INDEX, 



527 



Viviparous animals with 

 out liair, ii. 381. 



Voice, of insects, ii. 3^ of 

 animals, iii. 92, 93 — of 

 man, in a measure foims 

 his physiof^nomy, 95 — its 

 varieties, 95— how dead- 

 ened, 95 — how heigliten- 

 ed, 95. 



Volcanius, vi. 285. 



Volcanoes, i. 139, 140— sub- 

 marine, v. 473. 



Volcatius, ii. 313. 



Vologesus, ii. 73. 



Volsinii, i. 190; vi. 162. 



Volbinium, i. 83. 



Volterra, i. 190. 



Volturnus, i. 73 ; iv. 116. 



Vomit, the only animals 

 that, iii. 71. 



Vomits, the use of, iv. 403. 



Vopisci, ii. 144. 



Voyages, of discoverv, i. 98, 

 99— to India, ii. 60-63— 

 speedy, instances of, iv. 

 ISO — for the recovery of 

 health, v. 13. 



Vulcan, i. 324. 



Vulture, great European, ii. 

 486. 



Vultures, an account of, ii. 

 486— how put to flight, iii. 

 97 — how attracted, 97 — 

 remedies derived from, v 

 398, 399. 



Vulva, iii, 75. 



W. 



Wagtail, ii. 551 ; vi. 446. 



Walking-sticks, iii. 205. 



Wall-nightingale, ii. 511. 



Wall-paintings, vi. 270. 



Wall-wort, V. 127. 



Walls, when lirst built, ii. 

 223— formation of, vi.289, 

 290, 291— of houses, 324. ' 



Walnuts, iii. 315; iv. 514, 

 515. 



Wanley, Nathaniel, quoted, 

 ii. 136. 



Warm springs, i. 133, 195, 



266 ; V. 472. 

 'Warts, remedies for, v. 209, 

 210 ; vi. 53. 



Wasps, iii. 24, 25, 98. 



Water, an account of, i. 96, 

 97, 98 — peculiar proper- 

 ties of, 135, 136, 137— how 

 made potable, v. 2 — re- 

 markable facts connected 

 with, 471— properties of, 

 472 — remedies derived 

 from, 473 — impurities of, 

 484, 485— modes of test- 

 ing, 4S5, 486, 487— hoilKl, 

 4fc6, 487— mode of search- 



ing for, 488, 499— differ- 

 ences in, 489, 490, 491— 

 qualities of, 491, 492 — 

 modes of conveying, 494 

 — fresh at sea, 499. 

 Water-chesnut, iv. 355. 

 Watering of gardens, 



201, 202, 203. 

 Water-organ, ii. 372. 

 Water-parsley, iv. 424. 

 Water-pipes, v. 494. 

 Water-plants, iii. 403. 

 Water-spouts, i. 80. 

 Water-warblers, ii.510, 511. 

 Waters, productive of in- 

 sanity, V, 474 — remedial 

 for calculi, 474— curative 

 of wounds, 475~preventive 

 of abortion, 475 — which 

 remove morphew, 475 — 

 which colour the hair, 476 

 — which colour the body, 

 476, 477 — which aid or im- 

 pede the memory, 477 — 

 which affect the senses, 

 477 — which improve the 

 voice, 477 — which cause a 

 distaste for wine, •|77, 478 

 —which produce inebri- 

 ety, 477, 478 — which serve 

 as a substitute for oil, 478 

 — salt and bitter, 478 — 

 which throw up stones, 

 478, 479 — which cause 

 laughter, 479— which are 

 a cure for love, 479 — which 

 preserve their warmth 

 479 — in which all things 

 sink, 479— in which no- 

 thing will sink, 47 

 — of a deadly nature, 480, 

 481, 482— which petrify, 

 482 — their Avholesome- 

 ness considered, 482, 483, 

 484 — which have sudden- 

 ly appeared or ceased, 492, 

 493. 

 Wax (bees'), iii, 6, 7, 17 ; iv. 

 345, 346— writing'tablets 

 of, iii. 186 — remedies de- 

 rived from, iv. 438. 

 Wax-colours, vi. 244, 245, 



272. 

 Wax of the human ear, re- 

 medies derived from, v. 

 291. 

 Wealth, immense, instances 

 of, vi.93, 94, 129,130,131. 

 Weasel, odour of, fatal to 

 the basilisk, ii. 282 — re 

 medies derived from, v 

 392. 

 Weather, states of the, i 

 69 — peculiarities of, 91— 

 its influence upon trees 

 iii. 441, 442. 



Weaving, invention of, ii. 



223. 

 Webs of spiders, iii. 27, 28. 

 Wedge drawn by a bird 



from a tree, v. 82. 

 Weevil, iv. 105, 441. 

 Weight of the body, ii. 158. 

 Weights, invention of, ii. 

 226— Greek and Roman, 

 iv. 386, 387 — and Intro- 

 duction to Vol. III. 

 Wells, invention of, ii. 223 



— an account of, v. 491. 

 Weser, i, 348. 



Wheat, an account of, iv. 25, 

 26, 27— Africa productive 

 of, 35, 36 — remedies de- 

 rived from, 440. 

 Wheat-meal, iv. 440. 

 Whetstones, iv. 91 ; vi. 370. 

 Whey, iii. 84. 

 Whirlwinds, i. 57,79,80. 

 Whispering-gallery, iii. 95. 

 White lead, vi. 219, 220. 

 White squall, iv. 1*22. 

 White thorn, eaten, iv. 338 

 — remedies derived from, 

 V. 43. 

 White vine, iv. 466, 467. 

 Whitening, iii. 454; vi.301. 

 Wicks of lamps, iv. 362, 489. 

 Wiesbaden, v. 479. 

 Wild animals, parks for, ii. 



345. 

 Wild boar, ii. 344, 345— the 

 flesh of, a delicacy, 345 — 

 eats the salamander, iii. 

 98 

 Wild fig, iii. 311, 312, 313— 

 remedies derived from, iv. 

 505, 506, 507. 

 Wild honey, iii. 14. 

 Wild myrtle, iv. 521. 

 Wild olive, leaves of, iv. 



487, 488. 

 Wild plants, v. 77, 78, 79. 

 Wild plums, iv. 508. 

 Wild pomegranate, iv. 501. 

 Wild thvme, iv. 197, 198, 



292, 293. 

 Wild vine, iii. 255; iv, 464, 



465 ; V. 232. 

 Will, remedies 'depending 



on the, V. 295, 296. 

 Willow, iii. 409, 410 ; v. 25, 



26. 

 Willow-beds, iii. 492, 493. 

 Willow-herb, v. 196. 

 Wind-egg, ii. 537, 538, 539. 

 Windows, iii. 303; vi. 142, 



143. 

 Winds, an account of the, 

 i. 70-79 ; iii. 445— predict- 

 ed, i. 222— invention of 

 the theory of, ii. 2.30— the 

 theory of explained, iv. 



