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6. Of tastes - 23 



7. Of moisture ad dryness, beat and cold 29 



8. Of gravity - - - ib. 

 Mr. Hutchinson's account of gravitation - 30 

 Mr. Hervey's strong and beautiful observations on 



this head - 32 

 Dr. Rogers's observation thereon 



i thoughts on comets - 37 



$. Of the other properties of bodies - 38 



10. Of occult qualities - - ib- 



11. Reflections - 39 

 On the heavenly bodies - ib; 

 On the ear til - - 41 

 On the natural instinct of animals 43 

 On seas and rivers ib. 

 On man in particular - - 44 

 On a general review of the whole 45 



Abridgment o/THE CONTEMPLATION O/NATURE, 

 By MR. BONNET, of Geneva. 



Introduction 49 



CHAP. I. 

 Of the FIRST CAUSE. 



1. The First Cause - 50 



2. The creation - ib. 



3. The universe considered with respect to its greater 



parts - . 51. 



-With respect to the planetary system - ib. 



