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S ir J O S E P H B A N K S , B a r t .
P R E S I D E N T O F T H E R O Y A L S O C I E T Y .
S I R,
^ M ID S T the doubt and apprehenfion which naturally
attend an author on fubmitting- his publications
to the world, 1 have the pleasure o f refleBing, that
by your permijjiow I prefix to the following Work the
name o f a Perfon eminently dißinguijhed in the. literary
world, and whb, not fatisfied with , theoretical knowledge,
has traverfed the globe in purfuit o f ufeful fcience.
This permiffion, Sir, muß ßamp a value on the Work,
and makes me lefs apprehenfive fo r its fuccefs-.
1 beg
