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out some of the principal Desiderata in the science, under 

 the various heads of Zoology, Botany, Geology, 

 and Mineralogy, and, lastly, Meteorology. As a 

 specimen of the work, we select the concluding part 

 of the Discourse, to which is added an Appendix, con- 

 taining Notes and Illustrations. 



" Such, gentlemen, are some of the numerous subjects 

 to which I would wish to see the members of this Soci- 

 ety turning their attention. The field, you will readily 

 perceive, is an ample one. It will afford a rich harvest 

 to many, both of the present and of future ages. For 

 the bounds of natural history will, for ever, be enlarg- 

 ing. — It is much to be wished, and I flatter myself, that 

 our wish will be gratified, that every member of the 

 Society will consider himself pledged to add something 

 to the stock of our knowledge of the natural history of 

 the country. Some of you may find leisure to furnish 

 us with regular essays, or memoirs. These, or extracts 

 from them, I shall hope to see published, at some future 

 period, in the transactions of the Society. Others 

 of you, to whom the cultivation of mere natural history 

 may be less interesting, or who may not possess suffi- 

 cient leisure for the purpose, may contribute individual 

 facts, or experiments, which, if they be collected or 

 made with care, may form a most important part of our 

 objects. These facts might be digested and arranged 

 into regular order, and published in the Society's trans- 

 actions, or copied, by the secretaries, into a book kept 

 for the purpose, and allowed to be used by every mem- 

 ber, in any way he may think proper. 



