Its great Benefit 33.

Caufe of Levity, which is of great Ufe in the World 35. -Terraqueous Globe it felf. Of which I take a View in General of,

Its Spherical Figure, which is the most commodious in regard of MA

(Light 40. Heat.

Lodgment of the Waters.

The Winds 42.

Its Bulk 43.

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Its Motion 44.

SAnnual.

Diurnal.

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Its Place and Distance from the Sun, and other heavenly Bodies 46.

Its Diftribution, fo as to cause all the Parts of the Globe to
Balance each other 48.

Be helpful to one another.

The great Variety and Quantity of all things ferving for Food, Phyfick, Building, and every Ufe and Occafion of all Ages, Places, and Creatures 53.

An Objection anfwered et

Particular, of the Earth: of its
Conftituent Parts, viz. ItsuoquV In

Soils and Moulds, neceffary to the
Growth of various Vegetables 61.

Various Occasions of Man, and other Animals 62

Various Strata or Beds, affording Materials for

Tools.

Firing.

Building.

Dying, and thousands of other things 65.

Conveyance of the fweet Fountain-Waters 66.

Subterraneous Caverns and Vulcano's; of great Ufe to the Countries where they are

are 68.

Mountains and Valleys, which are not rude Ruins, but Works of Defign, inasmuch as this Structure of the Earth is The most beautiful and pleasant.

The moft Salubrious: to fome Conftitutions, the Hills

Production of various Vegetables.

Harbour and Maintenance of various Animals 74.

to

Abfolutely neceffary to the Conveyance of the Rivers; and in all probability to the Origine of Fountains 76.

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Conclufion againft blaming GOD 81,
-Its Inhabitants; which are either Sensitive or Insensitive
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Senfitive, fome things are

the

Common to all the Tribes, particularly thefe Ten:
1. The five Senfes and their Organs; the 86.

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Eye, an admirable Piece of Mechanifm in regard of its
Form, for the most part Spherical, which is beft for
The
Reception of Objects.

of the Eye 90.

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Situation in the most commodious part of the Body of every Creature..

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More Together with the wife Provifion to pre

vent double Vision.

Parts; fome of which are viewed

Tranfiently, the Arteries, Veins, and fome of the
Mufcles and Tunicks.

More ftrictly fome of the

Mufcles, and the excellent Provifion made for
their peculiar Ufes, Equilibration, &c. 98.
Tunicks Among which the various Apertures
Forms, and Pofitions of the Pupil are parti.
s of the Pupil afe
cularly noted 100.

Humours, efpecially the prodigious Finery and
Compofition of the Crystalline, according to
Mr. Lewenhoeck.

Nerves 106.

Optick,

Motory.

-Guard and Security, provided for by

The Reparation of the Aqueous Humour.

Covering of the Eye Lids.

Strong and curious Bones.

Hard and firm Tunicks.

Withdrawing them into their Heads 111.
Of erect Vision 112.

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18 000 grimald Rings Hollybɔno.) Hearings redbio si doldwarastida tole 1Organ, the Ear, 114.

Double, enabling us to hear every way, and a good
Provifion for the Lofs

2t of one.

Situated in the very belt place for Information, Security, and near the Eye and Brain,

The Fabrick of the

by Outward Ear, which is in

All Creatures formed, guarded, placed, and every way accoutered according to their various and Occafions 116.

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Man, fuitable to his erect Pofture, and all its Parts, the Helix, Tragus, Concha, &c. admithe rably fuited to the Reception and Melioration of Sounds, and the Security of the Part. Inward Ear In which I take a View of the 121. Auditory Paffage, curiously tunnelled, tortuous, and (mooth; and being always open, is lined with the nauseous Ear-wax for a Guard. Tuba Euftachiana 123.

Bone, particularly hard and context for Guard, and to affift the Sound.

Tympanum, and its Membrane, Mufcles, and four little Bones to correfpond to all kinds of Sound.

Labyrinth, Semicircular Canals, Cochlea, all made with the utmost Aft .1.28.

HotAuditory Nerves, one of which is ramified to the Eye, Tongue, Mufcles of the Ear, and to the Heart; whence a great Sympathy between

thofe Parts 129.

CObject, Sound Under which I confider,
The Improvements thereof by the Wit of Man 130.
Its great Neceffity, and excellent Ufes 134.

Its Pleafure, and the Power of Mufick 135.

Smelling. In which fenfe these things are remarkable; the
Noftrils, always open, cartilaginous, and endowed with
Muscles 138.

