INDEX. 



Nails, how formed in man, i. 428. Those of some of the 

 learned men in China longer than their fingers; savages 

 that let them grow long, use them in flaying animals, 432. 



Narwhal, the sea-unicorn ; its description ; errors concerning 

 the teeth of this animal ; the most harmless and peaceful 

 inhabitant of the ocean ; the Greenlanders call it the fore- 

 runner of the whale, and why ; its food ; is a gregarious 

 animal; a century ago its teeth considered the greatest 

 rarity in the world ; were believed to belong to a very diffe- 

 rent animal ; for some time after the narwhal was known, 

 the deceit was continued ; they far surpass ivory in its quali- 

 ties, v. 47. 



Natolian goat, a remarkable variety in the goat kind, ii. 270. 



Nature lavish of life in the lower orders of creation, i. 386. 

 She has kindly hid our hearts from each other, to keep us 

 in good humour with our fellow-creatures, 423. Haa 

 brought man into life with more wants and infirmities than 

 the rest of her creatures, ii. 1. In a course of ages shapes 

 herself to constraint, and assumes hereditary deformity; 

 instances of it, 95. Has contracted the stomachs of ani- 

 mals of the forest, suitable to their precarious way of living, 

 2. Has left no part of her fabric destitute of inhabitants, 

 iv. 1. And by supplying a variety of appetites, has multi- 

 plied life in her productions, 64. What might have led 

 some late philosophers into the opinion that all nature was 

 animated, vi. 200. 



Nautilus, a sea-snail, most frequently seen swimming ; its shell 

 very thin, and easily pierced; its description; it is certain 

 that it sometimes quits its shell, and returns to it again ; 

 peculiarity for which it has been most distinguished, v. 227. 



Na/areth (bird of), whether the dodo or not, is uncertain, iv. 

 63. 



Neck, fishes have none ; birds, in general, have it longer than 

 any other kind of animals, i. 4-28. In women it is propor- 

 tionably longer than in men, 433. 



Nectarium, the part of a flower from which the honey is ex- 

 tracted, vi. 101. 



Negroes of the Leeward Islands, by the smell alone, distin^ 

 guish the footsteps of a Frenchman from those of a 

 negro, ii. 47. Several of them have white beards, and 

 black hair ; described ; their features not deformed by art, 

 86. The women's breasts, after bearing one child, hang 

 down below the navel, and are thrown over the shoulder to 

 suckle the child at their backs, 86. The jet black claim 

 , the honour of hereditary resemblance of our common parent ; 



