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TABLE of CONTENTS. 
C H A P. I Z'"'* Eneral defcription, boundaries, Ihape and extent of the county, harbours, products, hills, p. i, 2. 
’ yjj- Ancient divifion into hundreds, p. 3. Prefent, p. 4. — not eafily reconciled— Latitude and lon- 
gitude varioufly laid down, never with precifion, p. 5. 
II. Of the Air and Weather. Much rain, why, p. 6. Storms mifchievous. The atmofphere and 
vapours, what. Winds, their various direction, and different velocities enquired into, p. 8. Rare- 
factions and vacuities in the atmofphere the caufes of thofe currents of air which we call winds— -and of the 
rife and fall of the mercury in the Barometer, p. 9.— between the Tropicks regular winds and why, 10. 
Bad effeas of fea-air to health, to plants, ibid. Winters mild, p. 1 1. Spring early but not Vigorous- 
Summers not hot, p. 12. Mineral vapours and lightning, ibid. Thunderflorm at Moelfra and I ry- 
thal, p. 13. Different currents, fhapes and effeas of the lightning, p. 15. Thunderftorm at the river 
Tamar, p. 16. Air healthy, p. 17. Lagas-avel, a weather fign, ibid. Weather inconftant as to 
rain and wind, p. 18. but more fettled and lefs variable as to heat and cold than in other parts of Eng- 
land, p. 19. as appears by the table of the variation of Farenheit’s Thermometer, p. 20. — and why, ib. 
III. Waters in general, and thofe of Cornwall in particular, p. 21. Fluidity of water not owing to fire, 
p. 21. Particles not tranfmutable, final], not free from mixtures, great plenty of water very precious in 
Cornwall, p. 22. Rife of vapoursowing to collifion or heat, p. 23. Damps, p. 24. in Cornwall 
feldom fatal, ibid. Dews feldom noxious, and why, p. 25. Springs, their origin not owing to fub- 
terraneous fire, ibid. Morton’s opinion, p. 25 not fufficient to the effect — Springs owing to the waters 
of the atmofphere, p. 28. Rains and clouds neceffary, p. 30. Of wells of pure water — Madern-well, 
p. 31. Euny-well, ibid. Holy-well, p. 32. Colurian-well, p. 33 ’ — it s properties and cures. 
IV. Rivers and navigable creeks, p. 36. Tamar, Lynher, p. 38. Tide, or Tidi, p. 40. Seaton, ib. 
Loo, or Eaft-Loo, ibid. ProfpoCt of Loo Bridge," ib. Duloo, or Weft Loo river, p. 41. fawy, ib. 
Fal, 42, and it’s harbour. Hel, or Heyl river in Kerricr, p. 43. Lo or Low river in Kerrier, p 44. 
Heyl in Penwith, ibid. Ganal creek, p. 45. River Alan, al Lamel, ibid. Wade navigable rivers in 
A 1 may be made not beneficial, p. 47. Subject: to obftrudtions, p. 49. 
V. Of the lakes and fea in Cornwall, p. 49. Dozmery-pool, p. 50. Swan-pool and Loo-pool, ibid. 
Sea of Cornwall, p. 51. It’s Advantages and Di fad vantages, p. 52. 1 he Agitation of the Sea on the 
firft of November, 1755, p. 53. An Earthquake July 15, 1757, in the Weft of Cornwall, p. 55. 
Keneggy-House, ibid. 
VI. Of the earths, viz. foils, clays, and fteatites and their ufes, p. 59. Black foil, ibid. Shelfy, ibid. 
Loamy, 60. The caufe of Fertility unknown, p. 61. The great variety of combinations and refine- 
ments which earth is fufceptible of, p. 62. Ochres, ibid. Clays, p. 63. Amalebre clay, ibid. 
Trewren clay, p. 64. St. Kevran, Lannant, Ludgvan, Lifkerd clays, p. 65. Steatites, or Soap- 
rock, p. 66. Different forts of fteatites, p. 67. The ufes, p. 70. 
VII. Offands, p. 71. Natural and factitious, p. 72. No uniformity of fhape, p. 73 - found in very dif- 
ferent fituations, p. 74. moftly in the north chanel, ibid. Quickfands, whence, p. 75- Stony gra- 
nules never concreted into maffes of ftone, ibid. Sea-fand above fea-mark, whence, p. 76. Porhan- 
von-clifF, ibid. St. Agnes-beacon fand, ibid. The manner how the ocean might be conducted fo as 
to deluge the earth, p. 78. Origin of mountains, p. 79. They are the neceffary reiult of more 0 1 i 
being in one part than in another at the time of the firft general induration, p. 80. eight ot 
mountains eftimated, p. 81. Ufe of fands, p. 82. Blown, flirny, fparry, fhilly, and lora fan s, p. 83. 
v aII. Ofhufbandry, it’s ancient and prefent ftate, p. 84. Lime-manure, p. 85. Marie, ibid. Tre- 
lowarren, p. 86. Oreweed, ibid. Fifh-manure, p. 87. Ents-House, p. 88, Uarveft, roots, 
quantity of corn, necefiity of hufbandry, p. 90. 
IX. Stones, quartz, p. 90. Nanswhydn-House, Cockle, Elvan, p. 91. Antiiony-House, 92. 
Killas of various forts, 93. Slat, a defcription of Den ybael-Quarry, 94. Tehidy-House, ib. 
Cornifh free-ftone of fparry bafis, p. 95. Ditto of quartz, p. 9 ^- Carclew, ibid. Polrudon- one, 
‘bid. IUogan-ftone, p. 97. Mooit-ftone in general, or granite, ibid. White granite, p. 98. ove- 
