376 INDEX. 



eggs was, imprisonment for a year and a day, and fine at 

 the king's will ; places which abound with them, iv. 408. 



Swarms (of a bee-hive), several swarms in the year, the first 

 always the best and most numerous, vi. 110. 



Sweetmeats, in tropical climates, exposed by day in the sun, 

 to prevent their putrefying by the night air, i. 268. 



Swift, a bird of the swallow kind : peculiar position of the toes, 

 iv. 281. 



Sword-fish, the xiphias, its description, v. 118. Its terrible 

 encounters with the whale described, 41. 



Syagushes, carnivorous animals, like the jackall and wolf: 

 hunt in packs, and encourage each other by their cries, ii. 

 161. Its description, 441. 



Symmetry and proportion of the human body, i. 410. 



Sympathetic affection of yawning, i. 420. 



Synovia, a lubricating liquor in the joints, so called by anato- 

 mists, i. 435. 



System, in what manner the harmony of our planetary system 

 is preserved, i. 3. Very useful in natural history : books 

 containing them useful to be consulted, but unnecessary to 

 be read : that of Linnaeus deserves the preference : faults of 

 systematic writers in natural history, ii. 134. What has 

 given birth to the variety of systems in natural history, 144. 



Tadpole, the larva of the frog, v. 263. 



Tajacu, the peccary, an animal of the hog kind, peculiar for 

 a lump upon its back, with glands discharging a musky sub- 

 stance, ii. 374. 



Talapoin, eighth division of monkeys of the ancient continent : 

 its description, iii. 317 



Talons, in what manner produced in animals, i. 428. 



Tamaim, a monkey of the second sort of the sagoin kind : de- 

 scription, iii. 319. 



Tamandua, an ant-bear, larger and smaller, live upon ants : 

 their description, iii. 398. 



Tamis-bird, one of the names of the Guinea-hen, described, 

 iv. 155. 



Tanrec, of the hedgehog kind, different enough to constitute 

 another species : covered with prickles, though mixed with 

 hair : does not defend itself by rolling up in a ball : only 

 found in the East Indies : sleeps several months, and loves 

 to be near water : in the torpid state its hair falls off: Indians 

 consider its flesh a delicacy, iii. 209. 



Tapeti. See Rabbit (Brasilian), iii. 166. 



Tapir, the largest animal of America, no way comparable in 

 size to the elephant of Africa, ii. 169. Considered as the 



