TABLE 



OF 



CONTENTS. 



VOLUME FIRST. 



Page. 



Divisions of Natural Science, ... 1 



CHAP. I. 



Division of Natural Objects into Organised 

 and Inorganic. The Chain of Being. . 3 



Peculiar Characters of Inorganic Bodies. The inde- 

 pendence of their different parts : their perma- 

 nence, and the want of integuments. 4 



CHAP. II. 



Peculiar Characters of Organised Bodies. 

 I. Properties of the Vital Principle. . .7 



1. Limited in the exercise of its Functions to the pro- 

 duction of a Body of a certain Magnitude, Form, 

 Structure, Composition and Duration. . . 8 



2. Possessed of Irritability. Evidence of this property 



in Plants. Belongs to the fibrous structure, . 1.1 



3. Possessed of Instinct. Regulates the supply of 

 Food, obviates Difficulties, repairs Injuries, Pro- 

 creates. 14 



