Figure and Shape of Man's Body moft agreeable to his Place and Business 287.

Stature and Size, which is much the best for Man's State 288.

Structure of the Parts, which are

[Without Botches and Blunders.
Of due Strength.

Of the best Form.

Moft accurately accommodated to their proper
Offices.

Lodgment of the Parts, as the

[Five Senfes 297.

Hand.

Legs and Feet.

Heart.

Vifcera.

Several Bones and Mufcles, &c. 298.

Covering of all with the Skin.

Provifion in Man's Body to

Prevent Evils by the

Situation of theEyes, Ears, Tongue, and Hand 300.
Guard afforded all, efpecially the principalParts.
Duplication of fome Parts.

Cure of Evils by means of

Proper Emunctories 301.

Diseases themselves making Discharges of Things more dangerous 303.

Pain giving Warning, and exciting ourEndeavours. Confent of the Parts, effected by the Nerves, a Sample whereof is given in the Fifth Pair, branched to the Eye, Ear, &c.

Political, fociable State. For the Prefervation and Security of which the Creator hath taken Care by Variety of Mens

Faces 308.

Voices.
Hand-Writing,

Quadrupeds. Of which I take no Notice, but wherein they differ from Man, viz.

Prone Pofture, which is confiderable for

The Parts miniftring to it, especially the Legs and
Feet, fized and made in fome for

(Strength and flow Motion 315.

Agility and Swiftnefs.

Walking and Running.

Walking and Swimming.

Walking and Flying.

Walking and digging.

'Tra

Traverfing the Plains.

Traverfing Ice, Mountains, &c.
Its Ufefulness to

Gather Food 317.

Catch Prey.

Climb, Leap, and Swim.

Guard themselves.

Carry Burdens, Till the Ground, and other Ufes

S Answering the Length of the Legs 322.
Strengthened by the Whitleather."
Stomach 324.

Correfponding to the feveral Species.

{Correfponding

Suited to their proper Food, whether Flefn, Grain, &c. Heart: Its

Situation nearer the midft of the Body, than in Man.
Want of the Faftening of the Pericardium to the
Midriff 327:

Nervous Kinds. A Sample of which is given in the diffe-
rent Correfpondence between the Head and Heart of
Man and Beast, by the means of the Nerves 329.
Birds. Concerning which I take a View of their
Body and Motion; where I confider

The Parts concerned in their Motion 333.
[The Shape of the Body, made exactly for fwim-
ming in, and paffing through the Air.

Feathers, which are

Moft exactly made for Lightnefs and Strength.

All well placed in every Part, for the Covering

and Motion of the Body.

Preened and dreffed 334.

Wings, which are

Made of the very beft Materials, viz. of Bones,

light and strong; Joints exactly opening, fhut-
ting, and moving, as the Occafions of Flight
require; and the Pectoral Mufcles, of the great-
eft Strength of any in the whole Body.

Placed in the nicest Point of the Body of every
Species, according to the Occafions of Flight,
Swimming, or Diving.

Tail, which is well made, and placed to keep the
Body fteady, and affiit in its Afcents and De-
fcents 337.

Legs and Feet, which are made light for Flight, and incomparably accouter'd for their proper Occafions of

Swimming 338.
Walking.

Catching Prey.

Rooting.

Hanging.

Wading and Searching the Waters.
Lifting them upon their Wings.

Motion itself

Performed by the niceft Laws of Mechanicks
Answering every Purpose and Occafion.

Other Parts of the Body, viz. the

Head remarkable for the commodious

Shape of itself 341.

Forms of the Bill.

Site of the Eye and Ear.

Pofition of the Brain.

Structure of the

Larynx.
Tongue.
Inner Ear.

Provifion by Nerves in the Bill for tafting and diftinguishing Food 344.

Stomachs, one to

S Macerate and prepare 345.
{ Grind and digeft.

Lungs incomparably made for
S Refpiration 346.

Making the Body buoyant.
Neck, which is made

In due Proportion to the Legs.
To search in the Waters, and

To counterpoise the Body in Flight.

State. Of which I take Notice of three Things, viz.

their

Migration remarkable for
The Knowledge Birds have of
S Their Times of Paffage 348.
The places proper for them.

Their Accommodation for long Flights by long or elfe
ftrong Wings.

Incubation, which is confiderable for

(The Egg, and its Parts 351.

A&t itfelf; that thefe Creatures fhould betake themfelves to it, know this to be the Way to produce their Young, and with Delight and Patience fit fuch a due Number of Days.

The Neglect of it in any, as the Ostrich, and the wonderful Provifion for the Young in that Cafe 354.

Nidification. Of which before.

Infects. Which altho' a defpifed Tribe, doth in fome Respects more fet forth the infinite Power and Wisdom of the Creator, than the larger Animals.

The Things in this Tribe remarked upon are their
Body 359.

Shaped, not fo much for long Flights, as for their
Food, and Condition of Life.

Built not with Bones, but with what serves both for
Bones and Covering too.

Eyes, reticulated to fee all Ways at once 360.

Antennæ, and their Ufe 361.

Legs and Feet made for

Creeping 363.

Swimming and Walking.

Hanging on fmooth Surfaces.

Leaping.

Digging.

Spinning and Weaving Webs and Cafes.
Wings, which are

Nicely diftended with Bones 365.

Some incomparably adorned with Feathers and elegant Colours.

Some jointed and folded up in their Elytra, and diftended again at Pleasure.

In Number either

Two, with Poifes.

Four, without Poifes.

Surprizing Minutenefs of fome of thofe Animals them-
felves, efpecially of their Parts, which are as numer-
ous and various as in other Animal Bodies 367.

State:
which fets forth a particular Concurrence of the
Divine Providence, in the wife and careful Provifion
that is made for their

Secu

[Security against Winter, by their

Subfifting in a different, viz. their Nympha or Au-
relia-State 369.

Living in Torpitude, without any Waste of Body or
Spirits 370.

Laying up Provision before-hand.

Prefervation of their Species by their

Chufing proper Places, to lay up their Eggs and Sperm, fo that the

SEggs may have due Incubation 373.

Young fufficient Food.

Care and Curiofity in repofting their Eggs in neat Order, and with the proper Part uppermost 382. Incomparable Art of Nidification, by being endow'd with Parts proper for, and agreeable to the feveral Ways of Nidification, and the Materials they use in it. Architectonick Sagacity to build and weave their Cells, or to make even Nature herself their Handmaid 384. Reptiles. Which agreeing with other Animals in fomething or other before treated of, I confider only their [Motion, which is very remarkable, whether we confider the Manner of it, as

Vermicular 39+

Sinuous.

Snail-like.

Caterpillar-like.
Multipedous.

Parts miniftring to it.
Poifon, which ferves to

Scourge Man's Wickedness 398.

Their eafy Capture and Maftery of their Prey.
Their Digeftion.

Watery Inhabitants confiderable for their

Great Variety 401.

Prodigious Multitudes.

Vaft Bulk of fome, and furprizingMinutenefs of others 402
Incomparable Contrivance and Structure of their Bodies.
Supplies of Food.

Refpiration.

Adjustment of their Organs of Vifion to their Element.
Poife and Motion of the Body every Way 403.

Infenfitive Inhabitants.. Among which having mentioned Foffils and others, I infift only upon Vegetables, and that in a curfory Manner upon their

[Great Variety for the feveral Ufes of the World 404. Anatomy.

Leaves 407.

Flowers, and their admirable Gaiety.
Seed, remarkable for its

Genera