374 INDEX. 



Stromateus, a soft-firmed apodal fish, described, v. 124. 

 Struthophagi, some nations so called from their fondness for 



the flesh of the ostrich ; the method of taking it, iv. 4-8. 

 Stuffs made of hair of animals about Angora, ii. 270. Half 

 composed of silk forbid to be worn at Rome, as a luxurious 

 refinement, vi. 82. 

 Stunts, name given to whales at the age of two years, v. 



39. 



Sturgeon, a cartilaginous fish, of a considerable size, yet flies 

 terrified from the smallest fishes ; its description ; countries 

 of Europe this fish visits at different seasons ; annually as- 

 cends the largest rivers to spawn, and propagates in vast 

 numbers, enjoying the vicissitudes of fresh and salt water, 

 then grows to an enormous size, almost to rival the whale ; 

 the largest caught in Great Britain taken in the Esk, were 

 frequently found weighing four hundred and fifty pounds ; 

 places where caught in numbers ; never by a bait, always 

 in nets ; their food ; whence the German proverb, He is as 

 moderate as a sturgeon ; live in society among themselves, 

 and Gesner has seen them shoal together at the notes of 

 a trumpet ; usual time of coming up rivers to spawn ; at 

 Pillau the shores formed into districts, and allotted to com- 

 panies of fishermen, and rented, some for three hundred 

 pounds a-year; nets in which caught; in the water it is 

 one of the strongest fishes, and often breaks through the 

 nets that enclose it, but its head once raised above water, 

 its activity ceases ; has broke fishermen's legs with a blow 

 of its tail ; two methods of preparing it ; that from America 

 not so good as from the north of Europe ; caviar made with 

 the roe of all kinds of sturgeon; manner of making it, 

 v. 96. 

 Sucking-fish, the remora, sticks to the shark ; also called the 



shark's pilot, and why, v. 73. 



Sucking-fish, the echeneis, a soft-finned thoracic fish, its des- 

 cription, v. 125. 

 Suction, from whence that amazing power in the lamprey 



arises, v. 92. 

 Sugar, the white sort, in the tropical climates, sometimes full 



of maggots, i. 268. 

 Sulphur, with iron filings, kneaded together into a paste, with 



water, grows hot and produces a flame, i. 68. 

 Sun, mock-suns and other meteors seen in the Alps, i. 125. In 

 the polar regions, 328. Reflected upon opposite clouds, 

 appear like three or four real suns in the firmament ; real 

 sun always readily known by superior brightness ; the rain- 

 bow also different in those countries, 329. Its warmth effi- 

 cacious in bringing the animal in the egg to perfection, 368. 

 Not easy to conceive how it whitens wax and linen, and 

 darkens the human complexion, ii. 92. 



