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the Americans, before they had the Europeans among them, 

 iii. 44. The tapir is the largest animal of America ; opinion 

 that all quadrupeds in South America are of a different spe- 

 cies from those resembling them in the Old World ; and 

 such as peculiarly belong to that New Continent are with- 

 out the marks of the quadruped perfection, ii. 169. Des- 

 cription of the natives of that country, 87. The savages 

 there suppose monkeys to be men, but obstinately dumb, to 

 avoid being compelled to labour, iii. 314. The vampyre 

 considered as a great pest of South America, and an ob- 

 struction to the peopling of many parts of that continent, 

 242. The manufacture of stuffs, of the wool of the pacos, 

 a very considerable branch of commerce in South America, 

 383. No rabbits naturally in America, but there are ani- 

 mals in some measure resembling the rabbits of Europe, 

 141. That part of the American continent which lies under 

 the line is cool and pleasant, ii. 91. Cause of the tawny 

 colour of the North American Indians ; they paint their 

 skins with red ochre, and anoint them with the fat of bears, 

 93. The original cause of their flat heads, 95. American 

 wood-duck described, iv. 421. 



Amia, or Bonito, description of this fish, v. 126. 



Ammodytes, or the Lance, a fish, its description, v. 124. 



a kind of viper ; it darts with amazing swiftness, 



v. 376. 



Amonton observes, a moderate degree of heat may give the 

 air amazing powers of expansion, i. 93. 



Amour, a river of Eastern Tartary, i. 181. It receives about 

 forty lesser rivers, 188. 



Amphibious quadrupeds have motion in the lower eye-lid 

 alone, i. 415. General description of that class, iii. 242. 



Amphisboena, or the double-headed serpent, v. 375. 



Anarchicas, the wolf-fish, its description, v. 123. 



Anchovy has no bladder, v. 18. 



Andalusia, genettes of that province the best, ii. 189. 



Andes, amazing chasms or fissures in them ; some of these are 

 a mile wide, and others, running under ground, resemble a 

 province, i. 54. The highest mountains of the world, 87. 

 Excellent description of them by Ulloa, 126. The Andes 

 are by measure three thousand one hundred and thirty-six 

 toises, or fathoms, above the surface of the sea, 131. At 

 the top no difficulty of breathing perceived, 133. Manner 

 of mules going down the precipices, ii. 213. 



Anemometer, an instrument to measure the velocity of the 

 wind ; gives no certain information of the force of a storm, 

 i. 302. 



Angora. The goat of Angora ; a number of animals about An- 

 gora affording hair for trade ; the camlet made of such hair, 

 ii. 270. The cat of Angora, 397. 



