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than that of Ellis. Ichthyology had received no 
additions since the time of the illustrious Willugh- 
by, but in 1754, Gronovius, a wealthy collector of 
Leyden, published an account of the fish con- 
tained in his museum.* This work, now become 
very rare, we do not possess. It is evident, however, 
from a subsequent publication+, that Gronovius 
received the Linnean system with a strong and 
even an absurd prejudice. He quotes the works of 
its author, it is true, but he neither adopts his 
specific characters, or his nomenclature, preferring 
to designate his subjects after the old method, rather 
than by a positive name. So strongly, indeed, does 
he seem prejudiced on this point, that he carefully 
excludes the specific names of Linnzus from his 
entire work! Gronovius, however, gives the cha- 
racters of several genera, not to be found in the 
Systema Nature, and so far his opposition to 
Linnzeus was perfectly justifiable; while his de- 
scriptions and characters are copious and excellent. 
(18.) But it is time for us to notice a new school 
of naturalists, which arose in France even before the 
publication of the first edition of Linnzus’s system, 
and which was brought about by the celebrated 
Reaumur’s Memoirs towards a History of Insects { ; 
the first volume of which was published at Paris, in 

* Laur. Theod. Gronovius. Museum Ichthyologicum. 
». vol. in fol. Leyden, 1754. — (Cuvier. ) 
+ Zoophylasii Gronoviani, exhibens Animalia quadrupeda, 
Amphibia, atque Pisces, &c. Lugd. Batav. 1763. 1 vol. 
fol. 
$ Mémoires pour servir 4 ! Histoire des Insectes, par M. de 
Reaumur Paris, 1734—1742. Six vols. 4to. 
