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Although much of the instruction contained 

 in the Systema Naturae may be said to have been 

 collected from writers of our own country, yet 

 a great part lay scattered in the works of learned 

 foreigners, which were very little read here. 

 Under these circumstances, the labours of that 

 great man will always be considered as forming 

 an important aera in Natural History. 



Tlie warmest admirers of more modern sys- 

 tems confess, that the beautiful arrangements of 

 Linnaeus were wonderfully adapted to the know- 

 ledge of his day ; whilst the student, who still 

 wishes to adhere to them, should remember, that 

 any elementary work to be at all perfect, must, 

 of necessity, keep pace with the progress of dis- 

 covery. 



When we recollect, that Linnaeus comprised 

 insects under seven ordei:s, and that recent au- 

 thors, after throwing out all such as have more 

 than six legs, have already extended these orders 

 to sixteen, we are sometimes led to fear that a 

 fondness for new names occasionally outruns tlie 

 necessity for them ; and, if we also call to mind 

 the small portion of classical knowledge which 

 falls to the lot of a majority of students, we 

 cannot help regretting the increasing diflficulties 



