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INTRODUCTION. 



where, forms the basis of modern classification, and was the first suc- 

 cessful attempt at arranging in intelligible order, the various objects 

 of Natural History, its principal divisions are subjoined.* 



CLASS FIRST— MAMMALIA. 



Order I. Primates, 

 " II. Bruta, 

 III Ferae, 

 « IV. Glires, 

 V. Pecora, 

 " VI. Belluse, 

 " VII. Cete. 



CLASS SECOND— AVES. 



Order I. Accipitres, 

 II. Piece, 

 III. Anseres, 

 " IV. Grallaj, 

 " V. Gallinae, 

 VI. Passeres. 



CLASS THIRD— AMPHIBIA. 

 Order I. Beptilia, 

 " II. Serpentes, 

 III. Nantes. 



CLASS FOURTH— PISCES. 



Order I. Apodes, 

 " II. Jugulares, 

 " III. Thoracici, 

 " IV. Abdominales. 



CLASS FIFTH— INSECTA. 



Order I. Coleoptera, 



" II. Hemiptera, 



III. Lepidoptera, 



" IV. Neuroptera, 



V. Hymenoptera, 



VI. Diptera, 



" VII. Aptera. 



CLASS SIXTH — VERMES. 



Order I. Intestina, 



II. Mollusca, 



" III. Testacea, 



" IV. Lithophyta, 



" V. Zoophyta. 



THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM 

 is divided into twenty-four classes, according to the number and posi- 

 tion of the stamens ; the greater part of the orders, from the number 

 of pistils in the flower ; others, by the situation of the seeds, and 

 form of the seed-vessels ; in compound flowers, from the arrangement 

 of the florets ; and the great cl3 c « of cryptogamic plants, or plants 

 without conspicuous flowers, form four orders, divided into Filices, 

 Mvsci, Algcs, and Fungi. 



THE MINERAL KINGDOM 

 is divided int« three classes, viz: I. Petrje; II. Miners; III. Fossilia; 

 and numerous subdivisions. But, as the mineral kingdom had attract- 

 ed but little of the attention of Linnaeus, and the progress of chemistry 



* Systema Naturce ed. 12. Holmice, 1765. 



