A SYNOPSIS 



OF 



NATURAL HISTORY: 



EMBRACING THE 



NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS, 



WITH 



HUMAN AND GENERAL ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY, 

 BOTANY, VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY AND GEOLOGY. 



TRANSLATED 

 FROM THE LATEST FRENCH EDITION OF 



C. LEMMONNIER, 



PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY IN THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF CHARLEMAGNE) 

 WITH ADDITIONS FROM THE 



WORKS OF CUVIER, DUMARIL, LACEPEDE, ETC.; 



AND ARRANGED AS A 



TEXT BOOK FOR SCHOOLS. 



BY THOMAS WYATT, A.M., 



AUTHOR OF ELEMENTS OF BOTANY, MANUAL OF CONCHOLOGY, ETC. 



Illustrated by Plates. 



PHILADELPHIA: 

 THOMAS WARDLE, 15 MINOR STREET. 



MDCCC^XXXIX. 



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