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cumstances under which Chapter xxvi. was written, 134; 

 33, referring to Notes 2 and 31, 13S; 34, on contentment 

 under necessary sufFjrings, 140; 35, referring to Note, p. 

 68, of vol. i., respecting chance, 150; 36, one branch of the 

 skeptical argument that the destruction of one being is be- 

 neficial to another, answered by the doctrine of a future 

 state, 152; 37, referring to former Note, on the benefits of 

 apparent evils, 153; 38, on the obscurity which hangs over 

 the subject of a future state, 158; 39, on circumstances 

 which seem to show the interposition of Providence, 171 : 

 40, on the universal power and pervading skill of the Deity, 

 175. 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



CONCLUSION. 



Natural religion prepares the way for revelation, 169. 



APPENDIX. 



I. — On Chapters I. and II., and introductory to the Me- 

 chanism of the Frame, 185. 

 II. — On Design, as exhibited in the Mechanical Structure 

 of Animal Bodies, 191. 

 III. — Design or Mechanical Contrivance, as exhibited in 



the bones of the Head and their joinings, 211. 

 IV. — Of the Joints, 218. 

 v. — Of the Spine, 222. 

 VI. — Of the Thorax and Mechanism of Respiration, 232. 

 VII. — The Subject continued with reference to the capacity 

 of the Chest, and its condition during; bodily exer- 

 tion, 243. 

 VIII. — The relation of the Bodies of Birds to the Atmos- 

 phere, 248. 

 IX. — Mechanism of the Egg, or revolving of the Yolk, 254. 



