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Infects Cloathing, vaftly beautiful,
Arms, offenfive and defenfive,

Part i. Page 5. ibid.

Organs and Tools,

ibid. 6, 7 i. 9

i. 10, 11

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Origin from an Egg, or a Sced. Their firft State,
Generation regular, and not from Corruption,

The Wisdom of the Creator visible in the Compofition of In

Their Second State,

Intermediate State,

i. 12

i. 16

i. 18

i. 19

Laft State, or great and final Metamorphofis,
Whether they really die before they undergo their feveral

Metamorphofes,

Their wife Precautions and Stratagems to fecure themfelves from Birds,

Food, generally of one Kind,

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Ufe to nourish young Birds,

Duration, only till the young Birds have no Occafion for them.

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- A Medium to be obferved in our Purfuit of it,

L.

LEAVES of Trees, their Ufe,

.Their Fall. Cause of it,

ii. 270

Letter, on the Advantage and Pleasure of the Study of Phyfics, and

Objections to that Study,

On the Extent and Limits of Reason,

Life, compared to a Traveller,

Light, it's affonishing Effects,

ii. 306, & feq. ii. 309, & feq. ii. 312

ii. 321. & feq.

Lure, Defcription of it, ii. 189. Birds of Prey, how taught to fly

at it,

M.

ii. 190

MAN, humbled by the Destruction which the meanest Animals

bring upon him,

ii: 291

i. 27, 28 Manna, a Suger or Species of natural Honey, that flows from the Leaves of a Tree, Metamorphofes, (Ovid's) the Ufe that ought to be made of them, i. 17 Metamorphofes, extraordinary ones of fome Animals, Microfcopes, the Wonders they difplay,

ibid. & feq.

1. 2

Moon, has no Influence over Plants, ii. 291, &c. Whence it was fuppofed to have an Influence,

300 ii. 274

Mofs, kills Plants by clofing all their Air Veffels, Moth, it's Habitation in Stuffs. Defcription of it. Manner of Feeding, i. 35. Changes to a Nymph, and then into a Butterfly. Prefervatives against Moths,

36

Moufe, (Field) ii, 217. His very commodious Habitation under Ground, Provifion,

ibid.

Muscle

Mufcle (Sea) i. 137, Spins. ibid. Tongue. Motion, 138, 139

The Thread, it's Mechanism,

of the large Kinds, fpins exceeding fine Silk,

The Shell of fome above two Feet long,

Mushroom, has Seed,

N.

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NARVAL, it's Teeth more esteemed than those of the Ele-.

phant,

Nature, the View of it enchanting,
All Nature full of Animals,

ii. 241

i. 9

i. 15

It's Wisdom in giving Weapons offenfive and defenfive, to all

Animals,

Not to be found fault with by Man,

The nobleft of all Studies,

Nothing in all it's Works is loft or defective,

It's Depth and Mechanism hid from us,

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ii. 311, 312

i. 8

Needle, it's Point viewed in a Microscope, Nefts (Birds) perfect Similitude in all thofe of the fame Species, and Difference between thofe of various Species, ii. 159, & feq. Nefts built in an Aviary, 160. The Purveyors, ibid. Expedient when a Bird wanted Materials for building one, 161. Nefts of various Sorts,

162

Nightingale, his exquifite Mufic, ii. 186. Delightful to hear him after a Number of Birds have been finging in Chorus. The various Modulation of his delicious Pipe,

Nymph of Infects, what,

Defcription of it,

-Those that arife from Wafps,

O.

187 i. 18

i. 34, 46 i. 76

OCEAN, filled with innumerable Inhabitants, ii. 224. Wonders in the Nature of it's Waters, 225. A Religious Reflection, 226 Oftrich, one of the largest Birds in the World, ii. 184. Great Height. It's Form. It's Eggs as big as an Infant's Head, ibid. Neglect their Eggs, ibid. Their Stupidity when purfued. Swallow Iron. Uses of their Feathers,

85 i. 152

Oyfters, thofe the most delicate which have feweft Pearls
Petrified, found in a Mountain, i. 153. How carried up
by the Sea, 154-
At the Time of the general Flood, ibid.

