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Linnaeus; and rendered to ichthyology nearly the 

 same services which Linnaeus rendered to botany. 

 In his Philosophia Ichthyologica, he analyzed 8 all 

 the interior and exterior parts of animals; he created 

 a precise terminology for the different forms of 

 which these parts are susceptible ; he laid down 

 rules for the nomenclature of genera and species ; 

 besides his improvements of the subdivision of the 

 class. It is impossible not to be struck with the close 

 resemblance between these steps, and those which 

 are due to the Fundamental Botanica. The latter 

 work appeared in 1736, the former was published 

 by Linnaeus, after the death of the author, in 1738 ; 

 but Linnaeus had already, as early as 1735, made 

 use of Artedi's manuscripts in the ichthyological 

 part of his Systema Naturte. We cannot doubt 

 that the two young naturalists, (they were nearly 

 of the same age,) must have had a great influence 

 upon each others views and labours ; and it would 

 be difficult now to ascertain what portion of the 

 peculiar merits of the Linnaean reform was derived 

 from Artedi. But we may remark that, in ichthy- 

 ology at least, Artedi appears to have been a 

 naturalist of more original views and profounder 

 philosophy than his friend and editor, who after- 

 wards himself took up the subject. The reforms 

 of Linnaeus, in all parts of natural history, appear 

 as if they were mainly dictated by a love of elegance, 

 symmetry, clearness, and definiteness ; but the im- 

 8 Cuvier, p. 20. 





