Mufcular Coat, and Pulfe of the Arteries, effected by a kind
of Conftriction, or Peristaltick Motion, and not merely by a
Wave of the Blood every Pulfe
273, 274, &c.
The wonderful Artifice of Nature in regulating the Motion of the
Blood in the Veins and Arteries, by affifting and promoting it
in the one, and moderating it in the other. The Use of the
Vena fine pari
E ghthly, of the Hand, its Structure and various Ves, not
eafily to be enumerated
278, 279
Ninthly, Of the Back-Bone, its Figure, and why divided into
Vertebrés
*282,283
The Provifion that is made for the eafie and expedite Motion of
the Bones in their Articulations by a two-fold Juice. 1. An
Oily one Supplied by the Marrow. 2. Mucilaginons prepared
and feparated by certain Glandules made for that purpose
284, 285. This Inunction of the Head of the Bones, with
thefe Juices, is useful, 1. To faciliate Motion. 2. To prevent
Attrition
The Motion of the Guts 289. Of the Liver and use of the
The Geometrical Contrivance of the Muscles, and fitting them
for their feveral Motions and Actions, according to the exa&-
et Kules of Mechanicks
The packing and thrusting together fuch a multitude of various
and different Parts fo close, that there should be no unnecef-
Jary Vacuity in the Body, nor any clashing between them, but
mutual affiftance, admirable
ibid.
Membranes capable of a prodigious extention, use, in Geftation
of Fwins, &c.
What a fitness the Seed hath to fashion and form, and why
the Child refembles the Parent, and fometimes the AR-
cestor
The Conftruction of a Set of Temporary Parts, for the use of
the Foetus only while in the Womb, a clear Proof of De-
fign
297
No equivocal or fpontaneous Generation, but that all Animals
are generated by Animal-Parents of their own kind 298,
299. and probably all Plants too produced by Seed, and
none fpontaneous, proved and vindicated, and the Objections
against it answered
300 to 307
That the Coffus of the Ancients was not the Hexapod of a
Beetle, as I thought, but an Eruca, agreed with Dr.
Lifter
The Loufe fearching out fordid and nafty Cloths to harbour
and breed in, probably defigned to deter Men and Women
from Sluttishness and Uncleanliness
308
An additional and most effectual Argument against Spontaneous
Generation; viz. That there are no new Species of Ani-
mals produced
308, 309
Whence thofe vaft Numbers of small Frogs, which have been
obferved to appear upon refreshing Showers, after Drought do
probably proceed, fhewn in an Inftance of his own Obfervati-
ons by Mr. Derham
316, 317
of Toads found in the Heart of Timber-trees, and in the middle
of great Stones
323, 324
Mifcellaneous Obfervations concerning the Structure, Actions,
and Vles of fome Parts of Animals omitted in the first Part.
As alfo the Reafons of fome Instincts and Actions of Brutes
325, 326, &c. The Swines Snout fitted for digging up of
Roots, which are his Natural Food, as likewife the Porpeffe
for rooting up of Sand-Eels
The Manner and Organs of Refpiration accommodate to the
Temper of Animals, their Place and Manner of Living
Shewn in three forts of Refpiration. 1. By Lungs, with
two Ventricles of the Heart in hotter Animals 327.
2. By Lungs, with but one Ventricle. 3. By Gills, with
one only Ventricle of the Heart 329, &c. Why the Fora-
men Ovale, is kept open in fome Amphibious Animals 330.
In fome of them the Epiglottis is large, and why 331.
No Epiglottis in Elephants, and why, and how that Crea-
ture fecures himself from Mice creeping up his Probofcis into
his Lungs
Two notable Obfervations of the Sagacity of the Tortoife, the
one of the Land, the other of the Sea-Tortoise 333,334
The Armour of the Hedge-Hog, and Taton, and their Power
of contracting themselves into a round Ball, a great Inftance
of Defign for their Defence and Security
335, 336
The manner and use of the extending and withdrawing the Cur-
tain of the Periophthalmium, or nictating Membrane in
Beafts and Birds 338,339. That the Aqueous Humour of
the Eye will not freeze
343
of the Make of a Camel's Foot, and his Bags to referve Water
in his Stomach for his Needs
343, 344
The ufe of rapacious Creatures (wallowing fome of the Hair,
Furr, and Feathers, of the Beasts or Birds they prey upon
344, 345
A Conjecture by what means Cartilaginous Fishes raise and fink
themselves into the Water
346
That Nature employs all the Methods and Artifices of Chymifts,
in analyzing of Bodies, and feparating their Parts, and out-
does them, and the feveral Particulars inftanced in 347
Obfervations about the Gullet and Diaphragm
348
An admirable Story out of Galen, about the taking a Kid out
of the Womb of its Dam, and bringing it up by hand, and Re-
marks upon it
349, 350
The Natural Texture of Membranes fo made, as to be immenfly
dilatable, of great use and neceffity in Geftation
353
A notable Inftance of Providence, in the Make of the Veins and
Arteries near the Heart
An Answer to an Objection against the Wisdom of God, in making
inferior Ranks of Creatures
367
The Atheists main Subterfuge and Pretence, to elude and
evade all our Arguments and Inftances, to demonstrate the
neceffity of Providence, Defign, and Wisdom, in the For-
mation of all the Parts of the World, viz. That Things
made Ufes, and nor Ufes Things, precluded and con-
* futed
of the use of thofe vaft Numbers of prodigiously small Injects
that are bred in the Waters
373, 374
An Objection against the Wisdom of God, in creating fuch a mul-
titude of ufelefs Infects, and fome alfo noxious and pernicious
to Man, and other Animals, answered, and the various Ufe
of them declared
368, 369, &c.
Many Practical Inferences and Obfervations, from 375, to the
End of the Book.
Pfal. 104. 24 How manifold are thy Works, O Lord! In Wifdom haft thou made them all.
N thefe Words are two Claufes, in the firft whereof the Pfalmift admires the Multitude of God's Works, How manifold are thy Works, O Lord! In the fecond he celebrates his Wifdom in the Creation of them; In Wisdom haft thou made them all.
Of the first of thefe I fhall fay little, only briefly run over the Works of this vifible World, and give fome guefs at the Number of them; whence it will appear, that upon this account they will deferve Admiration, the Number of them being uninveftigable by us, and fo affording us a demonftrative Proof of the unlimited extent of the Creator's Skill, and the fœcundity of his Wifdom and Power. That the number of corporeal Creatures is unmeasurably great, and known only to the Creator himfelf, may thus probably be collected: Firft of all, The Numbers of fix'd Stars is on all hands acknowledg'd to be next to infinite: Secondly, Every fix'd Star, in the now-receiv'd Hypothefis, is a Sun or Sun-like Body, and in like manner incircled with a Chorus of Planets moving about it; for the fix'd Stars are not all placed in one and the fame concave Spherical Superficies, and equidiftant from us, as they feem to be, but are varioully and diforderly fituate, fome nearer, fome further off, juft like Trees in a Wood or Foreft; as Gaffendus exemplifies them. And as in a Wood, tho' the Trees grow never fo irregularly, yet the Eye of the Spectator, where-ever placed, or whitherfoever remov'd, describes still a Circle of Trees : So would it in like manner where-ever it were in the Forest or Stars, defcribe a spherical Superficies about it. Thirdly, Each of thefe Planets is in all likelihood furnished with as great variety of corporeal Creatures, animate and inanimate, as the Earth is, and all as different
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