scviii I N T R 0 D U C T I O N. at prefent, which- Will be- mferted- at the end o f the fecond volume *, partly in the form o f notes to this, and partly conftituting diftin6fc heads by themlelvCs; Above two thoufand o f the produ&rons Of nature hitherto unknown, Vvhtich, in Gonfequ0n6e Of arrtoderate'degi^d’Of attentiononly, I have difcovered in Africa, (a country im: many refpeds very different from the reft of the globe) but have not been able as yet fully to arrange and put in order, 'cannot have place here, either defcribed at full length, or in the more compreffed form of ikefches and definitions. * This fecond volume, if it Ihould ever appear, muil evidently be confidered -as » Work of a very different nature froiir the prefent: the tranflStOr,. therefore, did not think himfelf bound to take any not]c^o£jt ;i» the title-jage. C O N- [ xix 3 C O N T E N T S. I N T R O D U C T I O N. Occafion and defign o f the voyage. Some general refledions -and ftridures on writers o f travels and voyages. C II A P. I. ■ ‘V o y a g e f r o m ; G o t En b U-r g h t o t h e C a p e . Departure from Gottenburgh in Sweden. Defcription o f a violent ftorm. Diftrefled fituation o f a D u tch vefiel. Lights in th e fe a . A diflertation on their nature and their different fpecies, A r r iv a l at the Cape, p. 6. C H A P. II. R e s id e n c e a t t h e C a p e o f G o o d H o p e t i l l t h e A u t h o r ’ s V o y a g e t o t h e S o u t h S e a . S E C T, I. Rejidence at Cape Town. Defcription o f the Cape T ow n and the adjacent country. T h e author waits on the governor and commandant. Sketch o f the charader and hiftory o f Baron Van P rehm, p. 13. S E C T .
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