TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
The character ſ (long-form s) has been replaced by the normal s.
Footnote anchors are denoted by a number in [ ], and the footnoteshave been placed at the end of the book.
These footnotes make numerous references to pages in Josselyn’s“An Account of Two Voyages to New-England”. This book can be accessed at:
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This edition of 1865 is a faithful reproduction of the originalJosselyn edition of 1672, and the original spelling and punctuationhave been carefully preserved without change, in both the printed1865 book and in this etext.
The page numbering of the 1672 book has been preserved and insertedat the appropriate points of the text. These page numbers were in [ ]in the 1865 edition, but have been changed to { } in this etext toavoid confusion with the footnote numbering notation.
The cover image was created by the transcriberand is placed in the public domain.
Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book.These are indicated by a dashed blue underline.
NEW-ENGLAND’S RARITIES.
NEW-ENGLAND’S
RARITIES
DISCOVERED IN BIRDS, BEASTS, FISHES,
SERPENTS, AND PLANTS OF
THAT COUNTRY.
By JOHN JOSSELYN, Gent.
With an Introduction and Notes,
By EDWARD TUCKERMAN, M.A.
Boston:
WILLIAM VEAZIE.
MDCCCLXV.
Two Hundred and Fifty Copies printed, Small Quarto.
BOSTON: PRESS OF JOHN WILSON AND SON.
Publisher’s Advertisement.
IN the reproduction of this quaint and curioustreatise, which is one of the earliest, on theNatural History of New England, it hasbeen the intention of the Publisher to enhanceits value as a literary curiosity, by making it asnearly as possible an exact Fac-simile of the originaledition, in accordance with the projected plan of a seriesof reprints, in which t