CONTENTS. 



Page 



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Autkor^s dedication ........ 7 



Preface 9 



Chapter I. Distinction leticeen Animals, 

 Vegetables f and Fossils — On the vital prin- 

 ciple essential to the two former .... 2i 



Chapter II. Definition ofJ\'atural History , 

 and particularly Botany — Of the general 

 texture of Plants ^7 



Chapter III. Of the Cuticle or Epider- 

 mis 31 



Chapter IV. Of the Cellular Integument 36 



