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INDEX. 



more than three draughts of beer from his horn, lest he 

 should neglect his duty, 96, &c. 



Falconers catch the kite for the purposes of training the 

 falcon, and how, iv. 121. 



Fallopius, the two tubular vessels discovered by him, i. 360. 



Famine supported by carnivorous animals for several weeks 

 together, ii. 162. 



Fat of the shammoy, its medicinal virtue; fat of animals 

 found efficacious in some disorders, ii. 279. Of the manati, 

 exposed to the sun, has a fine smell and taste, and exceeds 

 the fat of any sea-animal ; the heat of the sun will not spoil 

 it, nor make it rancid ; several other qualities of this fat, iii. 

 277. 



Father-lasher, description of this fish, v. 121. 



Fawn, name of the buck and the doe the first year, ii. 329. 



Feathers of birds described, iv. 3. Of the ostrich almost as 

 soft as down, 41. Different uses made of goose feathers, 

 417. 



Feather-beds utterly unknown in countries bordering on the 

 Levant, and all Asia; ancients did not use feather-beds; 

 Pliny speaks of bolsters of feathers for their heads ; feathers 

 make a considerable article of commerce ; different quali- 

 ties ; best method of curing them ; old feathers more valu- 

 able than new, iv. 417. 



Fecundity of the rabbit greater than of the hare, iii. 134. 



Feeling, deprived of feeling, our eyes would misrepresent the 

 situation and the number of all things around us, ii. 21. 

 Blind men have this sense finer than others, and why; the 

 grossest and most useful of the senses ; no total deprivation 

 of it but with life ; those parts most exercised in it acquire 

 the greatest accuracy ; the fingers, by habit, greater in the 

 art than others, not from their having more nerves, 51. 

 Fishes having no organs for feeling, must be the most stu- 

 pid of all animals ; feeling, the guardian, the judge, and the 

 examiner of all the senses, is never found to deceive, 52. 



Ferret, not found at present here but in the domestic state ; 

 its description ; a native of the torrid zone ; naturally such 

 an enemy of the rabbit, that a young ferret, although unac- 

 quainted with the kind, will fiercely attack and bite even a 

 dead one ; use of ferrets in warrens to enter the holes muz- 

 zled, and drive the rabbits into the nets at the mouth ; to 

 bring the ferret from his hole, straw and other substances 

 burnt at the mouth ; the female less than the male, whom 

 she seeks with great ardour, and often dies without being 

 admitted; they sleep continually, and the instant they 

 awake seem eager for food ; are usually fed with bread and 

 milk ; breed twice a-year ; some devour their young as 

 soon as brought forth, and then become fit for the male 

 again ; the litter usually from five to six young ; and these 



