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s. 
3 Aline fubfianccs. See Kirn, van, 
Sanpoo, or Zanciu , the name of the Burrampooter in the country of Thibet, p. no. 
See A<va. 
Screw. See Hunter, 
Sea-worms. Though pernicious to fhipping, are yet of important ufe to mankind, 
P-i 77 - 
Sbuckburgb, Sir George, See Cavallo . 
Silk-cotton-tree worm . Preferred by the Indians and negroesTo marrow, p. 168. 
Small-pox. See Wright . 
■ Smeathman , -Mr. Henry, his account of the Termites [or White Ants], which are 
found in Africa, and other hot climates, p. 139. Their contrivance and execu- 
tions in their buildings fcarce fall Ihort of human ingenuity and prudence, ibid. 
Sagacity of thofe infetts, p. 140. Various names by which they are called, ibid. 
Different fpecies defcribed by Dr. Solaqder, p. 141. Deftroy every thing fofter 
than metal or fttsne, p. 142. Live in communities like ants, but are not the fame 
kind of infeiff, ibid. Surpafs all other animals in the art of building, p. 143. Why 
called Fatalis or Deftruftor, ibid. Size of the queen, ibid. Their communities 
defcribed, p. 144. Have been erroneoufly claffed by Linnaeus, ibid. Differ as 
much as birds in the manner of building their habitations, ibid. Are of three 
different orders, p. 145. Are both pernicious and ufeful, p. 146. Will in a lew 
weeks deftroy and carry away the bodies of large trees, without leaving a 
particle behind, p. 147. Monf. Adanfon’s defcription of their hills, ibid. 
Have many thoufand ways out of, and into, their buildings, but all fubter- 
raneous, p. 148. Amazing magnitude of their buildings, with a comparifon 
of them and thofe of mankind, ibid. Defcription ot their buildings, p. 149. 
Their manner of building their houfes, p. i£0. Which, when half-built, 
the wild bulls ftand on to guard the herds below, p. 151. Defcription of the 
king’s and queen’s royal chamber, ibid. And other interior parts of their 
buildings, p. 152. The king and queen, from their extraordinary magnitude, 
cannot poflibly go out, ibid. Their magazines defcribed, and the provifions for 
their young, ibid. The royal chamber is enlarged as the queen increafes ia bulk, 
p. 153. Remarkable circumftance relating to their nurferies, ibid. Their nurferies 
defcribed, .p. 154. The royal apartments defcribed, p. 155. Their fubterraneous 
paffages for carrying off the water defcribed, p. 156. Their manner of preparing 
the clay or ftone, with which they conftrudt their buildings, p. 157. Make a fpiral 
Hope within their hills, for the labourers and foldiers to pafs up and down, like a 
ftair-cafe, ibid. And a vaft arch from the floor of the area towards the top of the 
building, to fhorten the diftance from the royal apartments to the upper nurferies, 
;p. 158. One of thofe bridges defcribed, with its dimenfions, ibid. The turret- 
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