T© THE
R I G H T H O N O U R A B L E T H E
E A R L of B U T E .
O f the Country o f Z a r a in D a l m a t i a .
YOU R Lordihip did me the honour, a few years ago, gra-
cioufly to accept o f the tribute o f my obfervations on
the Iflands o f Cherfo, and OiTero, on the borders o f
Dalmatia, which were not only firft; encouraged by your Lordihip,
but executed wholly under your generous patronage; I
therefore flatter myfelf, that you w'ill alfo condefcend, with e-
qual benignity, to accept o f a fmall tributary fhare o f my more
general obfervations on the natural hiftory o f Dalmatia, which I
have fince undertaken there, under the patronage o f noble Me-
cenati. Should thefe obfervations meet with your Lordihip’s approbation,
my ambition will be fully gratifiedj as I know you
■are not lefs a proficient, in all the learned and ufeful. fciences,
than you are a protedlor o f them.
- The extent o f the Venetian territory in Dalmatia is too great,
and the number of iflands in the neighbouring fea too confidera-
8 hie,