PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE 



ON 

 THE STUDY 

 OF 



NATURAL HISTORY, 



PART I. 



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. 



FISO. MERRETT. GOEDARTIUS. REDI. — SWAMMER- 



DAM. LISTER. GENERAL REMARKS ON THE ERA OF 



WILLUGHBY AND RAY. GREW. PETTIVER. ALBIN. 



SLOANE. SEBA. THIRD EPOCH. LINN-ffiUS. ELLIS. 



LINN^EAN SCHOOL. — RUMPHIUS. D'ARGENVILLE. RE- 



GENFUSS. — RCESEL. EDWARDS. TREMBLEY. GRONO- 



VIUS. — REAUMUR. COMPARISON BETWEEN LINNAEUS AND 



BUFFON. LINNJEAN SCHOOL. ARTEDI. SULZER. 



SEPP. — SCOPOLI. SCHCEFFER. HASSELQUEST. OSBECK. 



FORSKALL. — SPARRMAN. PENNANT. — WHITE. 



DRURY. MARTINI AND CHEMNITZ. WILKS. FABRICIUS. 



THUNBERG. MULLER. FORSTER. VILLERS. SCHRANK. 



— MOSES HARRIS. CRAMER. STOLL. SCHREBER. — 



