Ren MH A Go Et 
from reafoning man, through every {pecies. 
of animal life, till it defcends to that point 
where fenfe is wholly extinct, and vegetation 
commences: and certainly none will deny, 
that life, and voluntary motion are fuperior . 
to a mere vegetating principle, or the more 
inactive ftate of the foffil kingdom. 
Should we follow the train of reflections 
which naturally arife from the contemplation 
of animals, they would fwell this preface 
into a volume: and fhould- we only mention 
the various ufes of Briti/b animals in com- 
mon life, yet even thefe would greatly exceed 
the bounds to which we have thought it 
right to limit ourfelves. The knowlege of - 
Dietetics is a neceflary branch of medicine, 
as by a proper attention to that article, an 
obftinate diftemper may be eradicated, when 
common remedies have failed; but this can 
never be attained, without the ftudy _ of 
Zoology, which affifts us greatly in learning 
the different qualities of animal food; and 
how far a difference of nutriment may con- 
tribute to cure the difeafe. ~- 
Cloathing is eflential, not only to our com- 
fort, but fubfiftence; and the number of | 
our manufactures, relative to this fingle ar- 
ticle, 
