284. INDEX. 



long, and curled ; opinion that every man has dispositions 

 resembling those of the inhabitants of countries he resembles 

 in the colour and nature of his hair; curled hair among us 

 a beauty ; the Greeks have taken one of their national dis- 

 tinctions from the length and straightness of the hair; Ame- 

 ricans take the greatest pains in cutting their hair ; variety 

 in customs and manner of cutting hair, 416. Trade of the 

 inhabitants of Angora with the hair of animals of their coun- 

 try ; camblet and other stuffs made of it, ii. 270. Hair of 

 the cat rubbed in the dark sends forth shining sparks, 393. 

 Syria and Persia noted for long soft hair of the animals bred 

 in them, 398. Each hair of the lynx is of three different 

 colours, 434. Of the black fox, so disposed as impossible 

 to tell which way the grain lies, iii. 54. Coats of hair seem 

 to thicken at the approach of winter ; among quadrupeds as 

 among men, thin spare diet produces hair, 73. On the soles 

 of the feet, and on the insides of the mouths of hares, iii. 

 122. 



Halcyon, rapacious water-fowl, iv. 4S2. See King-Jisher. 



Halley, (Dr) observes spring water is collected from the air 

 itself, i. 147. His opinion concerning the origin of rivers, 

 170. Says it may be taken for a general rule, that the 

 largest and highest mountains supply the greatest and most 

 extensive rivers, 179. His method of finding out the age 

 of the world by the saltness of the sea, 203. Improved the 

 diving-bell ; he could write or read in it at the bottom of the 

 sea when the water was clear, especially when the sun 

 shone ; observed one thing very remarkable, that the water, 

 which from above is usually seen of a green colour, when 

 looked at from below, appeared of a very different one, 

 casting a redness upon his hands, like that of damask-roses, 

 249. His theory to explain the invariable motion of the 

 winds, 292. 



Halos, oftener seen in countries near the poles than any other 

 part of the earth, i. 328. 



Hammer, (the yellow) a bird of the sparrow kind, iv. 256. 



Hamster, the cricetus, or German rat of Buffon, iii. 188. 



Hand, sufficient to vindicate the dominion of man over other 

 animals, a poor assertion ; a man, without hands or legs, 

 converts his stumps to most convenient purposes, and per- 

 forms astonishing feats of dexterity, iii. 329. 



Harbour of a stag, in covert or thicket, ii. 317. 



Hare, a gregarious animal, where it has no enemies but beasts 

 of the forest, ii. 222. The swiftest animal for the time it 

 continues to run ; animals of the hare kind inoffensive and 

 timorous ; placed by Pyerius among those that chew the 

 cud ; whether or not, certainly the lips continually move, 

 sleeping or waking ; if not thinned by constant depredations, 

 would overrun the earth ; of these, the hare the largest and 



