[g] It is of the most general Use of any Provision all over the West-Indies, especially in the hotter Parts, and is used to Victual Ships. Dr. Sloan’s Nat. Hist. of Jamaica, Vol. 1. Chap. 5. §. 12.
[h] I have shewn in the Phil. Trans. that the Pediculus fatidicus, Mortisaga, Pulsatorius, or Death-Watch there described, feedeth upon Dust; but that this Dust they eat, is powdered Bread, Fruits, or such like Dust, not powdered Earth; as is manifest from their great Diligence and Curiosity in hunting among the Dust. See more in Phil. Trans. Nᵒ. 291.
[] Vid. [Book IV. Chap. 11.]
BOOK III.
Of the Terraqueous Globe in particular, more especially the Earth.
Having thus taken a general Prospect of our Terraqueous Globe, I shall in this Book come to its Particulars. But here we have such an immense Variety presenting it self to our Senses, and such amazing Strokes of Power and Wisdom, that it is impossible not to be at a Stand, and very difficult to know where to begin, how to proceed, or where to end. But we must however attempt.
And for the more clear and regular proceeding on this copious Subject, I shall distribute the Globe into its own grand constituent Parts.