TRAVELS
INTO
NORTH AMERICA;
CONTAINING
Its Natural History, and
A circumstantial Account of its Plantations and Agriculture in general,
WITH THE
CIVIL, ECCLESIASTICAL AND COMMERCIAL STATE OF THE COUNTRY,
The MANNERS of the INHABITANTS, and several curious and IMPORTANT REMARKS on various Subjects.
By PETER KALM,
Professor of Oeconomy in the University of Aobo in Swedish Finland, and Member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences.
TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH
By JOHN REINHOLD FORSTER, F.A.S.
Enriched with a Map, several Cuts for the Illustration of Natural History, and some additional Notes.
VOL. I.
WARRINGTON:
Printed by WILLIAM EYRES.
MDCCLXX.
TO THE HONOURABLE
DAINES BARRINGTON,
One of his Majesty’s Justices of the Grand Sessions for the Counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth.
SIR,
I Presume to prefix your name to a performance which will in some measure display to the British nation, the circumstances of a country which is so happy as to be under its protection.
Every lover of knowledge, especially of natural history, must be sensible of your zealous endeavours to promote every branch of it. It was my great happiness to fall within your notice, and to receive very substantial and seasonable favours from your [[iv]]patronage and recommendations. I shall ever remain mindful of your generosity and humanity towards me, but must lament that I have no other means of expressing my gratitude than by this publick acknowledgment.
Accept then, Dear Sir, my earnest wishes for your prosperity, and think me with the truest esteem,
Your most obliged,
and obedient
humble Servant,
John Reinhold Forster.
Warrington,
July 25th. 1770. [[v]]