PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE 
ON 
THE STUDY 
OF 
NATURAL HISTORY. 

PALL. {. 
ON THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF ZOOLOGY. 
PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS. —= DIVISION OF THE SUBJECT. 
— FIRST EPOCH. — ARISTOTLE. — PLINY. — SECOND. EPOCH. 
— RONDELETIUS. — GESNER. — ALDROVANDUS. — MOUF- 
FET. — TOPSAL. — MAURICE OF NASSAU. — MARCGRAVE. — 
PISO. — MERRETTI. — GOEDARTIUS. — REDI. — SWAMMER- 
DAM. — LISTER. — GENERAL REMARKS ON THE ERA OF 
WILLUGHBY AND RAY. — GREW. —— PETTIVER. — ALBIN. —— 
SLOANE. — SEBA. — THIRD EPOCH. —— LINNZUS. — ELLIS. — 
LINN ZAN SCHOOL. — RUMPHIUS. — D’ARGENVILLE. — RE- 
GENFUSS. — RG@SEL. — EDWARDS. ——- TREMBLEY. — GRONO- 
VIUS, —= REAUMUR. — COMPARISON BETWEEN LINNZUS AND 
BUFFON. ——- LINNZ AN SCHOOL. — ARTEDI. — SULZER. ——- 
SEPP, == SCOPOLI. — SCHCFFER. — HASSELQUEST. — OSBECK. 
— FORSKALL = SPARRMAN. — PENNANT. = WHITE. — 
DRURY. — MARTINI AND CHEMNITZ. — WILKS. — FABRICIUS. 
—THUNBERG. —-MULLER. — FORSTER. —VILLERS. —SCHRANKs 
=—— MOSES HARRIS. —~- CRAMER. = STOLL. — SCHREBERs == 
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