THE 



CONTENTS 



O F T H E 



SECOND PART. 



I./^ F the whole Body of the Earth \ and fir Jl of its Figure, which 

 \_) is demonjlrated to be fpherical. Page 190, 191. 



*Ihe Conveniences of this Figure Jhewn for Union of Parts y Strength, 

 CoTivenience of Habitation, and circular Motion, upon its own Poles ^ 



p. 191, 192, 193. 



II. Of its Motion, both diurnal upon its own Poles, and annual in 

 the Ecliptick ; and both thefe fhewn to be rational, and not dijjonanf 

 to Scripture, p. 193, 194, &c. The prefent Direction and conftant 

 Parallelifm of its Axis tu itfelf, fiezvn to be moft convenient for the 

 Inhabitants of the Earth, by the Inconvenience of any different Po- 

 fit ion, p. 196, 197, 198, &c. That the Torrid Zone is habitable, 

 and Jlor'd with great Multitudes of Men and other Animals, con- 

 trary to the Opinion of fome of the Ancients, p. 200. Neither are 

 the Heats there prejudicial to the Longevity of Men, ibid. A Di- 

 grejjion, to prove that the Lives of Men are longeji in the hottefi 

 Countries, p. 201, 202- That it zuould not be more convenient for 

 the Inhabitants of the Earth if the Tropicks food at a greater di- 

 fiance, proved, p. 204, 205. A very confiderable, and heretofore 

 ujiobfervd Convenience of this Inclination of the Earths Axi?, 

 which Mr. Keill affords us. p. 203, 204. 



Of the Ufefulnefs of the prefent Figure y Conftitution, and Confifiency 

 of the feveral Parts of this terraqueous Globe. p. 205, 20b, 207. 



An Enu?nerativn of fome Plants which afford almoji whatever is ne- 

 ceffary for human Life. p. 208, 209, 210, &c. 



Pla?its having a kind of Cijlerns or Bafons forni'd of their Leaves 

 compacted together y for the containing and preferving of Water, 

 Scq: p. 212. 



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