310 INDEX. 



Lybia, its inhabitants use ostriches as horses ; also at Joar : 

 instance of it at the factory of Podore, iv. 50. 



Lynx, distinguished from the ounce, and described: first 

 striking distinction between it and those of the panther kind 

 is the tail : each hair of this animal is of three different 

 colours : about the size of the ounce : chiefly met with in 

 cold northern countries : those of the new continent are 

 smaller than in Europe: formerly called lupus cervarius, but 

 for what reason hard to guess : in its nature it exactly resem- 

 bles the cat, is bigger, and near two feet long, is also bolder 

 and fiercer : is more delicate than the cat : resembles the 

 wolf in nothing, except its cry : several reports of the lynx, 

 propagated by ignorance or imposture, ii. 431. 



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Macaguo, a kind of monkey described by M. Buffon, iii. 316. 



Macaw, the large kind of parrot, the size of a raven, iv. 223. 



Machines, the invention of many has rendered human strength 

 less valuable, i. 44-3. 



Mackerel produces five hundred thousand eggs in one season, 

 v. 22. Described, 120. 



Madness produced by want of sleep, ii. 12. Cured by music, 

 and also caused by it, 39. 



Maelstroom, Dutch name for a whirlpool, one upon the coast 

 of Norway considered as most dreadful and destructive ; the 

 body of water forming this whirlpool extended in a circle 

 of above thirteen miles, i. 229. 



Magellan, (Ferdinand) a Portuguese of noble extraction, first 

 discovered the gigantic race of mankind, in 1520, towards 

 the extremity of South America ; account of this discovery ; 

 he was slain upon one of the Molucca islands, ii. 111. 



Magot of Buffon, the Cynocephalus, the last of the ape kind ; 

 its description, iii. 294-. 



Magpie, thievish ; rings found in the nest of a tame magpie, iv. 

 176. Habits and food; when satisfied for the present, it 

 lays up the remainder for another time ; places where it 

 builds, and nests, described ; number of eggs ; in its domes- 

 tic state preserves its natural character strictly ; foolish cus- 

 tom of cutting its tongue to teach it to speak, puts the ani- 

 mal to pain, and baulks the intention, 188. 



Maimon, the last of the baboons, Edwards calls it the pigtail ; 

 its description ; native of Sumatra, does not well endure the 

 rigours of our climate, iii. 301. 



Maire, (James Le) a traveller who confirms the existence of 

 giants in America, ii. 113. 



Maki, their description ; many different kinds of these animals, 

 iii. 320. 



