292 INDEX. 



Hooper, name of the wild swan, on account of the harshness 

 of its voice, iv. 409. 



Horizon seems wrapt in a muddy cloud, upon the approach 

 of winter, under the line, 5. 321. 



Horn, to wind it, and to carry the hawk fair, formerly suffi- 

 cient accomplishments for noblemen's sons, iv. 97. 



Horns, in what manner those of animals are produced, i. 428. 

 Grow differently in deer from those of sheep or cows ; deers' 

 horns furrowed along the sides, and why ; in every respect 

 resembling a vegetable substance, grafted upon the head of 

 the stag ; beauty and size of those of a stag mark their 

 strength and their vigour ; the time of shedding them ; 

 severe winters retard shedding the horns in stags ; generally 

 increase in thickness and height from the second year to 

 the eighth ; partake of the nature of the soil ; their horns 

 shed, they seek the plainer part of the country, remote from 

 those animals they are then unable to oppose ; and walk 

 with their heads stooping down, to prevent striking against 

 the branches of trees, ii. 202. Of a stag, called his head ; 

 their names according to different ages of the stag, 317. 

 The author saw one of ten feet nine inches from one tip to 

 the other, 340. Of the elk, applied to the same purposes 

 as hartshorn, 345. Of the rein-deer, converted into glue, 

 361. Of the rhinoceros, sometimes from three to three feet 

 and a half long, composed of the most solid substance, and 

 pointed to inflict most fatal wounds, iii. 358. Of owls, 

 nothing more than two or three feathers, that stand up on 

 each side of the head, over the ear, iv. 315. 



Horse, characteristic marks given by Linnaeus ; eats hemlock 

 without injury, ii. 176. Near as the ape approaches man 

 in internal conformation, so the horse is the most remote ; 

 wild horses herd together, and feed in droves of five or six 

 hundred ; one among their number always stands as senti- 

 nel, 177. Allured by music, 39. Not readily attacked by 

 the lion ; the combats between them in Italy, 159. One 

 fond of oysters, 165. From what country the horse came 

 originally, uncertain ; according to the ancients wild horses 

 once in Europe ; the colder climates do not agree with them, 

 178. How wild horses are caught ; set at liberty, they 

 never become wild again ; the buccaneers agreeably sur- 

 prised to see their faithful horses present themselves again 

 with their usual assiduity, and receive the rein, 179. Wild 

 horses finding a tame horse to associate with them, gather 

 round him, and oblige him to seek safety by flight ; this 

 animal in its state of nature in the old, not the new world ; 

 countries where wild horses are found; the natives of An- 

 gola, or Cafraria, catch a. horse only to eat him ; Arabian 

 wild horses, the most beautiful breed, the most generous, 

 Bwift, and persevering, 180. The negroes show terror and 



