Natural Historij. 117 ^ 



Pennant, and Buffon, the labours of Professor 

 E. Zimmerman, of Brunswick, to throw light on 

 this class of animals, do him great honour. His 

 conception and execution of a Zoological Charts 

 accompanying his work on the Mammalia, may be 

 considered as one of the most philosophical pro- 

 ductions of the age. This ingenious invention has 

 been extended and improved by M. Jauffret, a 

 distinguished naturalist of France. Beside these, 

 many others deserve notice for their successful la- 

 bours in illustrating particular parts of this exten- 

 sive field of inquiry. 



Much has been done, during the last century, 

 toward completing the natural history of man. In 

 the list of experimenters and authors on this sub- 

 ject, Albinus, a Dutch naturalist, holds the first 

 place, with respect to time. He was a very great 

 anatomist; and was one of the first who attended, 

 in a scientific manner, to the seat of colour in 

 human beings. The next important publication, 

 on the same branch of natural history, was by the 

 celebrated John Reinhold Forster,'^ who threw 

 considerable light upon it. He was followed by the 

 Rev. Dr. Smith, President of the College of New- 

 Jersey, who, in his ingenious and learned Essay 

 on the Causes of the Variety of Co7nplexion and 

 Figure in the Human Species,^ gave a very instruc- 

 tive and interesting view of the subject. The 

 natural history of man has also been treated in a 

 more general way by Buffon and Verey,' of 

 France; by Blumenbach,' Zimmerman,*" Lud- 



7 See Forster's Observations^ Iffc. 4tO. I778. 



r Dr. Smith's £ssay was favourably received not only in his own country, 

 but also in Great-Britain, and on the continent of Europe, where seve- 

 ral editions of it were circulated, in the English, French, and Germaa 

 languages. 



s Natural History of Man^ &c. 2 vols. 8vo. 



t Be Generis Humant Varietate Natli>a^ &C. Goettlngen, I795. 



^' Geographical History of Man ^ &C. 8vo. 3 vols. Leipsic, 1 778. 



