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NOTES ON CHAPTER III. 



Collectors aiid Compilers in Natural History, p. 112. 



Among the many persons wlio were busily engaged in 

 collecting and publishing facts and delineations in Natural 

 History, before the time that Linn^us began to flourish, the 

 name of the learned and indefatigable Albert Seba deserves 

 particular notice. He resided in Holland, was intimate with 

 BoERHAAVE, and compiled his large work on Natural His- 

 tory under the patronage of that eminent naturalist and phy- 

 sician. This work, under the title of Thesaurus Reriim 

 Naturaliumi was published in 1734, in four vols, folio. 



Zoology, p. 114. 



The statement, that little progress was made in Zoology 

 between the time of Ray and that of Linn.eus, is not cor- 

 rect. During that period (in the opinion of an excellent 

 judge) " Zoology was cultivated with uncommon success, 

 and received some of its happiest accessions. In particular, 

 what may be called scientific Zoology was greatly attended 

 to." 



LlNN^US. p. 114. 



This " Prince of Naturalists" is so well known, that a 

 formal account of him in this place is altogether unnecessary. 

 He was born at Roesliult, a village of Sweden, May 27, 

 1707. His first great work was published in 17.32. Among 

 the numerous public lionours with which he was crowned, 

 he was created Knight of the Polar Star in HS^i, and enno- 

 bled in 1757. He died in January, 1778, inthe7ist year 

 of his age. 



BUFFON. p. 1 15. 



George Le Clerc, Count de Buffon, was born in the 

 year 1707 (the same year that gave birth to Linn^us), and 



