^ A Mimlttdry tijcourfe mcerning 4n^omy 
The Injuries they do, how to be avoided or remedied, ; 
Thewayes of talcing, preferving, propagating or de- 
^^pying them. 
.Former Naturalifts in their Hiftories have contented 
themielves with iTiore or fewer of thefe Inquiries, in 
which yet they too too oft mifguideus by their Accounts 
taJcen from unfaithful Relators, or the fabuloys Record^ 
of tlie Antients ; naufeatingandoblcuring the whole 
tedious Philological Harangues, or troubfefbme quotati- 
ons for the confronting or eftabliftiing the OpinipHS of 
feme ; relying on others, when Autopfic, and their own 
Experience can only inform them ; and their Coniciqncc 
and eyes may be as athoufand WitnelTes. I cannot fee 
how a Natural Hiftory of Animals can be writ widiout 
Zootomy ; at beft their Accounts can be but fuperfi^ial, 
and by them wc may know a Pig from a Dog, or thzt 
this is a Bull, a Bear or Monky ; but ftill remain ignorant 
of the curious Contrivance and Mechanifine of Nature 
within ; juft as if a perlbn fhould think he had fuffici- 
entlv defcribeda Watch,whenhehad only taken notice 
of tneCalc^the Studs, theGlals, the figures and hand ; 
by this he may know it to be perhaps a Watch, but knows 
not how it fb exaftly mcflfiires timp. TJiis jnofl- neeeffa* 
ry part therefore and moft inftruftive, 
The j4mtomical Jccount m^iy cont^my " ■ • 
1 . An accurate DilTeftion and Defcription of all the 
foiid Parts, to'be illuft rated ( wjiere neceirar5^ with Fi- 
gures; and herein to be i^entipned not only^hcir Site, 
Number, Figure, Colour, Magnitude^, their (Cavities, Vef- 
fels. Integuments, Subftances,- Ligaments, and Comi^u- 
nications they have with other Parts, but likewile in Ibme, 
a more ftrifl fcrutiny may be made into tlietr utmolt Tex- 
tures, by unravelling the lame, and by the affiftances of 
Glaffcs and other Methods. Thus viewing Nature where 
file more plainly difcoversherfelf, by the Logick of a fair 
Analogy we may conclude (lie worL^ the lame, where yet 
her 
