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GENERAL TABLE OF ORGANIC BEINGS, AS KNOWN
AT THE PRESENT TIME.
| Terrestrial. | Fresh water. | Marine. | ||||
| Recent. | Fossil. | Recent. | Fossil. | Recent. | Fossil. | |
| 1 Mammalia | 1,346 | 66 | 52 | 2 | 104 | 9 |
| 2 Birds | 5,984 | 13 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
| 3 Reptiles | 1,805 | 19 | 106 | 44 | 113 | 12 |
| 4 Fishes | . . . | . . . | 508 | 24 | 5,134 | 522 |
| 5 Mollusca | 642 | 69 | 409 | 151 | 5,369 | 4,675 |
| 6 Articulosa | 108,000 | 215 | 2,658 | 54 | 528 | 195 |
| 7 Radiata | . . . | . . . | 14 | 8 | 1,159 | 789 |
| 8 Plants | 76,000 | 524 | 126 | 56 | 1,136 | 69 |
| 1 Mammalia | Chosen | men | the lady | adieu | and the cows | eat |
| 2 Birds | Lovers | cage | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
| 3 Reptiles | Crawl | above | the buxom | oaks | and the couch | bed |
| 4 Fishes | . . . | . . . | the lower | dike | and the locks | yielded |
| 5 Mollusca | Naked | move | the sweet | bulb | and the elegant | jonquil |
| 6 Articulosa | Cowereth | feeble | the familiar | louse | and the elder | beetle |
| 7 Radiata | . . . | . . . | the busy | ore | and the occult | part |
| 8 Plants | Openeth | lads | the cedar | elm | and the buchin | nut |
Learn the above sentences, and the table will be known. The divisions are distinguished by the non-numerical words the, and and the.
