AVw' InMiltUion fur llic Promol'>o)i of Zuulogy. 65 



NEW INSTITUTION FOR THE PROMOTION OF ZOOLOGY. 



The I'oumlations of nearly all the modern scientific institu- 

 tions of this country have been recorded in the Philosophical 

 Magazine ; and it has also been our good fortune, in ujost in- 

 stances, to report their successful })rogress, and the influence 

 they have exerted on the general diffusion and extension of 

 knowledge. The nev>- Society whose formation and objects 

 we have now to state, is one of those honourable associations, 

 peculiar, we believe, to the present centuiy, the more imme- 

 diate purpose of v.hich is the direct application of science to 

 the arts of life, — the reduction to practical usefulness of the 

 principles of knowledge acquired in the investigation of nature. 

 This purpose, which is no doubt the greatest science can have 

 hi view, — nc^xt to the auxiliary support given to all true religion 

 by the rightly-conducted examination of the works of the 

 Creator, — renders these institutions particularly appropriate to 

 the present elevation of natural science, in every department; 

 and will give that elevation tlic fixity and the permanence al- 

 ways acquired by matters of mental contem})lation, when em- 

 bodied in works of practical utility. The promotion of Zoology 

 in all its branches and relations is designed by the new associa- 

 tion; but one of its chief objects is the iinj^rovcd and extended 

 application to the uses of civilized society of the various races 

 of animals, in every province of animated nature. The pi'o- 

 spectus given below (which has been widely circulated), and 

 some further particulars we have been favoured with, will ac- 

 quaint our readers with the general viev/s and the preliminary 

 arrangements of the Society; and we shall only state in addi- 

 tion, that the plan was suggested, conjointly, by Sir Humphry 

 Davy and Sir T. Stamford Raffles: — we need scarcely I'e- 

 mark, that so noble a project is truly worthy of their distin- 

 guished reputation. 

 Prospectus of a Socidijfor intruduciiiii and domesticating nexv 



Breeds or Varieties of Animals, such as Qtiadrnpcds, Birds, 



or Fishes, likchj to be useful in common life; avdforjvrmiiig 



a general Collection in Zoology. 



Zoology, which exhibits the nature and properties of ani- 

 mated beings, their analogies to each other, the wonderful deli- 

 cacy of their structure, and the fitness of their organs to the 

 peculiar purpose > of their existence, nm.t he regarded, not only 

 as an amusing and inleresling study, but as a most imj)orliint 

 branch of natural theology, teaching, by the intelligent design 

 and wonderful results ol organization, the wisdom and power 

 of the Creator. In its relation to useliil and immediate ceco- 

 nomical j)urposes it is no loss remarkable: the diflerent races 



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