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obfervations and experiments, 1 16. — 126. Lewenhocck's fyf- 

 tem of genera ion by animalcules, 127 — 137. Both thi; ovi- 

 cular and animalcular fyftem attended with infuperabie ob- 

 je>aions, 138. — 146. A celebrated experiment by Nuck in fa- 

 vour of eggs, 146. Inconclufive, 147. Experiments of the 

 anthor, fhewing that the fmall moving bodies obferved in the 

 fcminal fluids are not animalcules, 150 — 192. Comparifon 

 ofthefe with the experiments of Lewenhoeck, 19^ — 211. 

 Refleclions on thefe experiments, with a full explanation of 

 the author's fyikm, 212. — 254. Of the varieties in the gene- 

 ration of animals, 255. — 270. 



Genet defcribed ; v. 254. Is more eafily tamed than the martin, 

 255. Requires a warm climate for its fubfiftence and multi- 

 plication, ib. A particular kind of genet defcribed, 257. 



Genetta, v. 254. n. .. 



Geography ; a diifertation upon it, i. 133. — 156. 



Gerboife ; vii. 202. n. 



Gerbua ; ib. 



Germ ; immenfc quantity of matter produced by a fingle one,- 



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 Gibbon, or long armed ape, defcribed, viii. 1 13. Etymology of 



ihsytord. Gibbon, ib. Is of a tranquil difpofition and gentle 



manners, 1 14. Called the F^fe in the kingdom of Gannaura, 



on the frontier of China, 115. n. Derivation of the word 



Feje, ib. 



Gibraltar ; no double current runs through the flraits, as has 

 been aflerted, i. 313. 



Giraffe ; fee Cam^lopard. 



Glis; iv. 235 — 339. vii. 19S. 



Giouton ; vii. 274. n. 



Glutton defcribed, vii. 274. Firft taken notice of by Olaus Mag- 

 nus, 275. His incredible voracity, 277. — 280. n. Account 

 of one kept alive in France, 282. Dcfcription of a voracious 

 American animal called Carcajou, 285. A fimilar animal de- 

 fcribed, 289. 



Goat defcribed, iii. 486. Is fuperior to the fneep, 491. Is na- 

 turally a friend to man, 493. Does not thrive well in plain 

 countries, 395. 



— AVildgoat, Chamois goat, &c. defcribed, vi. 363. Both thefe 

 were unknown to the Greeks, ib. Are to be conlidered as one 

 fpecies with the doraeftic goat, 377. All the ten fpecies of 



goats, 



