Excerpt from A Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural HistoryTo form a just estimate of the relative position of any science at a given period, it is necessary that the prominent events in its history he rightly under stood. It seems, therefore, expedient to commence this discourse with a slight sketch of the rise and progress of zoological science; or, more properly, of the progressive discovery of the forms, structures, and habits belonging to the animal world; a world replete with such an infinity of beings, each pos sessing so many peculiarities Of habit and economy, that, notwithstanding the united efforts of human research for thousands of years, there is not one of them whose history, as yet, can be pronounced complete.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Swainson, William

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A Preliminary Discourse On The Study Of Natural History (1834)

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Fauna Boreali-Americana, Or, the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America: Containing Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected ... Command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N

Richardson,John

Kirby, William

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Zoological Illustrations, or Arranged According to Their Apparent Affinities

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