The Preface.
found in such or such particular Countries. The Plants themselves are in the Hands of the Ingenious Dr. Woodward. I could have caused many others to be drawn in like manner, but that I resolved to confine my Self to such only, as had some very remarkable difference in the shape of their principal Parts from any that are found in Europe. I have besides several Birds and Fishes ready drawn, which I could not put into the present Volume, because they were found in Countries, to the Description whereof the following Narrative does not reach. For, being obliged to prepare for another Voyage, sooner than I at first expected; I have not been able to Continue the ensuing Narrative any further than to my Departure from the Coast of New Holland. But, if it please God that I return again safe, the Reader may expect a Continuation of this Voyage from
