INDEX. 



* The Italic letter directs to the note in the page to which it is affixed The Roman numerals, of coure, 

 refer to the volumes of the work. 



Abdominal-fish, characterised by the position of the ven- 

 tral fins, ii. 294; the prickly finned, 299; the soft 

 finned, 301307. 



Abstinence, benefits of occasional,!. 186; Queen Eliza- 

 beth's commands concerning, ib. ; how defeated, ib. ; 

 of the primitive Christians, ib. ; instances of absti- 

 nence, ib. n. 



Acanthopterigii, or prickly finned fish, ii. 294; the varie- 

 ties specified and described, ii. 299. 



AcJiilles the second, a Roman tribune, his strength, i. 180. 



Acorn, shell- fish, account of the, ii. 374. 



Adder, account of the common viper or adder, ii. 418, 

 419, n.] treatment for its bite, 420, . 



Adjutant, or gigantic crane, account of the, ii. 172, n. 



JE<mqus, a species of ibex, i. 303, n. 



JElian, his relations of the docility of the elephant, i. 

 519. 



JEolip&e, an instrument for producing wind, described, 

 i. 116. 



jEtna, in Sicily, a volcano, i. 41 ; eruption of, in 1537, 

 41 ; latest eruption of, ib. n.; description of, ib. 



Africans. See Negroes. 



Age, the effects of, on the human body, i. 204 ; on the 

 bones, ib. ; on the cartilages, ib. ; instances of great 

 age in man, 206 ; of fishes, how determined, ii. 247. 



Agouti, distinguished from the rabbit in form, i. 444; 

 'its voracity, ib.; burrows in trees, ib.; habitudes, ib.; 

 flesh, 445; how hunted, ib.; its cry, ib. ; parturi- 

 tion, ib. 



Ai, a species of sloth, i. 5.57. 



Air, i. 1 04, its elasticity and weight, 1 04, 1 05, and n. ; ex- 

 pansion, 107; instruments to'measure its weight, 106 

 108, n. \ analysis of atmospheric air, 109, n.; how 

 changed from the elementary body, 108, 109, and 112; 

 its corroding qualities, 109; necessary for vegetation 

 and life, 110; that extracted from plants, &c., fatal 

 to life, 110, 111; effects of, on man, ib. ; the unwhole- 

 someness of hot, 112; of cold, ib. ; blessings of, 115; 

 supports fire, ib.; conveys sounds, 116; odours, ib. ; 

 taste, ib.; instruments to ascertain the quantity of 

 moisture in air, 1 1 3, n. ; necessary to the life of fishes, 

 ii. 24b'; how breathed by them, ib. 



Air bladder of fishes, account of the, ii. 246, 247. 



Air pump, account of the, i. 108. 



Albatross, described by Edwards, ii. 204; by Wieque- 

 fort, 205; characteristics of the albatross tribe, 204, 

 n.; its climate, ib.; said to sleep in the air, ib. ; vora- 

 city and activity, 206; affection for the penguin, ib.; 

 nests of the, on the Falkland Isles, ib. ; removed, why, 

 ib.; account of, in the West Indies, ib. .; the choco- 

 late, ib., n. \ the yellow-nosed, ib. 



Albouras, volcano of, i. 44. 



Alcatrass, name given by Wicquefort to the albatross, 

 ii. 205. 



Aldrovandus, the natural historian, his credulity, libe- 

 rality, and misfortunes, ii. 227. 



A (gee, microscopic examination' of, ii. GOO. 



Afgazel, a kind of gazelle, i. 309. 



Atliyator, the, distinguished from the crocodile, ii. 392, 

 n., and 395; pike-headed alligator, 393, n.; alligators 

 of the Ganges, ib. ; sports with the, 394, n. 

 A loc, transverse section of, ii. 602. 



Alps, description of a person ascending the, i. 60; rocks 

 full from them, 63; clefts in them, ib. 



Ambergris, a perfume obtained from the cachalot, ii. 264. 



VOL. II. 



