TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Title-page, with View of the Upper Part of the Tower of Sutton Benger Church . 

 DEDICATION to G. P. SCROPE, Esq. M.P. ...... 



The EDITOR'S PREFACE ; with Historical and Descriptive Particulars of Aubrey's Manuscripts 



Title-page to the Original Manuscript ...... 



DEDICATION, by Aubrey, to THOMAS, EARL of PEMBROKE .... 



The AUTHOR'S Original PREFACE ....... 



Letter from John Ray to Aubrey, with Comments on the Writings of the latter . 

 INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. CHOROGRAPHIA : Geological Remarks, Local Influences 

 List of " THE CHAPTERS " 



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PART I. 



CHAP. I. AIR: Winds, Mists, Storms, Meteors, 



Echos, Sounds . . . . .14 



CHAP. II. SPRINGS MEDICINAL: At Chippenham, 

 Kington St. Michael, Draycot, Seend, Epsom, 

 Melksham, Dundery-hill, Lavington, Devizes, 

 Minety, Wotton Bassett, &c. ; Sir W. Petty' s 

 "Queries for the Tryall of Minerall Waters" 20 



CHAP. III. RIVERS : Wily, North Avon, Upper 

 Avon, Nadder, Stour, Deverill, Kennet, Marden, 

 Thames, &c. ; Proposal for a Canal to connect 

 the Thames and North Avon . . .27 



CHAP. IV. SOILS : Clay, Marl, Fuller's Earth, Chalk, 

 Gravel, Sand ; Downs, Fairy-rings, Becket's Path 

 at Winterbourn, Peat, Spontaneous Vegetation, 

 Hills 34 



CHAP. V. MINERALS AND FOSSILS : Iron, Silver, 



Copperas, Umber, Spar, Lead, Coal . . 39 



CHAP. VI. STONES : Of Haselbury, Chilmark, and 

 Swindon ; Lime, Chalk, Pebbles, Flints ; the 

 Grey Wethers 42 



CHAP. VII. FORMED STONES : Belemnites, Madre- 

 pores, Oysters, Astroites, Cornua Ammonis, 

 Echini, &c. .... 45 



CHAP. VIII. AN HYPOTHESIS OF THE TERRAQUE- 

 OUS GLOBE : Learned Speculations on the 

 structure of the Earth . . . .46' 



CHAP. IX. PLANTS : Herbs, Orcheston Knot-grass, 

 Alhanna, Tobacco, Oak, Elm, Beech, Hazel, 

 Yew, Box, Holly, Osiers, Elders, Ash, Glaston- 

 bury Thorn, &c. .... 48 



CHAP. X. BEASTS : Deer, Hares, Rabbits, Dogs, 



Cattle . . . . . .58 



CHAP. XI. FISHES : Trout, Eels, Umbers or Gray- 

 ling, Carp, Tench, Salmon ; Fish-ponds, &c. . 62 



CHAP. XII. BIRDS : Larks, Woodpeckers, Bustards, 



Crows, Pheasants, Hawks, Sea-gulls, &c. . G4 



CHAP. XIII. REPTILES AND INSECTS: Snakes, 

 Adders, Toads, Snails, Bees; Recipe to make 

 Metheglyn . . . . .66 



CHAP. XIV. MEN AND WOMEN: Longevity, Re- 

 markable Births, &c. . . . .69 



CHAP. XV. DISEASES AND CURES : Leprosy, the 



Plague, Gout, Ricketts, Pin-and-Web, &c. . 73 



CHAP. XVI. OBSERVATIONS ON PARISH REGIS- 

 TERS : Population, Poor Rates, Periodical 

 Diseases . . . . .75 



