CONTENTS 



TO VOLUME FIRST. 



CHAP. I. Of the Earth ; its Form, and Compost 

 fion: of Attraction ; Repulsion; Elements; Heat; Air; 

 Water. 9 



CHAP. II. Of Hills ; Seas ; Rivers, and Lakes ; 

 their Nature and Properties 41 



CHAP. III. Of Tides, Winds, regular and irre- 

 gular; Monsoons; Hurricanes; Whirlwinds; Wa- 

 ter-spouts, 56 



CHAP, IV. Of Volcanoes; Earthquakes; the 

 Formation of new Islands ; Caverns and Grottoes ; 

 I5ogs and Fens ; Changes of Land into Sea, &c. 69 



CHAP. V. Analogies between Animals and Ve- 

 getables ; on the Nature of Man ; of Infancy ; Man- 

 hood; Extent of Human Life ; of the Senses; Anec- 

 dotes illustrative of this Subject B4> 



CHAP. VI. Of the apparent Varieties in the 

 Human Species; Laplanders; Tartars; Chinese; 

 Japanese ; Formosans ; Moguls ; Persians ; Arabians ; 

 Circassians; Turks; Russians; Negroes; Hottentots; 

 Americans; causes of this variety. 107 



CHAP Vll.-Of Quadrupedes in general; Domestic 

 Animals ; the Horse ; the Ass ; the Ox ; the Sheep ; 

 the Goat. Of the Swine; the Wild Boar, &c. 131 



CHAP. VIII Of another Class of Domestic ani- 

 mals; the Dog; its varieties. Of the Cat, &c, 18 



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