The Natural History of Wiltshire eBook

John Aubrey
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 257 pages of information about The Natural History of Wiltshire.

The Natural History of Wiltshire eBook

John Aubrey
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 257 pages of information about The Natural History of Wiltshire.

CHAP.  I. AIR:-Winds, Mists, Storms, Meteors, Echos, Sounds

Chap.  II.  Springs medicinal :- At Chippenham, Kington St. Michael,
Draycot, Seend, Epsom, Melksham, Dundery-hill, Lavington, Devizes,
Minety, Wotton Bassett, &c.; Sir W. Petty’s “Queries for the Tryall of
Minerall Waters”

Chap.  III.  Rivers :- Wily, North Avon, Upper Avon, Nadder, Stour, Deverill, Kennet, Marden, Thames, &c.; Proposal for a Canal to connect the Thames and North Avon.

Chap.  IV.  Soils :- Clay, Marl, Fuller’s Earth, Chalk, Gravel, Sand; Downs, Fairy-rings, Becket’s Path at Winterbourn, Peat, Spontaneous Vegetation, Hills

Chap.  V. Minerals and fossils :- Iron, Silver, Copperas, Umber, Spar, Lead, Coal.

Chap.  VI.  Stones :- Of Haselbury, Chilmark, and Swindon; Lime, Chalk, Pebbles, Flints; the Grey Wethers

Chap.  VII.  Formed stones :- Belemnites, Madrepores, Oysters,
Astroites, Cornua Ammonia, Echini, &c.

Chap.  VIII.  An hypothesis of the terraqueous globe :-Learned
Speculations on the structure of the Earth.

Chap.  IX.  Plants :- Herbs, Orcheston Knot-grass, Alhanna, Tobacco,
Oak, Elm, Beech, Hazel, Yew, Box, Holly, Osiers, Elders, Ash,
Glastonbury Thorn, &c.

Chap.  X. Beasts :- Deer, Hares, Rabbits, Dogs, Cattle

Chap.  XI.  Fishes :- Trout, Eels, Umbers or Grayling, Carp, Tench,
Salmon; Fish-ponds, &c.

Chap.  XII.  Birds :- Larks, Woodpeckers, Bustards, Crows, Pheasants,
Hawks, Sea-gulls, &c.

Chap.  XIII.  Reptiles and insects :- Snakes, Adders, Toads, Snails,
Bees; Recipe to make Metheglyn

Chap.  XIV.  Men and women:- Longevity, Remarkable Births, &c..

Chap.  XV.  Diseases and cures :- Leprosy, the Plague, Gout, Ricketts,
Pin-and-Web, &c.

Chap.  XVI.  Observations on parish registers :- Population, Poor
Rates, Periodical Diseases

PART II.

Chap.  I. Worthies :- Princes, Saints, Prelates, Statesmen, Writers,
Musicians; John Aubrey, Captain Thomas Stump

Chap.  II.  The grandeur of the Herberts, Earls of Pembroke:-
Description of Wilton.  House; Pictures, Library, Armoury, Gardens,
Stables ; the Earl’s Hounds and Hawks, Tilting at Wilton, &c.

Chap.  III.  Learned men who had pensions granted to them by the Earls
of Pembroke:- With Notices of Mary, Countess of Pembroke,
Dr. Mouffet, William Browne, Philip Massinger, J. Donne, &c.

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