INDEX. 



down, unless much tired ; she-ass crosses fire and water to 

 protect her young ; the gimerro, bred between the ass and 

 the bull ; the size and strength of our asses improved by 

 importation of Spanish jack-asses, ii. 202, &c. Destroyed 

 by the South American bat, called vampyre, iii. 240. 



Assafoetida, savage nations delighted with the smell, ii. 4-9. 



Assiniboils, Lake, where the river St Lawrence takes its rise, 

 i. 187. 



Astroites, among coral substances, vi. 199. 



Atalantis, an island submersed, was as large as Asia Minor 

 and Syria ; the fruits of the earth offered without cultiva- 

 tion, i. 116. 



Athanatus, instance of his strength, i. 442. 



Athelstan prohibited the exportation of mares and stallions, 

 except as presents, ii. 199. 



Athenians had their cock-matches, iv. 131. See Quailrfght- 

 ing, iv. 171. 



Atherine, description of this fish, v. 125. 



Atmosphere, most disorders incident to mankind, says Bacon, 

 arise from changes of the atmosphere, v. 19. 



Attraction defined ; the sun possessed of the greatest share, 

 i. 3. 



Auk, a bird bred in the island of St Kilda, iv. 397. 



Avosetta, or scooper, a bird of the crane kind, found in Italy ; 

 now and then seen in England ; description, and extraordi- 

 nary shape of its bill, iv. 337- 



Aurelia, one of the appearances of the caterpillar, vi. 50, &c. ; 

 Laying it in a warna room, M. Reaumur hastened the dis- 

 closure of the butterfly, and by keeping it in an ice-house 

 retarded it ; though it bears a different appearance, it con- 

 tains all the parts of the butterfly in perfect formation ; 

 some insects continue under that form not above ten days, 

 some twenty, some several months, others for a year toge- 

 ther, 64-. How the butterfly gets rid of that covering, 65. 

 Aurelia of the bee different from that of the common cater- 

 pillar, 105. 



Aurora, or the Samiri, the smallest and most beautiful of the 

 sapajou monkeys ; its description ; is very tender, delicate, 

 and held in high price, iii. 318. 



Aurora Borealis, or northern light, streams with peculiar lus- 

 tre, and a variety of colours, round the pole ; its appearance 

 almost constant in winter ; and, when the sun departs for 

 half a year, this meteor supplies its beams, affording light 

 for all the purposes of existence, i. 328. 



Auvergne, in France, an amazing mummy dug up at that 

 place, ii. 130. 



Axis, a kind of beautiful stag ; its description, ii. 324. 



Azores, serpents, adders, and snakes, seen about these islands 

 by Sir Robert Hawkins, in 1 590, i. 207. 



