqiri ijiiulie fiui l\ia co^iiitaone feinpei-piueri efle veliiit. libi per ine j)laceaiit,fihi dormiant, non e^o iHis lisec conlcnpil,TMniillis vipilavi . J. o :^r J) 0 ::s • Printed for Beiij.^liite,MDCCI^XXVI. PREFACE. AT a time, when the ftudy of natu-ral hiftory feems to revive in Eu*rope-y and the pens of feveral il-luftrious foreigners have been employed inenumerating the productions of their refpec-tive countries, we are unwilling that ourown ifland fhould remain infeniible to its par-ticular advantages ^ we are delirous of divert-ing the aftonifliment of our countrymen atthe gifts of nature beflowed on other king-doms, to a contemplation of thofe with which(at left with equal bounty) (he has enrichedour own. A judicious Foreigner has well remarked^that an Englijhman is excufable ftiould he beignorant of the papal hiftory, where it doesnot relate to Great Britain; but inexcufableftiould he negled inquiries intbritishzoology01penn
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