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The Natural History of Wiltshire

The Natural History of Wiltshire

by John Aubrey

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Author
Aubrey, John, 1626-1697
Credits
Mikle Coker
Language
English
LoC Class
DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
Subject
Wiltshire (England) -- History
Category
Text
eBook-No.
4934
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4934
Release Date
January 1, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE NATURAL HISTORY OF WILTSHIRE — by JOHN AUBREY, F.R.S.
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.EDITOR’S PREFACE.
  4. 4.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
  5. 5.MEMOIRES OF NATURALL REMARQUES IN THE County of Wilts:
  6. 6.Untitled
  7. 7.PREFACE.
  8. 8.Untitled
  9. 9.INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. — CHOROGRAPHIA. — CHOROGRAPHIA: LOCAL INFLUENCES.
  10. 10.Untitled
  11. 11.CHAPTER I. AIR.
  12. 12.CHAPTER II. SPRINGS MEDICINALL.
  13. 13.CHAPTER III. RIVERS.
  14. 14.CHAPTER IV. SOILES.
  15. 15.CHAPTER V. MINERALLS AND FOSSILLS.
  16. 16.CHAPTER VI. STONES.
  17. 17.CHAPTER VII. OF FORMED STONES.
  18. 18.CHAPTER VIII. AN HYPOTHESIS OF THE TERRAQUEOUS GLOBE. A DIGRESSION.
  19. 19.CHAPTER IX. OF PLANTS.
  20. 20.CHAPTER X. BEASTES.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XI. FISHES.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XII. BIRDS.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XIII. REPTILS AND INSECTS.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIV. OF MEN AND WOEMEN.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XV. DISEASES AND CURES.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XVI. OBSERVATIONS ON PARISH REGISTERS, ACCORDING TO THE WAY PRESCRIBED BY THE HONBLE. SIR WM. PETTY, KNIGHT.
  27. 27.CHAPTER I. WORTHIES.
  28. 28.CHAPTER II. OF THE GRANDEUR OF THE HERBERTS, EARLES OF PEMBROKE.
  29. 29.CHAPTER III. OF LEARNED MEN THAT HAD PENSIONS GRANTED TO THEM BY THE EARLES OF PEMBROKE.
  30. 30.CHAPTER IV. OF GARDENS:—LAVINGTON GARDEN, CHELSEY GARDEN.
  31. 31.CHAPTER V. ARTS: LIBERALL AND MECHANICK.
  32. 32.CHAPTER VI. ARCHITECTURE.
  33. 33.CHAPTER VII. AGRICULTURE.
  34. 34.CHAPTER VIII. THE DOWNES.
  35. 35.CHAPTER IX. WOOLL.
  36. 36.CHAPTER X. FALLING OF RENTS.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XI. HISTORIE OF CLOATHING.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XII. EMINENT CLOATHIERS OF THIS COUNTY.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XIII. FAIRES AND MARKETTS.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XIV. OF HAWKS AND HAWKING.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XV. THE RACE.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XVI. OF THE NUMBER OF ATTORNIES IN THIS COUNTIE NOW AND HERETOFORE.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XVII. OF FATALITIES OF FAMILIES AND PLACES.
  44. 44.CHAPTER XVIII. ACCIDENTS.
  45. 45.CHAPTER XIX. SEATES.
  46. 46.CHAPTER XX. DRAUGHTS OF THE SEATES AND PROSPECTS.

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