ZOONOMIAi 



OR) 



THE LAWS 



OF 



ORGANIC LIFE 



IN THREfe PARTS. 



By ERASMUS DARWIN, M.D.RR.S, 



AUTHOR OF THE BOTANIC GARDEN, PHYTOLOGIA, &C 



Principid cceium, ac terras, campofque liquentes, 

 Lucentemque globum lunse, titaniaque aftra, 

 Spiritus intus alit, totamque infufa per artus 

 Mens agitat molem, et magno fe corpore mifcet. 



Virg. JEtt. VL 



Earth, on whofe lap a thoufand nations tread* 



And Ocean, brooding his prolific bed, 



Night's changeful orb, blue pole, and filvery zonesj 



Where other worlds encircle other funs* 



One mind inhabits, one difFufive Soul 



Wields the large limbs, and mingles with the whole. 



COMPLETE IN TWO VOLUMES. 



irrnMMti " 



Vol. I. 



Second American, from the third London Edition, corrected by the Author. 



Printed at Bofton, by 15. Carlisle^ 



For THOMAS and ANDREWS. 



Sold at their Bookftore, No. 45, Newbury Street; by I. Thomas, Worceftcr ; an<£ 



by Thomas & Thomas, Walpole, N. H.— Sold alfo by T. Sf J. Swords, . 



New York ; Whiting, Leavenworth G? Whiting, Albany; 



O, Penniman & Co. Troy ; and Thomas, AK* 



drews Sf Butler, Baltimore. 



Feb. 1803, 