Laminæ, ferving for

A Guard against noxious Things 139.
The fpreading of the Olfactory Nerves.

Prodigious Ufe of it in all, especially fome of the Irra

tionals 140.

Tafte. The Things moft remarkable' in which Senfe are,
the

Nerves spread about the Tongue and Mouth, with their
Guard.

The Papillæ, neatly made 141.

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Situation thereof to be a Sentinel to the Stomach and

Food: I

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-Confent thereof with the other Senfes, by Come Branches of the fifth Pair) 142,6 Jildstidend poorly-hA Feeling Page 143. ib.in ord eletric ecoinV Whofe Organ is the Nerves 1440 Town is mob Which is difperfed through every Part of the Body, and the admirable Benefit thereof.

II. Refpiration the grand A&t of Animal Life, p1:46) Miniftering to the Circulation of the Blood and Diaftole of the Heart. of bisex W

The Parts concerned therein are

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The Larynx, with its great Variety of Mufcles, for
Refpiration and, forming the Voice 149 1
Trachea and Epiglottis, exquisitely contrived and made.
Bronchi and Lungs, with their carious Arteries, Veins
and Nerves 151. and videolingon who▼ ma
Ribs, Diaphragm, and the feveral Mufcles concerned.
Its Defects in the

Foetus in the Womb:54 bhoWapVi
Amphibious Creatures must esw J ROTHS
Some Animals in Winter.

Tranfiently the

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III. The Motion of Animals: Concerning which 1 confider
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Muscles, and their Structure, their Size Fastening to
the Joynts, Motions, Úc. 159vus¶ bus inam
Bones, and their curious Make! dodi gribikonisM?
Joynts with their Forma, Bandage and Lubricity 162.
Nerves, and their Origine, Ramifications and Inofcula-
tions.cz LooI
More particularly the Loco Motive Aft it felf, which is
Swift or flow, with Wings, Legs many or few, or none at
all according to the various Occafions and Ways of
Animals Lives. As particularly in Seo WIT
Reptiles, whofe Food and Habitation is near at hand.
Man and Quadrupeds, whofe Occafions require a larger
Range, and therefore a fwifter Motion 165V
Birds, and Infects, whole Food, Habitation and Safety
require yet a larger Range, and have accordingly a
yet fwifter Motion and direct Conveyance.
Geometrically and neadly performed by the nide Rules.
Well provided for by the

Due Equipoife of the Bridy 664 Loos will Motive Parts being accurately placed with regard to the quicoCenter of the Body's Gravity, and to undergo their due Proportion of Weight and Exercife.gi

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IV The Place allotted to the several Tribes of Animals to live and act in. Concerning which I obferve that Their Organs are adapted to their Placé 5168

All Places habitable are duely stocked...

Various Animals have their various Places; and the Wif dom thereof 1691 1. earovi (1) al argi0

V. The Balance of Animals Numbers, fo that the World, 905zat adi be sti

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Overstocked by their Increase.sig il nolishiqo♬ ЛI {Depopulated by their Death)

Which is effected in

The feveral Tribes of Animals by a
Length of their Life 170.

Number of their Young, in

due Proportion in the

Ufeful Creatures being many for ano 17

Pernicious few.

Man very remarkably by the

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Different Length of his Life, gi WKI SJA
Soon after the Creation 172.

When the World was more, but not fully peopled 173
When it was fufficiently stocked, down to the prefent
time

Due Proportions of Marriages, Births and Burials 175. Balance of Males and Females 176k vindner) VI. The Food of Animals. In which the Divine Management and Providence appears in the 180

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Maintaining fuch large Numbers of all kinds of Animals on the Land, in the Seas, and divers Places too unlike ly to afford fufficient. Food., tit. bas ew?.

Adjustment of the Quantity of Food to the Number of Devourers, fo that

There is not too much, fo as to rot, and annoy the
World 181.

The most useful is most plentiful, and eafieft propa-
gated 182.

Delight which the various Tribes of Animals have to the Varieties of Food, fo that what is grateful to one, is naufeous to anothér: Which is a wile means to cause All Creatures to be fufficiently supplied.

All forts of Food to be confumed, v

The World to be kept sweet and clean by those means 184.

Peculiar Food, that particular Places afford to the Creatures refiding therein 185.

Curious Apparatus in all Animals for Gathering, and Digeftion of their Food, viz. the 14 zob

Mouth