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branch of zoology. The vermes have also been 

 treated, either generally or n\ part, by Job. A. 

 Murray, Jac. Tbeod. Klein, N. G. Le.o>kn, and Ze- 

 der, all of Germany. The human vermes Jiave been 

 \^y ably treated by BIocli, before mentioned. Tlu* 

 vermes infesting the intestines of animals, general! v, 

 have been examined and described in a verv sa- 

 tisfactory^ manner, by Goeze and Scbranck, of Ger- 

 many. The discoveries of Peysonnel, of France, 

 with respect to Corals and Corallines, form one of 

 the most interesting parts in the modern annals of 

 natural historj^ Corals, at the beginning of the 

 eighteenth century, were reckoned among t J io num- 

 ber of marine plants. In this rank they continued 

 to stand, until M. Peysonnel, by a series of ob- 

 servations and experiments, from about the year 

 1720 to 17'50, ascertained their animal nature. His 

 doctrine was confirmed by the successive inquiries 

 of Trembly, Donati, B. de Jussieu, and, finally, 

 of the ingenious and accurate Mr. Ellis, whose 

 work on this genus of animal substances is cer- 

 tainly among the best extant*. The celebrated 

 Spallanzani, of Italy, also paid particular atten- 

 tion to the corallines, and wrote ably on the suh- 

 ject. On the fourth order of vermes, Zoop/njla, 

 professor Pallas, of Russia, has given to the pub- 

 lic a very valuable work, of which the systema- 

 tic arrangement, and' philosophical accuracy, must 

 ever recommend it to the discerning inquirer. 

 The iifth order^ or Infusoria, has been treated with 

 great successive improvements, by Bennett, of Ge- 



* Essay toi\:ard the Natural History of the Corallines, and other 

 Marim Productions of the like Kind. 4 to. 1/75. 



