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ostrich weigh above fifteen pounds, 46. Inhabitants of 

 Norway prepare from the eggs of the porpoise a kind of 

 caviar, or delicate sauce, good when eaten with bread, 

 v. 61. Manner in which the eggs of fishes are impregnated 

 wholly unknown, 145. Doubts whether fish come from the 

 egg completely formed, 144. Those of the turtle hatched 

 by the sun, 195. 



Eggs, (sea) name given in our cabinets to a multivalve shell- 

 fish, called echini, or urchins, by naturalists ; those of the 

 sea urchin a great delicacy, v. 247. 



Egypt has south winds so hot during summer that respiration 

 is almost stopped by them ; they are charged with such 

 quantities of sand, that they darken the air as with a cloud ; 

 it rains very seldom in that country, but the want of showers 

 is compensated by the copiousness of their dews, i. 304. A 

 mummy not long since dug up in France, shows the art of 

 embalming more completely understood in the western 

 world than in Egypt itself, ii. 130. The ichneumon used in 

 this kingdom for the same purposes that cats are in Europe, 

 iii. 90. 



Egyptians carried the art of embalming to the highest perfec- 

 tion; copious detail of it, ii. 117. Paid divine honours to 

 the ibis ; Maillet's observations concerning this bird, iv. 308. 



Eider-duck, iv. 420. Remarkable for the warmth of its nest, 

 422. Furnishes the valuable luxury called eider-down, 430. 



Elasticity of the air, i. 55. 



Elephant, not afraid singly to make opposition to the lion, ii. 

 409. Not less remarkable for its size than its docility ; all 

 historians concur in giving it the character of the most saga- 

 cious animal next to man ; its height from seven to fifteen 

 feet ; impossible to give an idea of this animal's figure by 

 description ; assisted by the art of the engraver it will but 

 confusedly represent the original ; general observations 

 about its conformation ; of all quadrupeds the elephant the 

 strongest and largest, yet neither fierce nor formidable ; in 

 its native deserts seldom alone, being a social friendly crea- 

 ture ; the oldest conducts the band, the next in seniority 

 brings up the rear ; order maintained in dangerous marches ; 

 never so far asunder as to be incapable of reciprocal assist- 

 ance ; their invasions the more disagreeable there being no 

 means of repelling them, since an attempt to molest a drove 

 would certainly be fatal ; manner of going against him who 

 offers the insult ; do no personal injury when suffered to 

 feed uninterrupted ; molested by man, they seek all occa- 

 sions to be revenged ; where they like best to live in their 

 natural state ; cannot live far from water, and always dis- 

 turb it before they drink ; often fill their trunk with water 

 to cool it, or by way of play to spurt it out like a fountain ; 

 equally distressed by the extremes of heat and cold ; swim 



