NATURAL HISTORY,

Comprehensive, Scientific, and Popular,

ILLUSTRATING AND DESCRIBING THE

ANIMAL KINGDOM,

WITH ITS

WONDERS AND CURIOSITIES,

FROM MAN, THROUGH ALL THE DIVISIONS, CLASSES, AND ORDERS, TO
THE ANIMALCULE IN A DROP OF WATER;

SHOWING

THE HABITS, STRUCTURE, AND CLASSIFICATION OF

ANIMALS,

WITH

THEIR RELATIONS TO AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, COMMERCE, AND THE ARTS.

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S. G. GOODRICH,

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