THE 
CON! EN FS 
tea ORCS, BARS UTR 
REATS of the Air, Soil, and Climate. The Refidence of Indians for- 
merly in the Ifland prov’d.. The conftitutional Difference of the Inha- 
bitants of hot and cold Climates ‘examined after a new and phyfical Mane 
ner. Hurricanes, their Force and Effedts ; elpecially that in Barbados, in the Year 
1665. compar’d with the moft remiarkable Storms defcrib’d by antient Authors ; and 
probable Conjectures offer’d, that all Hurticanes, if of long Continuance, ‘begin in 
variable Climates. 
BOOK UW. Page 31. } 
Treats of the Caufe, Nature, and Cure of the Difeafes peculiar to that, and the neigh= 
bouring We/t- India Wands. The Qualities of the Waters, whether of Springs, Rivers, 
Wells or Ponds. Foffils, and fubterraneous Caves. The unequal Force of the Des 
luge near the Equator, and in variable Climates, prov’d, and accounted for. The 
Nature of bituminous Foffils examined, with a Confutation, from their Qualities and 
Situation of a late great Critic’s Hypothelis; v/z. ¢ That the Deftruétion of Sods 
* and Gomorrah was not fupernatural, but occafion’d in a natural Way by feveral 
© Veins of Bitumen taking Fire.’ , : 
- BOOK II. Page 61. 
’ ‘Treats of Land Animals, Quddrupedes, Volatiles, Reptilés, and Infeéts, 
BOOK IV. Page gy. shit 
Treats of Vegetables; and begins with a Botanical Defcription, as well as a ‘Phyfical 
Inquiry into the Nature and Qualities of Trees, Shrubs, and Plants, hitherto known 
in the Ifland, being about Four hundred in Number 3 and concludes with thofé of the 
Nuciferous Kind. z z 
; Pomiferous — 
BO, O KS.V... Page 121495 ; 
BOOK VI. Page 167.( Treats of theTrées, Shrubs, eects ie i 
BOOK VII. Page 174. and Plants of the sili at oy 4 Inds 
BOOK VIII Page 188. quole, an 
Anomalous 
Among other remarkable Plants, that call’d the Agnus Scythicus is particularly des 
feribed: Likewife an Inquiry into the Qualities of the Cane-Plant, as well asa very eafy 
Method propos’d to prevent the Miftakes frequently committed in fernrenting Cane=Juice, 
Ge, for the Diftillation of Rami, by which means a Well- proportion’d Mulfa will res 
gularly ferment: An Inquiry into the Caufe of that Diflemper in Canes, called the 
Blaft ; with a probable and cheap Method of deftroying it propos’d, 
BO OK _ IX. * Page 21. 
Treats of the Shores of thé Ifland, with the Shells, particularly the Murex ; to- 
gether with a Defcription of feveral exanguious Tribes of Animals found thétéon; efpe- 
cially the Animal-Flowets; thé pale Yellow; the dark Purple fpotted with Black; afd ~ 
the Green. Thefe new-difcover’d furprifig Claffes of Beings, which appeat in thé ’ 
SHipe of Flowers, were unknown to ali formes Authors of Natural Hiftory. 
BOOK. X. Page ago. Sed 
Treats of the Sea-Fithes, and {everal marine Produétions; efpecially fuch as have not 
been at all, or imperfectly, defcribed by other Authors: With a probable Account 
of the different Sea-Curtents round this, and the neighbouring Iflands, 
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