CONTENTS TO VOLUME SECOND. i to xxxii- -1 to 158 To such as have, have, or shall peruse, (The author) to the reader PSEUDODOXIA EPIDEMICA, books 1 to 4... 159 to end (The author) to the reader THE FIRST BOOK; containing the general part the common infirmity of human nature Chap. 5. Of other more immediate causes of Chap. 6. Of another more immediate cause of vi Chap. 7. Of another of the more immediate Chap. 8. Of authors who have most promoted PAGE 225 to 232 232 to 243 Chap. 9. Of others indirectly effecting the same 244 to 247 false opinions, the endeavours of Satan Chap. 1. That crystal is nothing else but ice Chap. 2. Concerning the loadstone; of things Chap. 3. Concerning the loadstone; a rejec tion of sundry common opinions and relations 247 to 258 258 to 266 267 to 384 267 to 284 284 to 303 thereof; natural, medical, historical, magical 303 to 325 Chap. 4. Of bodies electrical Chap. 5. Compendiously of sundry other com- 325 to 333 334 to 358 vii parts or fruits of the same tree; that misel- PAGE are preservatives against ebriety .. 359 to 375 Chap. 7. Of some insects and the properties of several plants. Of the death-watch; the presages drawn from oak-apple insects; whether all plants have seeds; whether the sap of trees runs to the ground in winter; of the effects of camphor; with many others 375 to 384 THE THIRD BOOK; the particular part continued. Of popular and received tenets concerning animals 385 to end 396 to 398 399 to 403 Chap. 1. That an elephant hath no joints, &c. 385 to 396 Chap. 5. That a badger hath the legs of one Chap. 6. That a bear brings forth her cubs informous or unshaped Chap. 7. Of the basilisk Chap. 8. That a wolf first seeing a man begets Chap. 9. Of the long life of the deer 403 to 407 408 to 409 410 to 412 413 to 422 422 to 424 424 to 431 Chap. 10. That a kingfisher, hanged by the bill, Chap. 13. Of frogs, toads, and toad-stone Chap. 14. That a salamander lives in the fire Chap. 16. That young vipers force their way 452 to 455 455 to 458 458 to 465 viii PAGE Chap. 17. That hares are both male and female 466 to 473 Chap. 19. That lampries have many eyes 473 to 476 477 to 478 Chap. 21. That the chameleon lives only upon 479 to 481 482 to 493 Chap. 22. That the ostrich digesteth iron 494 to 497 Chap. 23. Of the unicorn's horns Chap. 24. That all animals of the land are in their kind in the sea. Chap. 25. Concerning the common course of our diet, in making choice of some animals and abstaining from eating others Chap. 26. Of the spermaceti whale Chap. 27. Compendiously, of the musical note of swans before their death; that the flesh of peacocks corrupteth not; that they are ashamed of their legs; that storks will only live in republicks and free states; of the noise of a bittern by putting the bill in a reed; that whelps are blind nine days; of the antipathy between a toad and a spider, a lion and a cock; that an ear-wig hath no wings; of worms; that flies make that humming noise by their mouths or wings; of the tainct or small red spider; of the glowworm; of the providence of pismires in biting off the ends of corn Chap. 28. That the chicken is made out of the yolk of the egg; that snakes sting; of the tarantula; the lamb of Tartary; the swiftness of tigers; with sundry queries . 498 to 503 504 to 506 507 to 514 515 to 517 517 to 532 533 to end. |