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white hellebore ; reared numbers of them for fighting, and 

 betted sums of money, as we do on cocks, iv. 171. 



Quicksilver, remarkable effects of it at the mines near Idra, 

 related by Dr Pope, i. 70. The heaviest substance in the 

 world, except gold ; floats upon water by a particular ex- 

 periment, 162. Seventy-one pounds and a half equal in 

 bulk to a hundred pound weight of gold, 163. 



Quills (of the porcupine), the Indians embroider with them 

 their belts, baskets, and several other necessary pieces of 

 furniture ; inquiry whether the quills of the porcupine can 

 be sent off with a shake, iii. 214. 



Quito, in South America, capital city of, one of the most 

 charming regions upon earth ; this part higher than any 

 other country in the world, i. 129. 



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Rabbits have eyes of a red colour, i. 41 <k Rabbit and hare 

 of distinct kinds ; refuse to mix with each other ; instance 

 of it ; few quadrupeds can overtake the rabbit in a short 

 run, iii. 134-. A creature covered with feathers and hair, 

 said to be bred between a rabbit and a hen ; their fecundity 

 greater than that of the hare ; breed seven times a-year, 

 and bring eight young each time ; love the sunny field, 

 and open pasture ; the female suckles the young about a 

 month ; the male attends the young, leads them out, and 

 conducts them back ; have an external retreat at a distance 

 from the warren, as a kind of country-house ; female brings- 

 forth in a part of the warren separate from the male, and 

 digs herself a hole, more intricate, at the bottom of which 

 is a more ample apartment ; some hair she pulls from her 

 belly makes a bed for her young ; the male, after six weeks^ 

 acknowledges them as his offspring, smooths their skin, and 

 licks their eyes, 134. 



Rabbits (tame), in a warren, continue exposed to weather, 

 without burrowing ; in two or three generations, they find 

 the necessity and convenience of an asylum ; various co- 

 lours of rabbits ; the mouse colour kinds originally from an 

 island in the river Humber; still continuing their general 

 colour, after a number of successive generations ; account of 

 their production ; surprising obedience and submission of 

 descendants to their common parent; the descendants quar- 

 relling, his appearance restores peace and order ; sometimes 

 he punishes them as an example to the rest ; other in- 

 stances of superiority of the common parent ; the rabbit 

 generally fatter, and lives longer than the hare ; its flesh 

 less delicate ; native of the warmer climates ; it has been 

 imported into England from Spain ; in some of the islands 



