The naturalist's and traveller's companion. Containing instructions for discovering and preserving objects of natural history, under the following heads: I. The Method of catching and preserving Insects for Collections, illustrated with a Copper-Plate. II. The Method of preserving Birds and other Animals. III. Directions for bringing over Seeds and Plants from distant Countries. IV. Method of analysing Medicinal or Mineral Waters. V. Experiments for discovering the Contents of the Air. VI. Directions for collecting Fossils, including Earths, Stones, Salts, Inflammables, Minerals, and Metals. VII. Directions for taking off Impressions or Casts, from Medals and Coins.

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MDCCLXXII. [1772]