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to the improvement of the world, ratheT than let his works lie
ufelefs, and perhaps be deftroy’d at laff By^domF'fihtteO^^'
dent.
..•The Firft Part qf-^this rpre|ènt wgork has had the happkiefe tp,
receive «ie. approbation-of thi puuliéy wefitp. a‘ greater ^degtl®
than I think it deferves : but whether .the Second' Part will meet
with the fame favour and indulgence, time will dncefer.
However, it .has been ‘ïïiyrlntèntiön to render this-part as in-
ftrudtiye and entertaining as the former j and I prefume it is
more Würthypbf qfer ncff|ce, afrl^ie f^biedbpnamely, the animal
creation, is or more importance than the-inanimate and vegetative.
In the firft feyenf; éhapjerl; Iphayp-f treated o|L Quadruped^-
Snakes,: Infects, Birds, and Fifhes, efpecially thofe that are pe~
culiar- to Norway. I flatte#;*myfe^; that thofe who can ftajce, a
pleafiife ^^cgiiteinplating thé, admirable,^economy; and jjpntrir
vanee ®f thergreat: Creator with regard to the brute creation,
will find fo many, glaring haftances of hia confummatGr,jvifdom,
patemaTeare, . and-almighty power, that hé1 will be ready, ircx-fay,
with the wifeibn o£ Si§^h,. i f Great i§ thneJLprd .that made i|.!’
Eccluf yii% 5.-
The eighth chapter^ which; treats c©£ the ;No%vegianj^ea^
iiiotlfhts,'; or thofe Animals pf enormous,, f|ze -iand ^uncommon
form, which arp fbmetiines feen in the öcqan,. .may contribute. as
much' to this good end as any of ; the; .preceding; $ ,
I have endeavoured as much as poffibfe te^void^he imputar
tion of being over credulous, and, upon that10cc^nnt,|®ftep,d,es'
cline giving my opinion of fome relations, the credit pft tyhich I
have no reafbn to doubt. I mention this, becaufe I forefee that
When feme readers come to read the cÖflfcëntsiof the:eighth~chap-
terj Concerning the Mer-maid, the great Sea-fnake, of feveral
hundred feet long, and the Krake, whole hncpmmph flsfe feerns
to exceed belief, they may fufpeS: me 'ór,-foo^ihucli credulity.
If it ifhould fb happen, ■ I am - content patiently- to 1 fhbmi f tp
their cenfure, till * they havé read the :dfepter through, 'and
then I flatter myfelf that I fhall have no need of an apology.
• Since
({ * i
Since theomierofcope has 'been brought tb Sicha degree of* jbei“
feâiôfi; bat even: thôfe
which before entirely efeaped our fight, are how di&overed, and
become: thp/fi^bjeâ "pf our- e^miija^^n^ï’^vhai'^îâew.ifceîiôi'of
thiiga^il0 printed - f é our;i v î e w i ' - ho# ? hrafti thé ékteid? jof
Naturels ëtnpirfe * ! ®G^êat SMriVârîès ni * ÏHrs Way’mighifbé
made in Norway. If there waK'hht3 a SwamméroXm' *Pr à
Reaumur afnibhgft JuSf provided iVitlfJtrfle ’beft ^I’affesj andP
fôfflciént‘ffirie âhd ôppofcuhfty.* ‘ E
• I f we turn ouPëfes to’ thh! oth&fextrem:e,'hoW Savingly ïargd
are feme of the anima! fpdjcieâ Î1 The’ largeft of ;thçfe aré ifi aSnaife
ner- peculiar °tp the Northern Gceah, ’Üiâ^thW' a3fkêtts}i$ the
eaghtmchapter are fb much tlfe riipre remarkable, as the vVofld
has'flood fB long, that the moft formidable and imlky Iffits inhabitants
have been hardly known to'any of the human race, ex-
ceptfegik few Norvégiah filhêrmén *.
are .verl we'firhd‘ÔWn‘<to 'them';' int?
if the many antjheftionable witnéffesj'wlïom I *hivérfl ri’ïffÿ examined
with regard to this affair, ate not to be credited, fheff
we muft feFhfide-ahnoft all human feftimony/ '
If my account’of thefe extraordinary Sea-animals Ihould hc/t
difpleafe the phîîofephèrÿ of the prefent age, I willingly Submit
my thoughts, â&.îfat !as they are only my own, to their j litige-
ment j #flbfeloirëS^nsrdhdf'dbfèfvàtfbns tending to thb-atd^d^
ment of^this 'worfehy. a nfevv editiPn, orJby tranffati^ns'dh&J
other -laiiguages, wili be always agreeable to me, àhd the favbur
will be received with gratitude.
^câcfemïe' Royale^ ' ad' Ann. l(ei^aw^rbu5 !l|
vanced I fqrvyards .«hrçç- inch«, M ing .14.0 fteps. But when wcx 'fuj3poie that
r S f l l A ' |jy4r^^c md
Hiatic machine, ^ramp^fed. of'various parts, for various purppies, it raifts ,pu e ad •
imration of thfc works 6P the^all^ft'^eatortotTuJier
*■ Yeniet: tempus,: qua-ipfe q,uas Wnb" l#tenti dfcuc&itbefd ^JÎoà^isSj -toA dUj3-
§enoav Ad inquiûtionem taptçrum seta? rrpn.un^ fufÇcjt. ; Yelùet tempu*, quo
gofteri noftri tam aperta nos nelciviffe mirabuntur., Senefca.
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