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Natural History, 
( Including Comparative Anatomy and Palaeontology.) 
The object of the Course of Lectures on Natural History is 
to convey to the Students of the School of Mines such a know- 
ledge of the principles, and of the details, of Biological Science, 
as is necessary to the right understanding of the nature and 
import of Fossil organic remains. 
The method of instruction comprises lectures, oral and written 
examinations upon the subjects of those lectures and demon- 
strations. 
Lectures. — The Course of Lectures is divided into three parts, 
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The first part embraces the following subjects: — 
The elementary principles of Physiology and Morphology. 
The structure and development of the following animals : — A 
Spongilla, a Cyancea , a freshwater Mussel, a Lobster, and an 
Osseous Fish, considered as types of the leading divisions of the 
animal kingdom. The structure of these animals is, as far as 
possible, demonstrated to the student, and is explained in such a 
manner as to familiarise him with anatomical and zoological 
terminology, and to furnish him with a sound and real, however 
narrow, basis, on which to build his further studies. 
The relations of the different types of animal structure to one 
another. 
The scale of animal life, and the zoological position of Man. 
Species, their nature and mutual relations. The conditions of 
life and their consequences — the laws of Bathymetrical, Geogra- 
phical, and Geological distribution. 
The nature and object of Classification. 
In the second part of the Course will be considered : — 
The modifications presented by the most important members of 
the sub-kingdoms Protozoa and Codenterata , with particular re- 
ference to the manner in which these simple forms of animal life 
exemplify the laws of Physiology, Morphology, and Distribution 
in space and in time, and to their agency in forming rock 
masses. 
The structure, development, apd physiology of Bugula , Wald - 
heimia, Phallusia, Buccinum, Helix, Cleodora, Sepia, considered 
as typical examples of the chief classes of the sub-kingdom M ollusca . 
