Its great Benefit, 33. Caufe of Levity, which is of great Use in the World, 35. Terraqueous Globe itself. Of which I take a View in Gefneral, of [Its Spherical Figure, which is the most commodious in regard of Light, 40. Lodgment of the Waters. The Winds, 41. Its Bulk, 43. Its Motion, ibid. Annual. Diurnal. Its Place and Distance from the Sun, and other Heavenly Its Diftribution, fo as to cause all the Parts of the Globe to {{ 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 answer'd, 55. Particular, of the Earth; of its [Conftituent Parts; viz. Its (Soils and Molds neceffary to the Growth of various Vegetables, 61. {Various Occafions of Man, and other Animals, 62. Various Strata or Beds, affording Materials for Tools. Firing. Dying, and thousands of other Things, 64. Subterraneous Caverns and Vulcano's; of great Use to the Mountains and Valleys, which are not rude Ruins, but Works The most Salubrious: to fome Conftitutions, the Hills; to fome, the Valleys, 71. Best to skreen us, and other Things, 72. Beneficial to the Production of various Vegetables. Harbour and Maintenance of various Animals, 73. Abfolutely neceffary to the Conveyance of the Rivers; and, in all Probability, to the Origin of Fountains, ib. Conclufion Conclufion againft blaming GoD, 81. Its Inhabitants, which are either Senfitive or Infenfitive. [Senfitive, fome Things are Common to all the Tribes, particularly these Ten: [Eye, an admirable Piece of Mechanism in regard of its Form, for the most Part Spherical, which is best for S The Reception of Objects. { Motion of the Eye, 90. Situation, in the most commodious Part of the Body of every Creature. Motion, in fome Animals S Every Way Fixed; and the excellent Provifion in that Size; which is in All Creatures, according to their Occafions. Number, in fome Animals Two, 94. More: Together with the wife Provifion to prevent double Vifion. Parts; fome of which are viewed Tranfiently, the Arteries, Veins, and fome of the Muscles and Tunicks. More ftrictly, fome of the Muscles, and the excellent Provision made for their peculiar Ufes, Equilibration, &c. 96. Tunicks: Among which the various Apertures, Forms, and Pofitions of the Pupil are particularly noted, 99. Humours, efpecially the prodigious Finery and Compofition of the Crystalline, according to Mr. Lewenboeck. Nerves, 105. S Optick. 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, 109. Of erect Vifion, III. a z Hearing. Double, enabling us to hear everyWay, and a good Provifion for the Lofs or Hurt of one. Situated in the very best Place for Information, All Creatures formed, guarded, placed, and every Way accoutered according to their various Places and Occafions, 115. Man fuitable to his erect Pofture; and all its Parts, the Helix, Tragus, Concha, &c. ad- mirably fuited to the Reception and Me- lioration of Sounds, and the Security of Inward Ear: In which I take aView of the, 121. Auditory Paffage, curiously tunnelled, tortuous and smooth; and being always open, is lined with the naufeous Ear-wax for a Guard. Bone, particularly hard and context for Guard, Tympanum, and its Membrane, Muscles, and of Sound. Labyrinth, Semicircular Canals, Cochlea; all made with the utmoft Art, 127. Auditory Nerves; one of which is ramified to the Eye, Tongue, Muscles of the Ear, and to the Heart; whence a great Sympathy Object, Sound. Under which I confider, The Improvements thereof by the Wit of Man, 129. Its great Neceffity, and excellent Uses, 132. Its Pleasure, and the Power of Mufick, 134. Smelling. In whichSenfe thefeThings are remarkable,the SA Guard againft noxious Things, 138. The fpreading of the Olfactory Nerves. Prodigious Ufe of it in all, especially fome of the Tafte. The Things moft remarkable in which Senfe Nerves fpread about the Tongue and Mouth, with The Papillæ, neatly made, 140. Situa- Situation thereof to be a Centinel to the Stomach, { Whofe Organ is the Nerves, 143. Which is difperfed through every Part of the Body, The Parts concerned therein are, The Larynx, with its great Variety of Muscles, &c. for Refpiration, and forming the Voice, 148. Trachea and Epiglottis, exquifitely contrived and Bronchi and Lungs, with their curious Arteries, Veins, Ribs, Diaphragm, and the several Muscles concern'd. III. The Motion of Animals: Concerning which I confider Mufcles, and their Structure, their Size, Faftening to the Joints, Motions, &c. 158. Bones, and their curious Make. Joints, with their Form, Bandage, and Lubricity, Nerves, and their Origin, Ramifications, and Inof- More particularly the Loco-motive Act itself, which is Swift or flow, with Wings, Legs many or few, or none at all, according to the various Occasions and Ways of Animals Lives. As particularly in Reptiles, whofe Food and Habitation is near at hand. Man and Quadrupeds, whofe Occafions require a larger Range, and therefore a swifter Motion, 164. Birds and Infects, whofe Food, Habitation and Safety Geometrically and neatly performed by the niceft Rules, Due Equipoife of the Body, 165. Motive Parts being accurately placed with Regard to the Center of the Body's Gravity, and to undergo IV. The Place allotted to the feveral Tribes of Animals to live and act in. Concerning which I obferve, that Their Organs are adapted to their Place, 167. All Places habitable are duly ftocked. Various Animals have their various Places; and the V. The Balance of Animals Numbers, fo that the World { Overstocked by their Increase. The feveral Tribes of Animals by a due Proportion in the SUfeful Creatures being many. Different Lengths of his Life. When the World was more, but not fully peopled, When it was fufficiently ftocked, down to the pre- Due Proportions of Marriages, Births, and Burials, Balance of Males and Females, 175. VI. The Food of Animals. In which the Divine Ma- nagement and Providence appears, in the 179. Maintaining fuch large Numbers of all Kinds of Ani- Adjustment of the Quantity of Food to the Number of There is not too much, fo as to rot and annoy the The most Useful is the most Plentiful, and easiest Delight which the various Tribes of Animals have to the Varieties of Food, fo that what is grateful to one, is naufeous to another: Which is a wife Means to cause All Creatures to be fufficiently supplied. All Sorts of Food to be confumed. The World to be kept fweet and clean by thofe Peculiar Food, that particular Places afford to the Crea- |