vi CONTENTS. 
PART II. 
ON THE GENERAL NATURE AND ADVANTAGES OF THE STUDY 
OF NATURAL HISTORY. 
CHAP: if. 
Introductory Remarks.—What Natural History is,—in a 
general Sense, and as now restricted. — Division of the Sub- 
ject. — Reflections on Nature and Art. — Distinctions, and 
Object of the Study - - - Page 93 
CHAP. II. 
Natural History viewed in its Connection with Religion.— 
As a Recreation.—As affecting Commerce and the economic 
Purposes of Life. — As important to ‘Travellers - 107 

PART IIT. 
OF THE PRINCIPLES ON WHICH NATURAL HISTORY RELIES FOR 
ITS SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION, AND THE CONSIDERATIONS BY 
WHICH THE NATURAL SYSTEM MAY DE DEVELOPED. 
CHAP.’ I. 
On the Dismissal of Prejudice pats - - 152 
CHAP. II. 
On the Principles on which Natural History, as a Branch of 
Physical Science, is to be studied - ~ - 165 
CHAP. III. 
On Arrangements generally; and on those Considerations 
which should form the Basis of every Attempt to classify 
Objects according to the System of Nature - - 188 
