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4. With respect to comets - 52 



5. Of the suspension of those immense bodies in 



the air - - 53 



6. Of the sea, islands, &c. 54 



7. Of the moon, venus, mercury, satnrn, and the sun ib. 



8. Universal connection, or harmony of the universe 55 



9. The elements act reciprocally on each other - 56 



CHAP. II. 



Of the relative Perfection of Beings. 



1. General distribution of terrestrial beings 58 



2. Of corporeal perfection 59 



3. The terrestrial life, and the species of it - ib, 



4. The immensity of the chain ot beings - 60 



5. Mean spaces : and their consequence - ib. 



CHAP. III. 



General Flew of the gradual Progression of Beings, 



1. The elements - 63 



2. Three kinds of composition in bodies 64 



3. Of fluids in general, and cei tain fluids in particular ib. 



4. Of some rude, or unorganized solids 65 



5. Passage of rude, or unorganized solids, into or- 



ganized - 6 



