"For we desire that men should learn and perceive how severe a thing the true inquisition of Nature is, and should accustom themselves, by the light of particulars, to enlarge their minds to the amplitude of the world, and not reduce the world to the narrowness of their minds." LORD BACON. D STUDIES IN NATURAL HISTORY; EXHIBITING A POPULAR VIEW OF THE MOST STRIKING AND INTERESTING OBJECTS OF THE MATERIAL WORLD. Illustrated by Ten Engravings. BY WILLIAM RHIND, MEMBER OF THE ROYAL MEDICAL AND ROYAL PHYSICAL EDINBURGH: PUBLISHED BY OLIVER & BOYD, TWEEDDALE-COURT; AND SIMPKIN & MARSHALL, LONDON. 1830. то HENRY BROUGHAM, ESQ. F. R. S., M. P., &c. WHOSE PROFOUND AND COMPREHENSIVE INTELLECT HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFULLY DEVOTED TO THE GENERAL Diffusion of USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, THIS LITTLE WORK IS HUMBLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. |