INDEX. 209 



Antioch buried by an earthquake, i. 96. 



Aorta, the great artery, i. 383. 



Aperea, by some the Brasilian rabbit; its description, iii. 167- 



Apes have eye-lashes upon the upper and lower lids, i. 415. 

 The only animal possessed of hands and arms, 431. In some 

 of the kind the resemblance to man so striking, that anato- 

 mists are puzzled to find in what part of the human body 

 man's superiority consists ; enjoy many advantages in com- 

 mon with men, above the lower tribes of nature, ii. 152. The 

 foremost of the kind is the ourang outang, or wild man of 

 the woods ; description of this animal by Dr Tyson ; com- 

 parative view of this creature with man ; another descrip- 

 tion of it by M. Buffon ; two young ones, but a year old, 

 discovered an astonishing power of imitation ; a kind called 

 baris, properly instructed when young, serve as useful do- 

 mestics ; Le Comte's account of an ape in the Straits of 

 Molucca; the long-armed ape an extraordinary and re- 

 markable creature ; its description ; a native of the East 

 Indies, and found along the coasts of Coromandel ; fling 

 themselves from one rope to another, at thirty, forty, and 

 fifty feet distance ; instances of amazing nimbleness ; in a 

 state of nature they run upon all fours ; certain proofs of it ; 

 slight survey of the ape kind, iii. 280. In the navies of So- 

 lomon, among the articles imported from the East, are apes 

 and peacocks, iv. 138. 



Apieius, noted for having taught mankind to suffocate fish 

 in Carthaginian pickle, v. 25. His receipt for making sauce 

 for the ostrich, iv. 48. His manner of dressing a hare in 

 true Roman taste, iii. 128. 



Apodal, the name of a fish without ventral fins, v, 117. 



Appendices in the intestines of birds, iv. 13. 



Appetite, nature, by supplying a variety, has multiplied life in 

 her productions, iv. 64. 



Arabia, its sandy tempests described, i. 309. Men and ani- 

 mals buried in the sands of Arabia, preserved from corrup- 

 tion, for several ages, as if actually embalmed, ii. 123. The 

 ass originally a native of Arabia, 211. See Horses, Camel. 



Archimedes discovered the method of determining the purity 

 of gold, by weighing it in water, i. 164. 



Archipelago, very good horses in its islands, ii. 192. The wild 

 ass found in those islands, particularly Cerigo, 204. 



Ardebil, the pastures in those plains excellent for rearing 

 horses, ii. 192. 



Arequipa, a celebrated burning mountain in Peru, i. 87. 



Argentine, description of this fish, v. 126. 



Argonaut, or Paper-nautilus, described, v. 227. 



Arion, by his harp, gathered the dolphins to the ship's side, 

 ii. 38. 



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