P.

PALM-wine, extracted from a Tree by a little Reed,

ii. 271

Peacock, the fame to the Eye as the Nightingale to the Ear, ii. 187. Extraordinary Beauty of his Plu nage, 188. Perfections, ibid. Pearls in Oyfters, probably owe their Formation to Oysters having the Gravel,

i. 150

Pheasants, the great Benefit Mankind reap from them, ii. 161. Their
Elogium,

Philofophers cannot be too plain in their Applications,
Plains (in Africa) 900 Miles from the Sea, full of Shells,

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Plants, ii. 247. These are a Species of Animals, 248. Their Origin from Seeds, ibid. The Earth cannot form an organized Body, ibid. 249. Millions of Seeds inclofed one in the other, 250. Seeds of Plants, their Figure, &c. 251. Different Situation, ibid. Every Seed has its Bag, &c. 252, 253. Lobes of the Seed. The Bud; Pedicle or Tail of the Seed; Stock or Body of the Plant; Seminal Leaves, ibid. Root. D fcription of it, ibid. 254. The Pith, what, ibid. The Wood, ibid. Bark, it confifts of three Parts, 255. Sap Veffels, 256. Air Vents, ibid. The Knots, 257. Fibres of Roots, ibid. Slips, Layers, and Shcots, 258. Head of the Plant, ibid. Direction of the Stem and Root, 261. When Plants root upwards, 262. Their prodigious Fecundity, 275, 276. Male and Female, exemplified in Hemp, Pleafures, modifh ones very trifling,

281

i. z

ii. 215

Porcupine, larger than a Hedge-hog. His Manner of encountering an Enemy, Providence, the Creation of noxious wild Beafts very reconcileable with it,

ii. 204 Remarkable in the Distribution of Fish in different Parts of ii. 226, 227 i. 10

the Ocean, Putrifaction, what,

periment,

That it does not produce any Animal, proved by an Ex

Q.

UAILS, their Progrefs from Africa to Europe,

QUA

R.

i. 14

ii. 194

REASON, it's Bounds, ii. 310. May be degraded by the Vanities of the Age. Our Enquiries fometimes carried too far, ibid. 311, c. The great Advantage of Reafon, 314. It's Excellency, 315, 316. An active and fruitful Principle, ibid. It's Motions on various Occafions, ibid, 317. Impoffible to purfue it through all it's Wonders, 317. Confufion that would arife in the World from the want of it, 318. It renders Man the Centre of the Creatures that furround him, 319 Refurrection, an agreeable Image of ours from that of Butterflies, i. 34 Rhubarb, the Root of a fmall Tree that grows in Afia,

ii. 291

S.

SALT, great Ufes of it,

in Plants,

ii. 227

ii. 290

Sap, in Plants, an Inquiry into it's Progrefs and Circulation, ii.259,&c. Scent of Fruits and Flowers, it's Origin,

ii. 267

Sceptics, the Danger of them, ii. 311. How introduced fpeaking, 320, &c. Another Sort of men too prefumptuous,

ibid.

Seed, Lettuce, Experiment of fome fowed and placed under the Receiver of an Air-Pump,

Seeds, innumerable in a young Elm,

Sepulchres, which Infects build for themselves,

ii. 272

ii. 275

i. 17 Shelk,

Shells, a fine Account of the formation of that which covers a Snail,
i. r45, & feq. The Original of those admirable Streaks and Clouds
vifible on the Shells of Snails and the Generality of teftaceous Ani-
mals, 147, feq. The Tumours and Inequalities of Shells cu-
rioufly accounted for, 149, & feq. The Shells of Crals, 151, & feq.
The Richness and Variety of Colours and Shells, 152. The fine
Works formed out of Shells, 153. Whole Plains of Shells in
Africa, above three hundred leagues from the Sea, 154.
them piled up on the Tops of the Alps, ibid. Conveyed
Places by the Deluge,

Silk, how wound off,
Silk-worms,

Heaps of
to thofe
ibid.

