INDEX. 307 



the Line is cool and pleasant, ii. 91. In general, as we 

 approach the Line, we find the inhabitants of each country 

 grow browner, until the colour deepens into perfect black- 

 ness, 92. 



Linnaeus, the celebrated naturalist, supposes man a native of 

 the tropical climates, and only a sojourner more to the 

 north ; argument to prove the contrary, ii. 96. His method 

 of classing animals, 138. Makes the female of the bat a 

 primas, to rank it in the same order with man, iii. 235. 



Linnet, a bird of the sparrow kind, iv. 255. Taught to whistle 

 a long and regular tune, 280. 



Lion, to compare the strength of the lion with that of man, it 

 should be considered that the claws of this animal give a 

 false idea of its power, ascribing to its force what is the 

 effect of its arms, i. 436. Leaps twenty feet at a spring, ii. 

 161. Does not willingly attack the horse, and only when, 

 compelled by the keenest hunger ; combats between a lion 

 and a horse in Italy ; the lion stunned, and left sprawling, 

 the horse escapes ; but the lion succeeding, sticks to his 

 prey, and tears the horse in pieces instantly, 159. Produc- 

 ed under the burning sun of Africa, is the most terrible and 

 most undaunted creature, 399. Description of this noble 

 animal, 403. He degenerates when removed from the tor- 

 rid zone, 399. A single lion of the desert often attacks an 

 entire caravan, 401. He crouches on his belly, and con- 

 tinues so with patient expectation, until his prey comes 

 within a proper distance, 407. The female has no mane, 

 405. His roaring is so loud, that when heard in the night 

 and re-echoed by the mountains, it resembles distant thun- 

 der, 408. Attends to the call of the jackall, iii. 57. 



Lions, those of Mount Atlas have not the strength or ferocity 

 of those of Bildulgerid or Zaara; species of this animal 

 diminishing daily ; Mr Shaw observes, the Romans carried 

 fifty times as many lions from Libya in one year, for their 

 amphitheatres, as are in the whole country at this time ; 

 the same remark made with regard to Turkey, Persia, and 

 the Indies, where the lions diminish in their number daily ; 

 those inhabiting the peopled countries of Morocco or In- 

 dia scared away with a shout ; the keepers play with him, 

 plague, and chastise him without a cause, he bears it with 

 composure ; but his anger once excited, the consequences 

 are terrible ; an instance from Labat ; numberless accounts 

 assure his anger noble, his courage magnanimous, and his 

 natural ferocity seldom exerted against his benefactors ; he 

 has spared the lives of those thrown to be devoured by him, 

 afforded them part of his subsistence, and sometimes ab- 

 stains from food himself to support them ; necessity alone 

 makes him cruel ; the manner of hunting them by Hotten- 

 tots and others ; reported that he sustains hunger a long 



