INDEX. 311 



Malacopterigii, the barbarous Greek name given to the soft- 

 finned fish; the prickly-finned sort termed Acanthopterigii ; 

 v. 116. 



Malbrouk, a monkey of the ancient continent ; its description ; 

 the Bramins have hospitals for such as are sick, or disabled, 

 iii. 316. 



Malebranche grounds his beautiful theory of monstrous pro- 

 ductions upon a famous instance related by him ; and some 

 theory from which he deduces the effect of imagination upon 

 the fcetus, ii. 99. 



Mallard, a kind of duck, iv. 421. 



Malnighi, his famous experiment upon the stigmata of cater- 

 pillars, vi. 55. 



Mammoth, its tusks, which are used as ivory, and supposed to 

 belong to the elephant, often weigh four hundred pounds, 

 iii. 356. 



Man endures a greater variety of climates than the lower or- 

 ders of animals are able to do, and why, i. 273. Differen- 

 ces in his species less than in animals, and rather taken from 

 the tincture of the skin than variety of figure ; there are not 

 in the world above six distinct varieties in the race of men : 

 first race in the polar regions, deep brown, short, oddly 

 shaped, savage ; second, the Tartar race, olive coloured, 

 middle sized, ugly, robust ; third, the southern Asiatics, 

 dark olive, slender shaped, straight black hair, feeble; fourth, 

 the negroes of Africa, black, smooth skin, woolly hair, well 

 shaped ; fifth, the Americans, copper colour, straight black 

 hair, small eyes, slight limbed, not strong ; sixth, the Euro- 

 peans and bordering nations, white of different tints, fine 

 hair, large limbed, vigorous, ii. 74. May be called the ani- 

 mal of every climate, i. 353. White men resemble our com- 

 mon parent more than the rest of his children ; a native of 

 the tropical climates, and only a sojourner more to the 

 north, according to Linnaeus ; arguments sufficient to prove 

 the contrary, ii. 96. As man has a superiority of powers 

 over other animals, so is he proportionably inferior to them 

 in his necessities; nature has made him subject to more 

 wants and infirmities than other creatures ; but all these 

 wants seem given to multiply the number of his enjoyments ; 

 and in what manner, 1. First sensations of a man newly 

 brought into existence, and the steps by which he arrives 

 at reality pointed out by M. Buffon, 53. The only animal 

 that supports himself perfectly erect ; man's feet also diffe- 

 rent from those of other animals, the apes not excepted ; 

 the nails less in man than in any animal ; said to be tall when 

 from five feet eight inches to six feet high, i. 431. Proba- 

 bility that men have been, in all ages, much of the same 



size they are at present ; many corroborating proofs of this, 

 ii. 115. Generally live to ninety or a hundred y 



years, if not 



