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all countries, 105. — 214. , Woodward's opinion concerning 

 their pofkion, 217. His aflcrtions not univerfally true, 218. 

 Whole mountains, rocks, and estenfive quarries often full of 

 them, 221. 



Fox defcribed, iv. 214. The method of hunting him, 216. 

 How he gets the better of wild bees, wafps, and hornets, 2 1 8. 

 Will not copulate with bitches, 221. Of the foxes of diffe- 

 rent countries, 224. 



Foyna, iv. 239. n. 



Euro, iv. 252 n. 



Furunculus, iv. 252. n. 



Furor ut.erinus, a fpecies of madnefs, ii. 423. Sometimes proves 

 fatal, 424. 



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Gainus, iv. 239. n. 



Galeopithecus, viii. 205. n. 



Galera, or Guiney weafel defcribed, viii. 265. A fmall fpecies 

 of martin or polecat, 266. ; has a ftrong odour of mulk, 

 ib. n. 



Generation'of animals ; a dilTertation upon it, ii. 49. Attempt to 

 folve it by the hypothecs of organic matter, 50. Proof of the 

 hypothefis drawn from the refemblance of children to their 

 parents, 59. Examination of different fyftems, 64. Plato's 

 fyftem, ib. Final caufes not to be admitted in reafoning on 

 this fuhjeifl, 69. Ariftotle's fyilem confidered, 71. Opinions 

 of Hippocrates, 81. His fyilem preferable to that of Ariftotlc, 

 85. Aquapendente's obfervations on eggs, 86. Gives no clear 

 idea of generation, 88. Harvey's fyftem, ii. His obfervations 

 concerning the growth of the chick, 91 — 94. Concerning 

 the growth of the foetus in deer, 94 96. Suppofes all ani- 

 mals to proceed from eggs, and that generation is a work of 

 the uterus alone. 96. 97. His fyftem uncertain and obfcure, 

 98. Obfervations of Malphigius on eggs, loi. — 105. Harvey 

 cenfured for want of accuracy, 105. His experiments com- 

 pared with thofe of De Graaf on rabbits, 107. — 113. De Graaf 

 and Malphigius better obfcrvers than Harvey, 1 13. No eggs 

 e-xiftinthe tefticles of females, 115. Malphigius and Valifnieri 

 the moft exaifl writers on generation, 116. Account of their 



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