Schreber, remarks on his work 



upon quadrupeds, 57. 

 Schroeter, remarks on his 

 work upon systematic con- 

 chology, 59. 

 Science, present state of, in 

 Britain, 339. Claims of. 

 for patronage from the go- 

 vernment, 342. Diffusion 

 and extension of, in Eng- 

 land, as compared with other 

 countries, 343. Neglect of 

 comprehensive enquirers, 

 345. Continental patron- 

 age, 347. By whom it 

 should be protected, 355. 

 Concluding reflections in 

 reference to all the physical 

 sciences, 365. Means pos- 

 sessed by the government 

 and universities for en- 

 couraging it, 367. Neg- 

 lected at our universities, 

 371. Consequences of the 

 decline of, 427. 

 Scientific societies, influence 

 of, 297. Present state of, 

 in Britain, 299. Publish- 

 ing committees, 305. Re- 

 wards and medals given by, 

 306. Difficulty of filling 

 a scientific order, 419. Dis- 

 tinctions should be made, 

 421. True cause ministerial 

 neglect, 423. Suggestions 

 for the improvement and 

 reform of, 428. Outlines 

 of a new one, 449. Sci- 

 entific men, appropriate of- 

 fices for, 389. Propriety 

 of conferring honorary titles 

 on,407. Scientific noblemen 

 in France, 409. Honours 

 withheld from Englishmen, 

 412. Discussion of the sub- 

 ject in parliament, 4 1 4. Ob- 

 jections answered, 415. 



INDEX. 461 



Scopoli, remarks on his work 

 upon the entomology of 

 Carniola, 47. 

 Scotch universities, 324. 

 Seba, Albertus, 33. 

 Sepp, remarks on his works 

 on the insects of the Low 

 Countries, 47. 

 Shaw, Dr., remarks on his 



writings, 65. 

 Sloane, Sir Hans, remarks on 



his works, 31. 

 Smeathman, Mr. Henry, his 

 interesting account of the 

 insects generally termed 

 white ants, 52. 

 Smith, Sir James, remarks on 



his works, 66. 

 Solander, Dr., 39. 

 Sonnerat, his works, 80. 

 Sonnini, his works, 80. 

 South, Sir James, 429. 

 Spallanzani, 48. 

 Sparmann, 49. 

 Sparrows, natural history of, 



145. 

 Squirrel, the, 145. 

 St. Hilaire, Geoffroy, his sys- 

 tem of ornithology, 87. 

 Stewart, Dugald, his opinion 

 of the importance of analogy, 

 284. 

 Swammerdam, his laborious 

 researches and anatomical 

 discoveries, 21. 

 Systematists,prejudices of, 1 57. 

 Systems, natural and artificial, 

 188. Advantages of artifi- 

 cial ones, 191. Origin of 

 mixed systems, 197. Natural 

 systems alone conducive to 

 the advancement of natural 

 history as a physical science, 

 200. Inconsistency of" arti- 

 ficial ones, 237. 



Teraminck, M., 81. 



