Excerpt from The British Tourist's, or Traveller's Pocket Companion, Through England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, Vol. 5 of 6: Comprehending the Most Celebrated Modern Tours in the British Islands, and Several Originals The house of Sir Joseph Banks, president of the, Royal Society of London, is the rendezrous of those who cultivate the sciences; and foreigners are always received there with politeness and afi'a bility. They' assemble every morning in one Of the apartments of an extensive library particularly rich in books on natural history and here over a breakfast of tea and cofl'ee, they communicate to each, other such new discoveries as they may have made themselves, or received information Of from their correspondents. The various services of Sir J. Banks to the cause of literature and his country are sufficiently known and appreciated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.