A. Justly celebrated Naturalist was of opinion, “that every “distribution of mineral bodies, which is instituted before the “determination of the species, must be mere confusion; while, “after having established it, according to fixed principles, no “kind of distribution can be absolutely faulty.” The distribution itself varies, along with the different principles of classification, introduced for the purpose of obtaining a systematic arrangement, conformable to the views of Natural History, of Chemistry, or of other sciences; but the Species remains that unique and unalterable point to which every system, and in fact every inquiry, must be referred, if we wish to avail ourselves of the prerogatives of the human mind, and preserve our information in a scientific form.