CONTENTS. 



Final Caufes ;— proved from Faas.— The Hiftory of the antient Patriarchs by 

 Mofes, a moft exa^ Chronological Hiftory;— compared with the Greek Chronology 

 by Generations. — Agreement of Mofes's tliftory with my Syftem.— Objedion an- 

 fwered, that Mofes's Years are only Months.— Other Authorities, befides Mofe?, 

 of the long Lives of the firft Men.— Of the Life of Mofes himfelf. - Objedlicn, 

 from what King David fays of the Lives of Men, anfvvered.— Of the Longevity of 

 the Oreeks about the Time of the Trojan War. — The Length of the Reigns of the 

 Lydian and Egyptian Kings, Page iig 



C H A P. V. 



Of the Size of Men.— Prodigious Growths of Men, in different Ages, and different 

 Nations. — TheQueftion at prefent concerning the Ordinary Size of Men in dif- 

 ferent Ages of the World. — Great Variety in the Size of Men. — This Variety not 

 owing to Soil or Climate. — The Diminution of the Size of Men in the fame Coun- 

 try and Climate proved, firft from Fads, then from the E-eafcn of the Thing. — 

 The Author's Way of judging of Fadls. — Of the Size of the Oran Outang. — Of 

 the Patagonians. — No Reafon to difbelieve Byron's Account of them.— His Ac- 

 count fupported by other Evidences.— Of the Size of the Ancient Egyptians and 

 Indians. — Of the Size of the Greeks as defcribed by Plomer. — Of the Romans, 

 and their Inferiority in Size to the barbarous Nations. — The Defcendants of thofe 

 .Nations not fuperior to us in Size. — Degeneracy of the Romans in Size, acknow- 

 ledged by one of their own Authors. — ^Memorials yet to be feen of the Degeneracy 

 of the Size of Men ; — Stonehenge; — Body of a Man found near it fourteen Feet 

 ten Inches long. — The Decline ftill going on. — This proved by Fafls. — Record of 

 the Degeneracy of the Human StaturCr — TheDecline, in this refpc£l, not confined 

 to Britain. — Some Remains yet preferved in Europe of the antient Stature of Men. 

 .— Vifible Marks of the Degeneracy of the Species to be daily feen. — The Time of 

 Gtftation of the Females ihortened in Modern Times, an evident Proof of the De- 

 generacy j—alfo the Women not having Milk for their Children. p. 129 



C LI A P. VI. 



Of the Difference betwixt our Animil and Tr.teile(Slual Natires. — Thefe too often at 

 Variance with one another. — Tiie IntellevQua! grows, and is nourifhed at the Ex- 

 pence of the Animal. — The Caufes of cur Body declining in the Civil State. — 

 V/hai is from God and Nature cannot be improved, but is made worfe by Human 



Art, 



