INDEX. 



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Foetor, the horrible, of some serpents, ii. 408, 1 1 3. 



Fongwang, the Chinese, description of that bird, ii. 75. 



FonteneUe, his Ion,? life, i. 206. 



Food, necessity of, to man, i. 183; its influence on ani- 

 mals, 242. 



Foot, human, shape of the, i. 1 76. 



Forehead, human, its proportions, i. 1 68. 



Forests, found beneath the earth, i. 99. 



Fossils, opinions concerning their formation, i. 19 21 

 and n. ; 22; in what countries found, 21, 22; their 

 varieties, 22; found in the stones of one of the pyra- 

 mids of Egypt, 25; elephants, an account of, i. 528; 

 (see Mammoth)', shells, in what condition found, ii. 

 358. 



Fouine, name given by M. Buffon to the yellow-breasted 

 martin, i. 417. See Martin. 



Foumart or polecat, described, i. 415 and n. 



Fox, its resemblance to the dog, i. 403 and n. ; distin- 

 guished from it, and the wolf, 404; its cunning, ib.; 

 in choosing a residence, ib. ; in taking and conveying 

 its prey, ib.; its food ib.; chase of the, 403, ra. arid 

 40.5; generation, 405; antipathy of animals to the, ib., 

 406; different kinds of the, 406. 



Frog, the, adapted to live on land or in water, ii. 377; 

 distinguished from the toad, ib.; its appearance, ib.; 

 its internal parts described, ib.; Raesal's plates of 

 the, 378; copulation of the, ib.; impregnation, ib. ; 

 eggs from a female, 380; their appearance, ib. ; pro- 

 gress of the, to perfect frog, 379, n. and 380 ; manner 

 of life, 381; season of enjoyment, ib. ; age, ib.; food, 

 382; manner of catching it, 383; vivacity, ib.; one 

 kept eight years in a glass, ib. ; tenacious of life after 

 the head off and other injuries, ib.; croaking des- 

 cribed, ib. ; season of, ib. ; adheres to the backs of 

 fishes, 384 ; story of one clinging to a pike and eating 

 out its eyes, ib.; different developements of embryo 

 of frogs, 378380, n. ; various species of frogs, des- 

 cribed, the common frog, the green frog, the bull 

 frog, the tree frog, and the fire frog, 38 1 383, 11. 



Frog, the fishing, described, ii. 288 and n.; how it 

 takes its prey, 289 ; doubts, ib. 



Frotk-worm, the, account of, ii. 484. 



Fungi, as seen by the microscope, ii. 601. 



Furs, of northern quadrupeds, why so abundant and 

 fine, i. 414. 



Gad-fly, injurious to the rein- deer in Lapland, i. 337. 



Gagal, a species of bison, described, i. 279, n. 



Gail insect, its residence, ii. 553; how introduced into 



the gall nut, ib.; how nourished, ib.; its escape from 



the nut, ib. 

 Gall<>y-fish, appears like a bubble, ii. 291 ; described, ib.; 



whether it moves, ib.; size in America, ib. ; colours 



and transparency, ib. ; causticity of the, ib. ; poisonous 



nature of the, 325. 

 Gaily worm, the, how distinguished from the Scolopen- 



dra, ii. 467; appearance, ib.; how produced, ib. 

 Game laivs, arbitrary nature of the, ii. 82. 

 Ganges, its origin and course, i. 77 and n.; venerated by 



the Indians, 78. 

 Gannet or solan goose, described, ii. 208, and n. ; haunts 



of the, 209; migrations, 210; quickness of sight, ib. ; 



its eyelids, ib. ; eggs and young, ib.; profit from the 



sale of the, ib. 



Gar-fish, described, ii. 290, n. 

 Gartar-fish, the, distinguished, ii. 300. 

 Gaur, a species of bison, described, i. 279, n. 

 Gaze hounds, the English, described, i. 393; how em- 



ployed, ib. 

 Gazelles, a species of antelope, i. 304, n. ; their distin- 



guishing marks, 307 and n.; beauty, ib.; Buffon's 



varieties of the, 308, 309; additional varieties, 310; 



their general properties, 311, 312; method of hunting 



them, 314, 315. 

 Ge&ko, a kind of salamander, ii. 400; reported to be 



poisonous, ib. ; probably not so, ib. 

 Generation of animals, i. 150; different generative powers 



of animals and plants, ib., n.; whence the fecundity, 



VOL. II. 



cutting, 153; from the egg, 154; traced, 156; from 

 embryo, 157; in man, ib.; comparative perfection of, 

 in different animals in respect of, 160; of animals, 

 243. 



