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A

VOYAGE

To the Islands

Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers

and

JAMAICA,

with the

Natural History

of the

Herbs and Trees, Four-footed Beasts, Fishes, Birds, Insects, Reptiles, &c.

Of the last of those ISLANDS;

To which is prefix'd An

INTRODUCTION,

Wherein is an Account of the

Inhabitants, Air, Waters, Diseases, Trade, &c

of that Place, with some Relations concerning the Neighbouring Continent, and Islands of America.


ILLUSTRATED WITH

The Figures of the Things describ'd,

which have not been heretofore engraved,

In large Copper-Plates as big as the Life.


By HANS SLOANE,M.D.

Fellow of the College of Physicians and Secretary of the Royal-Society.


In Two Volumes. Vol. I.


Many shall run to and fro, and Knowledge shall be increased. Dan. xii. 4.


LONDON:

Printed by B. M. for the Author, 1707.

Mo.Bot. Garden,
1902.