( i6i ) 

 OF THE 



USE of CURIOSITY. 



B Y 



CHRISTOPHER GEDNER. 



tJpfal, 1752. Oaober2i. 



Amaen. Academ, vol. 3. 



§. T. 



AS the three kingdoms of nature were cre- 

 ated for the ufe of man, fince to him 

 alone is granted the prerogative of converting 

 their inhabitants to his own advantage, fo that 

 part of knowledge which is converlant about 

 the creatures throughout the terraqueous globe 

 is the firft, and chief by which men are enabled 

 to provide themfelves with what is neceflary, 

 both for the prefent, and future-, and the 

 more fo becaufe, bcfides thefe three king- 

 doms, and the elements there is nothing in 

 M nature. 



