24 Biographical Memoir of 
Rocks according to Position, viz., Primary, or Azoic, Transition, 
or Paleozoic, Secondary, Tertiary, Alluvial, Volcanic. 
General Paleontology. Formation of Mountains, Valleys, Plains, 
and Caves. 
Geognostical Groups of different Countries compared as to magni- 
tude. Theories of the Earth. Hutton, Werner, &c. &c. 
Soils —their Physical and Chemical Characters ; Description 
and Arrangement. The Connexion of Geology with Agriculture, 
Planting, and the Characters and Distribution of Diseases. Ac- 
count of the Planetary System. 
Comparison of the Form, Magnitude, Weight, Surface, Light, and 
Atmosphere, of the Sun, Moon, and other members of our Planet- 
ary System, with those of the Earth. Fixed Stars, as seen by the 
naked eye and the telescope; and the various groupings and arrange- 
ment of these, constituting the Grand System of the Universe. 
Geognostical Structure of Scotland, England, and Ireland. Modes 
employed in searching for Useful Minerals. Mode of conducting 
Mineral Surveys, of constructing Geognostical Sections and Maps, 
and of modelling Mountains, Hills, and Plains. 
BOTANY. 
General account of the Structure, Physiology, and Systematic 
Arrangement of Plants. Physical and Geographical Distribu- 
tion of Plants. 
Distribution and Characters of Fossil Plants in Transition, Se- 
condary, Tertiary, and Alluvial Formations. Comparison of the 
present Distribution of Plants with that exhibited by Fossil Plants. 
Changes in the climate of the Earth, as disclosed by the Physical 
and Geographical Distribution of Living and Fossil Piants. Natural 
History of Coal illustrated by the phenomena exhibited by Fossil 
Plants, Connexion of the Geography of Plants with the Political 
and Moral History of Man. 
Influence of the Phenomena of Vegetation on the Taste and Ima- 
gination of Nations. 
ZOOLOGY. 
Fundamental Principles of Zoology ; General Properties of Or- 
ganised Bodies ; General View of Homological Anatomy ; Functions 
and Organs of Animal Life; Intelligence and Instinct; Motions of 
Animals; Nutrition; Circulation; Respiration; Secretion; Em- 
bryology; Peculiar Modes of Reproduction; Metamorphoses of 
Animals; General Geographical, Physical, and Geognostical Dis- 
tribution of Animals, 
MAN. 
Characters by which Man is distinguished from the lower animals ; 
Division into Male and Female, the general and particular cha- 
racters of each ; there is but one species of Man ; The species Man 
is divided into. Races, Sub-races, Kinds, Families, and Varieties. 
These defined and described; Man considered as to Colour, Stature, 
