—— Govern’d by _Coptus_, 126. —— its Extent, _ib._ —— ancient and modern Division, _ib._ —— its Fertility, 139. —— the drying Quality of its Earth, 153. —— Mistress of the World, and Mother of all Arts and Sciences, 190. —— its Number of Cities and Inhabitants, 236. —— how it came to be so populous, _ib._ _Egyptian_, _Æsculapius_, 172. —— _Apollo_, 169. —— _Mercury_, 170. —— _Arts_, how they came to be lost, 184. _Egyptians_, their Characters, ancient and modern, 160. —— their Make, Complexion, and Temper, 161. —— Women very fruitful in Children, _ib._ —— their Constitution and Habit of Body, 162. —— very long liv’d, _ib._ —— their Diseases, 163. —— first Authors of _Medicine_, 168. —— well skill’d in _Anatomy_, 179. —— —— in _Ostiology_, 182. —— their Antiquity, 190. —— Inventions, _ib._ —— Astrology, 191. —— Mathematics, _ib._ —— Architecture, 193. —— their Opinion of the _Metempsychosis_, 238. —— their Belief of the Resurrection, 106, 240. —— Famous in Arts and Sciences, 189. —— the first Inventors of them, 190. —— by what Means they perform’d such wonderful Works, 237. —— and to what end, _ib._ —— the first Inventors of _Embalming_, 61. —— why they _embalmed_ Bodies, 106. —— how they _embalm’d_ them, 238, 248. —— they _embalmed_ Cats, Crocodiles, Hawks, _&c._ 32. —— they set their Dead on their Feet, 85. —— they deny’d Burial to executed Persons, 47. _Elatio_, or the carrying forth a _Corps_, 71. _Elephants_ bury their Dead, 29. _Embalming_, a noble _Art_, 4. —— a Branch of _Surgery_, 2. —— very useful in Natural Philosophy, Physiology, Divinity, Physic, _&c._ 2, 3, 4. —— chiefly practised by _Undertakers_, 2. —— particularly useful in _Anatomy_ and _Surgery_, 3. —— teaches Medicines against _Gangrenes_, _&c._ 4. —— what accounted by the Ancients, and what by the present Age, 4, 5. —— its _Antiquity_, 5. —— invented by the _Egyptians_, ib. —— of general Use, _ib._ —— by most despised, _ib._ —— the chief of all funeral Ceremonies, 103. —— the best Way of Preserving the Memory of the Dead, 107. —— not contrary to the Scriptures, 108. —— acceptable to _God_, 112. —— approved by our _Saviour_, 115. —— an Emblem of the Resurrection, 112. _Embalming_, in a general sense very extensive, 115. —— the most durable thing, 117. —— useful in _Phisiology_ and _Physic_, 18. —— in _Anatomy_, ib. —— in _Surgery_, ib. —— necessary for transporting Bodies, 119. —— secures from the Insults of Animals, 120. —— what intended by it, 120, 121. —— that of the _Hebrews_ different from that of the old _Egyptians_, 61. _Embalming_, how found out, 233. —— 2 or 3 sorts of it, 241, 242, 275, _viz._ —— with _Pissasphalt_, 287. —— with _Cedar_, ib. —— with _Asphalt_, 288. —— with _Aromatics_, ib. _Embalming_ of _Jacob_, 281. —— —— performed in 40 Days, 282. _Embalmer_, 177. —— much honoured, 250.