CONTENTS OF VOL. I. 



CHAPTER I. 



STATE OF THE ARGUMENT. 



Watch, page 2 ; eight cases, 4-8. 



yote 1, Referring to the Appendix for a description of the me- 

 chanism of the watch, page 1 ; 2, on *' how the stone came 

 to be there," ib. ; 3, on the turning of oval frames, 4 ; 4, on 

 "laws" of nature, &c., 8. 



CHAPTER II. 



STATE OF THE ARGUMENT CONTINUED. 



J^ote 5, on the management and tendency of the argument in 

 Chapter II., 17. 



CHAPTER III. 



APPLICATION OF THE ARGUMENT. 



Eye and telescope, 19 ; light — distance, 26; eyes of birds, 31 ; 

 eyes of fish, 32 ; minuteness of picture, 35 ; socket — eye- 

 brow — eye-lid — tears, 36 ; nictitating membrane — mus- 

 cle, 38 ; expedients, 41 ; why means used, ib. ; ear, 44. 



J^ote 6, referring to Appendix, 18 ; 7, referring to Appendix, and 

 on the adaptation of the eyes offish to the medium in which 

 they live, 20 ; 8, referring to Appendix, and on refraction, 

 23 ; 9, on the adjustment of the eye to different distances, 



