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As to Plants, he refers thtir Conftancy in continuing their Species to a 
PU(tk^ Nature, as well as their Stature, Figure, and the like, and cods 
with the ufes of the fereral parts thereof. 
Treating of Animals, he chinks it probable, that the Females as well of 
Beafts as Birds, have in them, from thtir firft formation, the Seeds cf til 
the young they fhall ever produce ; and fees it down as a manifefr Argu- 
ment of Divine Providence, that Birds are not vivaparous, fo as ihat they 
have no hindrance in their flying and way of living : Obferving further the 
ftrange Memory and Order Birds have in feeding their Young, Bot omitting 
or forgetting one, but feeding them a. I gradually j with feveral other cu- 
rious Remarks of the building of their NeAs, Brooding, &c. and by the way 
treating of the Juice afforded by the Glands of the Stomachy he hints at the 
notable Verrue of the infipid Saliva, in its killing Quickfilver, fermenting 
Dough, taking away Warts, &c. He admires the Curiofity and Contrivance 
cf rhe Honeycomb, and particularly the Tree-Bee, which Infedt he defcribes, 
with the manner of its generation. He proceeds to Quadrupedts, and 
concludes th's Head with the fitrefs of the Parts of feveral Animals, for their 
particular Natures and ways of living, vi^. in the f/ole, Anther, Cbamtlion, 
Woodpecker, and SwaHovo; obferving that the reafon why Swallows fly 
low before Rain may be from the Infects, v\hich they prey upon, which 
being fenfible of the Vapors of the fuperiour Regions of the Air, defcend 
nearer to the Earth at fuch times. Nex% that the Parts of Birds are all 
fitted for flying, as thofe of Fifa are for fwimming ■> obferving, that though 
no Land- Fowl have fhort Necks and long Legs, yet the contrary is ften in 
many whole-footed Water fowl, Nature providing them with a long Neck, 
that they may fifh therewith at the bottom of the Water. 
Next our Author anfwers an Objection too long to be here inferred; and 
having touch'd upon fome. other Heads, as the Discoveries made by Dr. Hoofa 
and Mr. Lewenhoet* , by rhe Microfcope, in minute Animals and their parrs, 
he proceeds to fome Pra&ical Inferences, and having felefted two particular 
Pieces to infift more largely upon, vi\. The whole Body of the Earth ; as 
to wh?ch, he remarks its Spherical Figure fitted for Motion and Strength, 
and fhews its diurnal and annual motions no way dilfonant to the Scri- 
ptures. Coming to the outward face thereof, he inOances in the admirable 
ufe of fome Plants, and concludes this firft Part with the neceiTry of Moun- 
tains, for the production of Springs and Minerals, the Conveniences for Ha- 
bitation, delightful Profpefts, production of variety of Plants, enterrairment 
and maintenance of feveral Beafts, Birds, and Jnfe&s, with the hindering 
the evagatsoo of Vapours, to the North and South, from the hot Countries, 
where they are rnoft needful. 
In the Second Fart of this Work our Author profecutes the fame fuhjeft 
from the consideration of Man, and that from eight general Obfervations, 
J# 3 Of his Ereft P$$im, which he (hews to be Katural from the length of 
the Legs, and ilrength of their Mufcies, pofition of the Face, &c. idly, In 
tim nothing is wanting^ or redundant. §dly, The Parts are moft conve- 
niently placed for ufe and ornament, qly, The Provipon made for the Se- 
curity of the Principals, as the Heart, Brain, and Lungs. 5/7, The moft 
%f(fal parts being provided againft Accident:-, by their being I n pairs, and 
the many Cenvmkncies they have to g^c rid of what offends them. 6ly, The 
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