Ambrose, St , his credulity with respect to the halcyon, 



America, South, "VVaterton's description of the birds of, 

 ii. 165167, n. 



Americans, their pains in dressing their hair, i. 173; na- 

 tive, described, 21 3; its animals compared with those 

 of the other hemisphere, 242. 



Amia, a fish, noticed, ii. 306. 



Ammodytes, a soft-finned fish, ii. 299. 



a reptile resembling the common viper, ii. 



421,n. 



Amour, a river of Tartary, i. 77. 



Amphibious quadrupeds, their characteristics, i. 474. 



Amphisbeena, or double-headed serpent, ii. 428, and .; 

 its remarkable motions, ib. 



Anaconda, a large snake so called, ii. 429, . 



Anarchicas, the wolf-fish, ii. 299. 



Anatomy of the human body, i. 181, n. 



Andes, volcanoes in the, i. 45; Ulloa's description of the, 

 L 6062. 



Anemometers, instruments to measure the velocity of 

 the wind, i. 124; their imperfections, 125. 



Angler, or fishing-frog, described, ii. 288, n. 



Angora, goat of, described, i. 299, n., and 302. 



Anhima, a kind of crane found in Brazil, described, ii. 

 180. 



Animalcules, infusorial, ii. 623, et sea. ; have now become 

 legitimate subjects of natural history, 623; their in- 

 conceivable minuteness, ib. ; the term infusorial ex- 

 plained, ib. ; hypothesis accounting for the presence 

 of animalcules in infusions, ib.; Pritchard's summary 

 of their characteristics and economy, 623 625; term 

 animalcule defined, 623; discovery of internal struc- 

 ture of infusoria, 628; Ehrenberg's arrangement of 

 them, 624; the cilia, their motions and uses, ib.; the 

 setse,ib.; the styli,ib.; variable processes, ib. ; Baron 

 Gleichen's experiments with animalcules, ib.; pre- 

 paring infusions for production of animalcules, ib.; 

 variety of shape and figure observable in infusoria, 

 625 ; modes of generation or production, ib. ; remark- 

 able discoveries by Ehrenberg, ib. ; rapid motions of 

 infusoria, ib. ; ability to support extremes of heat and 

 cold, ib.; Miiller's scientific arrangement, 626; mon- 

 ads, ib. ; the drop monad, ib. ; monad species, ib., 627; 

 proteus genus, 627 ; the melting proteus, ib. ; pro- 

 teus species, ib. ; volvox genus, ib. ; vegetable volvox, 

 ib.; volvox globator, ib.; volvox species, 628; en- 

 chelis genus, ib. ; egg-shaped enchelis, ib. ; enchelis 

 punctifera, ib. ; enchelis retrograda, ib. ; enchelis 

 species, ib. ; vibrio genus, 629 ; its divisions, ib. ; pax- 

 illifer vibrio, ib.; vibrio lunula, ib. ; wheat vibrio, ib., 

 630; remarkable tenacity of life in vibrio, 630; vibrio 

 species,ib. ; cyclidium genus, ib. ; azure cyclidium, ib. ; 

 cyclidium species, ib. ; paramoecium genus, 631; pa- 

 ramcecium chrysalis, ib. ; paramcecium species, ib. ; 

 kolpoda genus, ib. ; cuckoo kolpoda, ib. ; kolpoda 

 species, ib. ; gonium genus, ib. ; breast-plate gonium, 

 ib.; gonium species, ib.; bursaria genus, 632; little 

 swallow-like bursaria, ib. ; bursaria species, ib. ; cer- 

 caria genus, ib. ; green cercaria, ib. ; cercaria inquieta, 

 ib. ; cercaria species, ib.; leucophra genus, ib. ; brace- 

 let leucophra, ib. ; leucophra cornuta, ib. ; leucophra 

 species, ib. ; trichoda genus, 633; trichoda vulgaris, 

 ib.; trichoda sol, ib. ; trichoda cometa, ib.; trichoda 

 bomba, ib. ; trichoda species, ib. ; kerona genus, 



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