A Reprint of the North American Zoology

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: The article on the Zoologry of North America, is, for it extent, by far the most accurate which has ever appeared. The modesty of its author forbids a personal acknowledgement, which the editors would have the highest satisfaction in making. Only through the recognition of his associates, and, in larger...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: The article on the Zoologry of North America, is, for it extent, by far the most accurate which has ever appeared. The modesty of its author forbids a personal acknowledgement, which the editors would have the highest satisfaction in making. Only through the recognition of his associates, and, in larger measure, by the citations of Prof. Baird in his work on the Mammals of North America, is the scientific world enabled to accord to the author of Ord's Zoology the honor and distinction which he humbly sought to avoid. May the following pages not only serve to establish more clearly Mr. Ord's title to a high place among the Zoologists of America, but further those loftier interests which he considered so essential to scientific progress. Academy Of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, New Year's Day, 1894. chapter{{Section 4GEOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, COMMERCIAL GRAMMAR; AND PRESENT STATE OF THE SEVERAL KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD. CONTAINING, 1. The Figures, Motions, and Distances of the Planets, according to the Newtonian System, and the latest Observations. 2. A general View of the Earth considered as a Planet; with several useful Geographical Definitions and Problems. 3. TheGrnnd Divisions of the Globe into Land and Water, Continents, and Islands. 4. The Situation and Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, states, Provinces, and Colonies. 5. Their Climate, Air, Soil, Vegetable Productions, Metals, Minerals, Natural Curiosities, Seas, Rivers, Bays, Capes, Promontories and Lakes. 6. The'Birds and Beasts peculiar to each Country. 7. Observations on the Changes that have been any where observed upon the Face of Nature, ince the most early Periods of History. 8. The History and origin of Nations, their Forms of Government, Religion, Laws, Revenues, Taxe...