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lari^,) flcimming the furface ; and laftly, the nii-^ 

 merous genera of Divers^ &c. 



Of the Mammalia^ we admire the enormous 

 Whale J the voracious Grampus ; and the un- 

 wieldy Porpefs \ the armed Morfe ^ and the balk- 

 ing Seal. Finally, thefe^ which occur even to the 

 mod incurious eye, afford but a fmall fample of 

 what this element offers to the contemplation of 

 the more curious and inquifitive obferver. 



8 1. BuxBAUMiA. A. R. Martin. 1757. 



The hiftory, accompanied with figure?, of a 

 fmall plant of the Cryptogamia clafs, (Buxhaumia- 

 Aphylla^ Sp. Plant. 1570,) fmgular in being defti- 

 tute of leaves : it was firfl: difcovered nGRr J/lracan^ 

 by Mr. Buxhaum^ profeflbr of botany, and member 

 of the royal academy at Peterpurgh % fmce that 

 time, in divers other parts of Europe \ apd was 

 named after the difcoverer, by Haller^ in confide- 

 ration of his having enriched natural hiilory with 

 many new plants, from his expedition into the 

 countries around the Cafpian fea for that purpofe. 



82. Exanthemata YivA. J.CNyander, 1757. 



The origin of contagious difeafes has exercifed 

 the pens of many ingenious phyficians, and vari- 

 ous theories have been invented, all of which are 

 briefly recited in the beginning of this difquifition. 

 The author had been led by fome lingular circum- 

 llances-to incline to that of Kircher, which afcribes 

 them to Animalcula^ and who has had many fol- 

 lowers, efpecially in France, 