Gemt, its beauty and perfume,!. 422; described and 

 distinguished j ib.; its glands, ib. ; tamed at Constan- 

 tinople, ib.; scarcity of the, 423; its character, ib. 



Genettes, Spanish, described, i. 250. 



Geology. See Earth. 



Geranda, a serpent of the East Indies, how regarded by 

 the natives, ii. 428; thatof Africa also worshipped, ib. 



Gerboa. See Jerboa. 



Giants, existence of a race of, ascertained, i. 222, 223. 



Gibbon, or long-armed ape, described, i. 497, 499 ; several 

 species noticed, 497, 498, n. 



Gilthead, or opMdium, the fish described, ii. 295. 



Giraffe. See Camelopard. 



Glow-worm, difference of the male and female, ii. 548 ; 

 the female described, ib.; its light whence, and IIOAV 

 emitted, ib., n. 



Glutton, differences of opinion concerning the, i. 424; 

 Klein's account of one from Siberia, ib.; considered, 

 ib. ; where found, ib.; discription of the, ib.; its man- 

 ner of taking its prey, ib., 425 and n. ; prefers putrid 

 flesh, 425; pursues the beaver, ib.; its stratagems, 

 ib,; its impudence, 426; parturition, ib.; value of its 

 skin, ib. 



Gluttony, its injuries, i. 186. 



Gnat, injurious to the rein-deer, i. 337; manner of lay- 

 ing her eggs in the water, ii. 554 and n. ; change of 

 form, ib.; into a nymph, ib.; the fly, ib.; its trunk, 

 ib.; stings, ib.; method of using them, ib.; state dur- 

 ing winter, ib. ; their formidable nature in America, 

 556 ; wing of a gnat, 617. 



Gnu, a singular species of African antelope, described, 

 i. 312, n. 



Goat, nearly allied to the sheep, i. 286, n. ; characteris- 

 tics and properties of the, i. 299 ; their qualities, ib. ; 

 acuteness of their senses, 300; fitted for a life of 

 liberty, ib. ; natural attachment to man, proof of its, 

 301 ; propagation of the, ib. ; qualities of its milk, ib. ; 

 flesh ib.; pasture, ib.; varieties of the, 302; Angora 

 goat, described, ib. and 299, n.; the Assyrian, ib.; 

 African, ib. ; the blue, 302; the Juda, ib.; diversities 

 and analogies of the different kinds, ib. ; the ibex 

 and chamois, 302, 304, n. ; goats of Wales, 299, n.\ 

 Cashmere shawl goat, ib. ; singular dexterity of a goat, 

 300, n.\ goats used in suckling children, 301, n. 



Goatsuckers or nocturnal swallows, ii. 162, .; European 

 goatsucker, ib. 



Gobius. See Gudgeon. 



Godwin Sands, i. 99. 



Gvdwits, distinguished from snipes and woodcocks, u. 

 1 92, n. 



Gold, not corroded by the atmosphere, i. 1 09. 



Goldfinch, habits, vocal powers, &c. of the, ii. 157, n. 



Gonium genus of infusoria, ii. 631. 



Goose, characteristics of the wild, ii. 227, 228, and n.; 

 where it breeds, 229; flight described, ib.; fecundity 

 of the tame, 230; its valiant defence of its young, ib.; 

 flesh of the young, ib.; goose feathers, ib.; commerce 

 in, ib. ; varieties of the bird, the barnacle, 229; ac- 

 count of the Canadian goose, ib. n. ; the spur winged 

 goose, 230, n. 



Goose, solan. See Gannet. 



Goose kind, characteristics of the, ii. 222; bill, ib.; food, 

 ib.; fecundity, ib.; flesh, ib.; domestication, 223. 



Gooseander, account of the, ii. 222 and n. 



Goosehawk, a species of falcon, ii. 46, n. 



Gottenburge, in Sweden, cataract near, i. 81. 



Gouan, Mr, his classification of spinous fishes, ii. 294 

 307. 



Graaf, his investigation of the growth of animals in the 

 womb, i. 1 57. 



Grampus, how distinguished, ii. 264; its agility, 265. 



Grass/toper, account of the, ii. <l75 478. 



Gragling, fish, ii. 303, n. and 321, n. 



Gravitation, account of the nature and effects of the 

 attraction of, i. 3, 5, n. ; Sir Isaac Newton's great dis- 

 covery on this subject, ib. 



Grebe, analogies of the bird, to the web-footed and 

 crane class, ii. 198; account of the bird, 198. 219, n. ; 

 use of its skin, 199. 



Greenlanders, c. described, i. 209; their pride, 211; 

 hardihood, ib. 



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