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of hunting them ; its flesh very well tasted, and very nou- 

 rishing ; its hide strong, and so thick as to turn a musket- 

 ball, yet is soft and pliable ; this animal troubled with the 

 epilepsy ; is but very indifferently and confusedly described 

 by travellers ; their various descriptions, ii. 342. In what 

 manner killed by the glutton, iii. 109. 

 Elops, or Sea-serpent, its description, v. 123. 

 Ely, an island, the country round it was once a most delight- 

 ful spot ; producing grapes that afforded excellent wine ; 

 the sea breaking in, overwhelmed the whole country, i. 24O. 

 Embalming, the Egyptians carried this art to perfection ; co- 

 pious detail of this art as practised among them ; in Genesis, 

 Joseph seeing his father expire, ordered his physicians to 

 embalm the body ; various methods of embalming ; the art 

 still among the Guanches, ancient inhabitants of the island 

 of Teneriffe, when the Spaniards conquered it ; particulars 

 of their method of embalming ; the Peruvians also under- 

 stood this art, according to Father Acosta, ii. 122. A 

 mummy lately dug up in France, shows the art more com- 

 pletely understood in the western than the eastern world, 

 130. 



Embryo, its first rudiments ; in a month an inch long ; the male 

 developes sooner than the female ; progress and increase of 

 it, i. 378. In the human, the under jaw much advanced 

 before the upper, 4-19. Brain and spinal marrow first seen 

 begun, ii. 20. The bones as soft as the flesh, 59. 

 Emigration, causes of emigrations of birds, iv. 26. In what 



manner performed, 29. 



Emu, an inhabitant of the new continent, called also the 

 American ostrich ; description and places where found ; 

 runs so swiftly the dogs lose the pursuit ; one surrounded 

 by hunters, the dogs avoided its rage ; peculiar in hatching 

 its young ; the young at first familiarly follow any person ; 

 as they grow older, become cunning and distrustful ; their 

 flesh good to be eaten ; they live entirely upon grass, iv. 

 52. 

 Encoubert of Buffon, the tatou of Ray, a shelly quadruped, 



iii. 231. 



England claims dominion over the seas encompassing Great 

 Britain and Ireland ; losing its superiority upon the ocean, 

 its safety becomes precarious, i. 201. 

 Entry, a term in the chase of the stag, ii. 317. 

 Ephemera, various kinds of this insect ; its description ; colours 

 of their aurelias ; their transmutations ; places where found 

 in abundance ; short duration ; their impregnation, vi. 39. 

 Equator, description of the regions under it, i. 1 1 . 

 Ermine, its description ; alike in figure to the weasel, its fur 

 the most valuable of any ; the time in which it is called the 

 stoat ; manner of moulting its hair ; one ate honey, and died 



