Excerpt from A New System of the Natural History of Fishes and Insects It is remarkable, that there is no fyftem of ichthyology in the Enn/lo language. Gold/mitb's plan did not ad? Mit of any thing more, than a general fketch of this fub jeet. Accordingly, he has not defcribed, perhaps, a twentieth part of thofe, that are already found in the fyfiems of Artedi or Linnaeus. Pennant has, indeed, given a corre???'r and elegant billory of the Brita/l. fillies but thefe make only a fmail part of the inhabitants of the ocean. We ...
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Excerpt from A New System of the Natural History of Fishes and Insects It is remarkable, that there is no fyftem of ichthyology in the Enn/lo language. Gold/mitb's plan did not ad? Mit of any thing more, than a general fketch of this fub jeet. Accordingly, he has not defcribed, perhaps, a twentieth part of thofe, that are already found in the fyfiems of Artedi or Linnaeus. Pennant has, indeed, given a corre???'r and elegant billory of the Brita/l. fillies but thefe make only a fmail part of the inhabitants of the ocean. We dare not promife, in the narrow limits of the following work, to offer a complete fyfiem to the public. All the genera, however, are included, and a few of the molt remarkable fpecies belonging to each, are fele???'ted for a particular defcription. By the labours, however, of the different philofophers already mentioned, nearly five hundred kinds of fillies have been enumerated, and defcribed; and, in appearance at leali, confiderable progrefs has been made in explain-a ing their hifiory: But, unfortunately, the names and ex ternal figure of many of thefe are' all that we know. Their food, migrations, manner of life, and every qua llty that can render their hifiory interefiing, {till remain to be explored. While, therefore, we are guided prin cipally by the arrangement of Linnaeus, in giving the following account of fillies, we ???will fpare our readers the trouble of perufing the tedious catalogue, as often as it prefents nothing, but the dry detail of names. We {hall thus fecure ouifelves an opportunity of enlarging more fully upon thofe particular fifhes, whofe hifiory may appear molt authentic, curious, or ufeful. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This 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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