CHAP. VI. Of the difference between man and quad VII. The conclufion. A furvey of Birds. I. Of the motion of birds, and the parts 19 24 26 miniftering thereto. 27 33 II. Of the head, ftomach, and other parts of birds. 37 III. Of the migration of birds. 46 BOOK CHAP. IV. Of the incubation of birds. V. The conclufion. Of Infects and Reptiles. I. Of infects in general. II. Of the shape and structure of infects. ተ VIII. 60 ibid. 63 CHAP. page Practical inferences from the foregoing furvey 146 CHAP. I. That God's works are great and excellent. 147 Of the Ptolemaic fyftem. 180 Of the Copernican system, and by whom cultivated. 181 Why preferred by the author. 182 Objections against it from scripture. 187 Anfwerea. 189 Of the fun's recefs. 194 Objections from fenfe answered. Objections from philofophy answered. Of the new fyftem. Why most favoured by the author. Fixt flars are funs. 196 197 201 203 204 The author's opinion about the whiteness of the galaxy. 205 The author fufpects there are more new stars than ever yet have been taken notice of. 206 His obfervations of them, and how to be observed 207 Survey of the Heavens. Introduction. Opinion of all nations about a Deity. CHAP. The magnitude of the Universe. CHAP. CHAP. Page 215 216 218 219 ibid. 221 222 223 225 ibid. Their extent according to Ptolemy, and the moderns. Diftances and fizes of the fixt fiars. 230 IV. Practical reflections I. The due as well as great distance of the |