INDEX 



pace (the Boman measure), see pp. 



296, 314 

 petroleum, 235 

 planets, 12, 32 ff., 37, 58 £f., 66 fE.. 



72 ff., 82 

 polytheism criticized, 14 ff. 

 prester, 133 

 providence, 26 



quarters of the world, 119 



rain, 105 



rain of blood, etc., 147 

 rainbow, 150 

 research, 117 f. 



sea, area of, 73 flf. ; depth of, 221 

 Beasons, 122 ff., 183 

 shadows and seasons, 183 

 Sirius, 107 

 sky, armies in, 148 

 snow. 152 



sprinps, hot, 227 ; medicinal, 20>' ; 

 remarkabie, 289 f,; volume of, 49 

 Btade, 86 



stars, 68 ff., 78, 101: . 

 stones, properties of , 211 

 storms, 103, 112, 131, 142 

 8un, course of, 35, 81, 86 £f., 183 fl.; 

 divine, 13 



thunder, 142 ff. 

 thunderbolts, 82, 135 S, 

 tides, 212 ff. 

 typhoon, 131 ffi. 



volcanic fires, 235 



water, 155; distribution of, 163 0.! 



relative gravity of, 24 if. 

 weather seasoual, 122 

 whirlwind, 133 

 wind, 111, 114 ff., 119, 126 

 wool, rain of, 147 

 world, nature of, 1 II. 



zodiac, 9, 32, 48, 66, 110 

 Eones, 173 



