LECTURES; 



LECTURE I. 



X HE study of Natural History at large, or in 

 all its branches, has of late been so much cultivated, 

 that it seems almost unnecessary to enforce its 

 Utility by any particular recommendation. Its 

 importance begins to be understood, and it is 

 generally acknowledged, that, exclusive of its 

 more consequential aims, it has the peculiar advan- 

 tage of uniting amusement with instruction, and 

 of impressing the mind with a train of the most 

 pleasing ideas while engaged in contemplating the 

 infinitely-varied forms exhibited in the field of 

 Nature, and in tracing their gradations and con 



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