t 
3 mine fubfiances . See Kirwan, 
S-anpaO) or Zanciu , the name of the Burrampooter in the country of Thibet, p. no. 
See Ava. 
Screw. See Hunter. 
Sea-worms- . Though pernicious to (hipping, are yet of important ufe to mankind, 
P* I 77* 
Sbuckburgb , Sir George. See Cavallo • 
Silk-cotton-tree worm. Preferred by the Indians and negroes“to 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 (hort of human ingenuity and prudence, ibid. 
Sagacity of thofe infers, p. 140. Various names by which they are called, ibid. 
Different fpecies deferibed by Dr. Solander, p. 141. Deftroy every thing fofter 
than metal or (lone, p.142. Live in communities like ants, but are not the fame 
kind of infe<ff, ibid. Surpafs all other animals in the art of building, p. 143, Why 
called Fatalis or Deftru&or, ibid. Size of the queen, ibid. Their communities 
deferibed, 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 few 
weeks deftroy and carry away the bodies of large trees, without leaving a 
2 particle behind, p. 147. Monf. Adanfon’s defeription of their hills, ibid. 
Have many thoufand ways out of, and into, their buildings, but all lubter- 
raneous, p. 148. Amazing magnitude of their buildings, with a comparifon 
of them and thofe of mankind, ibid. Defeription of their buildings, p. 149. 
Their manner of building their houfes, p. i£o. Which, when half-built, 
the wild bulls Hand on to guard the herds below, p. 151. Defeription 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 poffibly go out, ibid. Their magazines deferibed, and the pavilions for 
their young, ibid. The royal chamber is enlarged as the queen increafes in bulk, 
p. 153. Remarkable circumftance relating to their nurferies, ibid. Their nurferies 
deferibed, p. 154. The royal apartments deferibed, p. 155. Their fubterraneous 
p'affages for carrying off the water deferibed, p. 156. Their manner of preparing 
the clay or (lone, with which they condrudl their buildings, p. 157. Make a fpiral 
flope 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, 
5JH-15& One of thofe bridges deferibed, with its dimenfions, ibid. The turret- 
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