THE 



PHILOSOPHY 



O F 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



CHAPTER I. 



Dijlingm/h'ing charaliers of Animals^ Plants^ and Minerals — The 

 Analogies betiveen the plant and animal, arifin^ from their Jlruc- 

 ture and organs, their growth and nouri/hment, their dijfemination 

 and decay. 



NATURAL Bodies, when viewed as they have a relation 

 to man, are marked with charaders fo apparent, that they 

 efcape not the obfervation of the moft unenlightened minds. In a 

 fyftem where all the conftituent parts have a reciprocal dependence, 

 and are conneded by relations fo fubtile as to 'felude, the perception 

 of animals, fuch obvious charaders were indifpenfible. Without 

 t A them, 



