INDEX. 



457 



Lily, blossoms of, indicative 

 of old of the price of wheat, 

 248. 



Lime, 6 nature and uses of, 

 7 its abundance, 3 form- 

 ation and origin of, ibid. 

 analysis of, 10 residences 

 upon its soil supposed to 

 be healthy, 13. 



Limekiln, frightful conse- 

 quences of a traveller's 

 sleeping on one, 12. 



Linnet, the, 158. 



Longevity, 174. 



Magpie, the, 184. 



Manure, picking it from grass 

 lands for corn lands a bad 

 practice, 46. 



Maple tree, 105 the under 

 sides of the leaves of, a 

 beautiful microscopic ob- 

 ject, 10G. 



Marten cat, the, 129. 



Maypoles, now seldom seen, 

 373. 



Migration of birds, 151, 182, 

 205. 



Mistletoe, 94. 



Moles, 141 their sense of 

 smelling, 143 ranknessof 

 their flesh, 144. 



Morell, the stinking, 124 

 the esculent, 127. 



Moth, probable cause why 

 woollen vestments are a 

 prey to, 87 the ghost, 277 

 the hawk, 284 the yel- 

 low under-wing, 288 the 

 gamma, 290 the tiger, 



291 the goat, 294 the 

 death's head, 325 the 

 ermine, 36G. 



Mother Gary's chickens, 199. 



Mouse, the harvest, 134 the 

 water, 137 the common, 

 2 1 4 the meadow,and long- 

 tailed, ibid. 



Natural affection, 188. 



Natural history, a delightful 

 study, 47 too much neg- 

 lected, ibid. 



Naturalist, pleasing occupa- 

 tions of the, 112. 



Nature, designs of, 298 

 changes in, 322 tenden- 

 cies of, to produce, 413. 



Nests of different birds, 167. 



Newt, the common, 316 a 

 small shellfish often at- 



. tached to its toes, ibid. 



Nidularia, the bell-shaped, 

 128. 



Nightingale, the, less common 

 than heretofore, 193 

 croaking of, 271. 



Nosegays, 70. 



Oak of Mamre, under which 

 Abraham sat, 54. 



Oak tree, description of one, 

 49 several of extraordi- 

 nary magnitude, 51 the 

 oak less fruitful now than 

 formerly, 53 its value, 

 from its various uses, 54. 



Oat grass, 93. 



Onion, liquor of, abounds 

 with sugar, 80. 



