ITS CONNECTION WITH RELIGION. 107 
CHAP. IT. 
NATURAL HISTORY VIEWED IN ITS CONNECTION WITH 
RELIGION. — AS A RECREATION.— AS AFFECTING COM 
MERCE AND THE ECONOMIC PURPOSES OF LIFE. — AS 
IMPORTANT TO TRAVELLERS, 
(55.) I. Tue nature and objects of the science having 
now been sufficiently explained, we may consider the 
advantages which more peculiarly attend its prose- 
cution, independent of those which have already 
been noticed, in a general way, as belonging to all 
intellectual pursuits. We shall enumerate these 
advantages under distinct heads, because some are 
applicable only to particular persons, objects, or cir- 
cumstances ; and because, by so doing, we may 
excite an interest and a love for these enquiries in 
the minds of many persons, who imagine they have 
neither the abilities to study, nor the means of adopt- 
ing such pursuits, and of others who think they are 
in no way interested in them. ‘We shall therefore 
look to natural history —1. as connected with reli- 
gion; 2. as a recreation ; 3. as affecting the arts and 
common purposes of life; and, 4. as an essential 
accomplishment to the traveller. 
(56.) All the advantages that result from science, 
are comprehended under two distinct classes: — 
1. Either they relate to our worldly prosperity, by 
opening new sources of wealth, of convenience, 