Two Methods of rearing them, abroad or at home,
In what Manner their Eggs are difpofed on Mulberry-trees
The Worms break their Shells, and fpread over the Verdure,
Method of rearing them at home,

Their Suftenance, Mulberry-leaves,
How preferved from Distempers,

i. 45

i. 39

i. 40

ibid.

ibid.

i. 41

ibid.

i. 42

Cleanliness and good Air very necessary to their Welfare, ib.
Their different Stages,

Build a Cell of a ravishing Structure,

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Manner of Spinning. The Thread formed of a Gum,
Cones, or Habitations, in which Silk-worms wrap

felves, defcribed,

How they raise them,

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i. 44

ib. 45

them-
i. 46
ibid.

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Have three entirely different Coverings,
Change into Butterflies. What becomes of them,
Sometimes lay above five hundred Eggs,

Sleep, various Kinds of Birds, Reptiles, and Infects, fleep for several
Months together,

i. 31
Snail, Story of one who ftole into a Bee-hive, where it was killed,

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It's Manfion. Advantage of it. Retreat. It's four Telescopes,
or Horns, i. 142, 143. How enabled to move, ibid. Glue, great
Uies of it, 144. Teeth, ibid. Their Procreation. Are all Her-
maphrodites. Their Eggs, 145. Shell, or Houfe, how formed.
A Succeffion of thefe, ibid. Experiment by breaking one of the
Shelfs, 146. Another Experiment, ibid. 147. Caufe of the Spots
in Shells, ibid. 148. Tumours and Inequalities of the Shells, 149
Spiders, i. 53. Five Sorts of them,

their Fore-part,

Eyes (generally eight) Stings (two) whence they eject

ftrong Poifon,

Legs (eight in Number) Claws (three) Sponges, ibid.

Thread,

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Web, Defcription of it, i. 59. Structure of the Web of an
Houfe Spider much after the fame Manner as a Weaver makes his
Cloth, 60. Her Lodge,

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Their Manner of cleaning it, ibid. Old Spiders, how they

62

Spiders

Spiders, (Gardens) how they pafs from Branch to Branch, i. 62. The curious Manner in which the forms and weaves her Thread. 62, 63. The Wind not injurious to her Web, and for what Reafon, (Black) their ufual Place of Abode, and the Method in which they there diftribute their Threads for surprising their Prey, ibid. Their Malignancy and Strength,

64

ibid.

(Wandering) are of various Colours and Sorts, and generally run and leap, ibid. Another Species of them more fingular than the reft, who extend their Threads along the Grafs in Meadows, 65. Exhibit a Picture of great Profperity,

(Field) the Ufe of her long Legs,

ibid.

ibid.

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Eggs of Spiders, how difpofed, i. ibid. The Solicitude of thofe Animals for the Prefervation of their Eggs, Some carry their Young on their Backs, others lay their Eggs in a Purfe.

ibid. 66

i. 66

Their great Care of their

i. 67

ii. 300

ii. 180

ii. 289

ibid.

Young,

Stars, Folly of afcribing Good and Evil to them,

Stork, feeds her Young with Adders, &c.

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Swallow, its Neft, ii. 162. Differs entirely from thofe of all other

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TARANTULA, very like a House Spider. Strange Effects of

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Tortoife, an amphibious Animal does not fwim, but crawl,

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Four or five Species of thefe Creatures. The Turtle defcribed.
The Carret; it's Shell very beautiful, ibid. How they get their
Food on watry Meadows, 239. Lay their Eggs in the Sand, ibid.
The Young ones rife out of it,

Tulip,

ibid.

ii. 278

Turkey-Hen, great Care of her Young, and deep Anxiety at the far diftant Flight of a Bird of Prey, ii. 270. Reflections on this, ibid.

Turnfole, particularly defcribed,

V.

VANILLA, a Shell filled with a luscious Juice,

Vents, a Set of Wind Pipes in Plants,

Verdure, it's Beauty,

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Virtues, the Bees confpicuous for feveral, i. 106. In which they shame

Mankind,

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