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the dam, and thus allure her to destruction : this animal con- 

 tented to slake its thirst with the dew on the grass and leaves 

 of trees ; prefers tender branches and buds of trees to corn 

 and other vegetables ; we have but two known varieties ; the 

 flesh of those between one and two years old the greatest 

 delicacy known ; more common in America than in Europe ; 

 inhabitants of Louisiana live upon its flesh, which tastes like 

 mutton when well fatted ; the breed extremely numerous, 

 and the varieties in proportion ; found also in Brasil, where 

 called cuguacuapara ; and in China ; its describers there 

 confound it with the musk-goat, though of a different nature, 

 ii. 332. 



Roller, a beautiful bird of the pie kind, its description, iv. 192. 



Romans cut down all the woods and forests in Britain, and 

 why, i. 245. In battle, opened their ranks to admit the ele- 

 phant, and separating it from assistance, compelled its con- 

 ductors to calm its fury and submit, iii. 352. The vanity 

 of their boasts best shown by the parrot kind ; in a hundred 

 species now known, not one of those birds naturally breeds 

 in any of the countries that acknowledged the Roman power, 

 iv. 232. A Roman Emperor had fifteen hundred flamingos' 

 tongues served up in a single dish at a feast, 334. 'A Roman 

 senator used to throw into his ponds such of his slaves as 



* offended him, to feed the lampreys, v. 95. Infamous for a 

 Roman to appear in a dress in which silk entered into the 

 composition, vi. 82. 



Rooks, of the pie kind, not carnivorous ; places where they 

 build their nests ; their plan of policy ; young couples mak- 

 ing nests too near an old pair, a battle ensues, and the old 

 become victorious ; fatigues of the young in making nests ; 

 the female beginning to lay, all hostilities cease, and she is 

 suffered to hatch her brood without molestation ; a foreign 

 rook attempting to join society with them, would have the 

 grove in arms against him, and be expelled without mercy ; 

 their chief food; foreign rooks, iv. 182. 



Roses, ottar of roses, a modern delicate perfume, iii. 106. 



Rousette, the great bat of Madagascar, a formidable creature, 

 described; drinks the juice of the palm-tree, iii. 238. 



Royston crow, a bird of passage, described, iv. 182. 



Rubeth, the land-toad, the only one of the kind that has the 

 property of sucking cancerous breasts, v. 280. 



Ruff, a small bird of the crane kind ; manner of taking it ; their 

 flesh in high estimation, iv. 349. 



Ruminant animals, most harmless and easily tamed ; generally 

 go in herds for mutual security ; live entirely upon vege- 

 tables ; the meanest of them unite in each other's defence ; 

 are more indolent and less artful than the carnivorous kinds, 

 and why ; nature has enlarged the capacity of their intes- 

 tines for a greater supply of food, ii. 222. Their bowels 



