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.