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II. NATURAL HISTORY. 



• The lectures on Natural History commence soon after 

 those on the Materia Medica, and continue until the close 

 of the winter session. The Professor delivers at least 

 three lectures every week, one of which is demonstra- 

 tive. These demonstrative lectures are delivered in the 

 extensive and valuable Museum of Mr. Peale. 



Hitherto, in this course of his lectures, the Professor 

 has chiefly confined himself to the science ofZooLOGYj 

 but it is his intention to enlarge this course, and to ex- 

 tend it to other branches of the science of Natural His- 

 tory, especially to Geology. 



The lectures on Zoology divide^ themselves very na- 

 turally into two parts : viz. the nomenclatural and 



the PHILOSOPHICAL. 



A. NOMENCLATURAL NATURAL HISTORY. 



Under this head, the Professor includes whatever re- 

 lates to the classification, the terminology, the external 

 characters, &c., of the animals of which he has occasion 

 to speak. He exhibits a view of the principal systems 

 of classification that have, hitherto, been given to the 

 public, but he does not especially follow any of them. 

 In treating of the Mammalia, in particular, he exhibits 

 an outline of his own, as yet immature, arrangement of 

 these animals. 



