ZOONOMIA ; 



OR THE 



LAWS OF ORGANIC LIFE. 



IN Tiaf YiliiP AT?rrQ 



BY* ERASMUS DARWIN, M. D. F.R.S. 



Sl it* 'II 



AUTHOR OF THE BOTAXIC GARDEN, PHYTOLOGIA, &C. 



Principio coelum, ac terras, campofque liqucntes, 

 Lucentemque globum lun.T, titaniaque aflra, 

 Spiritus intus alit, totamque infufa per artus 

 Mens agitat malem, et magno fe corpore mifcet. 



VIRG. JEn. vi. 



Earth, on whofe lap a thoufand nations tread, 



And Ocean, brooding his prolific bed, 



Night's changeful orb, blue pole, and filvery zones, 



Where other worlds encircle other funs, 



One mind inhabits, one diffufive Soul 



Wields the large limbs, and mingles with the whole. 



COMPLETE IN TWO VOLUMES. 



VOLUME I. 



THIRD AMERICAN EDITION. 



BOSTON : 



PUBLISHED BY THOMAS & ANDREWS, 

 No. 45, NEWBURY-STREET. 1809. 



% r. BUCKINGHAM, PRINTER, JFINTHR-STREEr. 



