TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. A superscript is denoted by ^x or ^{xx}, for example y^e. The character ſ (long-form s) has been replaced by the normal s. Footnote anchors are denoted by a number in [ ], and the footnotes have been placed at the end of the book.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: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66922 This edition of 1865 is a faithful reproduction of the original Josselyn edition of 1672, and the original spelling and punctuation have been carefully preserved without change, in both the printed 1865 book and in this etext. The page numbering of the 1672 book has been preserved and inserted at the appropriate points of the text. These page numbers were in [ ] in the 1865 edition, but have been changed to { } in this etext to avoid confusion with the footnote numbering notation. Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book. [Illustration: (decorative banner)] NEW-ENGLAND’S RARITIES. [Illustration: (decorative icon)] _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._ [Illustration: (colophon)] Boston: WILLIAM VEAZIE. MDCCCLXV. Two Hundred and Fifty Copies printed, Small Quarto. BOSTON: PRESS OF JOHN WILSON AND SON. [Illustration: (decorative banner)] Publisher’s Advertisement. In the reproduction of this quaint and curious treatise, which is one of the earliest, on the _Natural History of New England_, it has been the intention of the Publisher to enhance its value as a literary curiosity, by making it as nearly as possible an exact Fac-simile of the original edition, in accordance with the projected plan of a series of reprints, in which the present work is comprised. In the furtherance of this intention, the precise orthography, punctuation, and also the arrangement,—with the exception of the commencement and termination of pages,—have been preserved. The valuable Introduction and Notes of Prof. TUCKERMAN, incorporated in this edition, have been previously issued in vol. iv. of “The Transactions of the American Antiquarian Society,” which contains a reprint of “The Rarities” in a more modern style. The notes have, however, undergone a thorough revision by the author; and some few additions have been made by him, during the progress of the present edition through the press.