INDEX. 



651 



Persian, 24P and n. ; Kalian, D.-mish, &o. 2.*>0; French, 

 described, ih. and n. ; German, ib. n.; tame of Amer- 

 ica, '2.51 ; Avild horses of South America, ib. n.; of the 

 Archipelago, ib.; of Media, 252; India, ib. andw.; one 

 presented to our Queen, described, ib. ; of Guinea, 

 ib. ; of China, ib. ; Tartars live with their, ib. ; Gre- 

 cian, 253; English, ib. ; swiftness of the, ib. ; Flying 

 Childers, ib. n. ; English hunting, '2.54 ; number of, in 

 England at different times, ib.; different breeds of 

 horses in Britain, ib. n.; coach-horse, ib. ; draught 

 horses, 25.5, n. ; cavalry horses, ib.; race horse,ib.; the 

 hunter, 256, n. ; the Galloway, ib. ; the Welsh pony, 

 ib.; the Exmoor pony, 257, n. ; the Highland pony, 

 ib.; the Shetland pony, ib.; the Irish horse, ib. ; in- 

 structions for purchasing horses, ib. and 258, n.\ des- 

 cription of a perfect, ib. 



Hotbntots, their encounters with the lion, i. 361. 



Houtou, a bird of South America, ii. 166, n. 



Houiet, a kind of owl, ii. 55. 



Iluber, his experiments on bees, ii. 516. 



Hudson, name given by Buffon to the Urson, i. 467. 



Human Semen, animalcules in, ii. 638. 



I lumber, an island formed at the mouth of the, i. 56. 



/fumble Lee, an account of the, ii. 525; its cells, 526;' fe- 

 males, ib.; method of putting the colony into motion, 

 ib. 



Humming bird, beauty of the colours of the, ii. 1 65 and 

 )>.; varieties, 1 0'7; the, described, ib. and n. ; visits 

 flowers, whether it extracts honey from them, ib.; 

 bar-tailed humming bird, 168, n.; topaz throated 

 humming bird, 169, n. ; account of its nest, ib.; of the 

 nest in America, 170; disappears in the winter, in 

 cold climates, ib. ; note of the, ib. ; plumage, ib. 



Hunger, causes and consequences of, i. 1 84, n. 



Hunting, American horses, how employed in 3 i. 251. 



Hurricane, description of the, i. 125. 



Huso sturgeon, account of the, ii. 285; its isinglass, ib. 



HiitRna, distinguished from the wolf, 408 and n.; its 

 fierceness, 409; cry or moan, ib.; a solitary animal, 

 410; dispositions of the, ib.; fables concerning the, ib. 

 the stripped hycena described, 408, n.; spotted hyaena 

 described, 409, n. ; found in a fossil state in Britain, ib. 



Hydras, reptiles so called, ii. 431, n. 



Hydrostatics See JFufer paradoxes in, i. 71 ; metals, 



. how weighed hydrostatically, 72; laws of hydrostatics 

 71,72. 



Ibex, the, supposed by Buffon to be the source of the 

 goat, i. 303; their resemblance, ib.; described, ib. n. ; 

 Abyssinian ibex, ib.; Caucasian ibex, ib.; -ffigagrus, 

 ib. 



Ibis, venerated by the Egyptians, ii. 1 78 and n. ; char- 

 acteristics of the genus, ib. .; the scarlet ibis, ib. 

 and 1 79, . 



Ice, i. 69; its elasticity, 70; mountains and sheets of, at 

 the polar regions, 88; how formed, ib.; of what com- 

 posed, ib. : mountain ice, description of, 89; Crantz's 

 account of the formation of, ib. 



Ichneumon, the, where found, i. 419; its size, shape, and 

 colour, ib. ; agility and courage, ib. andw.; its prey, 

 420 and n. ; destroys the crocodile's eggs, ib. ; fables 

 concerning, ib. ; its habitudes, ib. ; physiognomy, ib. ; 

 glands, ib.; account of one sent from Ceylon, 420; 

 veneration of the Egyptians for the, ib. 



Ichneumon fly, the, inserts its eggs into the grasshopper, 

 ii. 534, 611; into the caterpillar, ib. ; its formidable 

 nature, ib.; whence the name, ib.; the, described, 

 ib. ; its weapon of offence, &c. ib.; manner of depos- 

 iting its eggs, ib.; progress to the fly state, ib.; its 

 uses. 535; wing of, 617. 



I<jnis Fatuus, notice of the, i. 1 34, n. 



Iguana, size and description of the, ii. 402; common 

 American iguana, ib. n.\ the slate coloured iguana, 

 403, n. ; the horned iguana, ib. ; the iguana fasciata, 

 ib.; how taken and killed by the Americans, ib. 



Illusions, meteoric, i. 1 39, 1 40. 



Imaijo orjli/ state of insects, ii. 613. 



Incubation of birds, account of the, ii. 7. 



Indians, American, how -they palliate hunger, i. 186; 

 their method of charming serpents, described by 

 Philostratus, ii. 415. 



Indicator or honey-guide cuckoo, ii. 1 1 3, n. 



Indus, tides at the mouth of the, i. 92. 



Infancy of man, history of the, i. 160; sensations during, 

 161; vivacity of negroes during, ib.; infants when 

 newly born, their appearance, ib.; their voracity, 162; 

 endurance of hunger, ib.; their life precarious, ib. ; 

 their growth, 163; progress of their understanding, 

 163, 164. 



Infusions for production of animalcules, ii. 624. 



Infusoria, fossil, ii. 593. 



Insects, Blumen bach's description of, ii. 436 438, n.; 

 Swammerdam's notions of their dignity, 437; their 

 real imperfection in formation, 438; instincts, ib.; 

 utility, ib.; their numbers uninstructible, ib.; defini- 

 tion of insects, 439; numerous distinctions among, ib. : 

 similitudes among, ib.; classification of, 440; sketch 

 of the history of, 440 442, n.; Lamarck's classifica- 

 tion of, 442 447, .; fossil remains of, ii. 593: struc- 

 ture and transformation of insects, 607; then: eggs, ib.; 

 microscopical insects, 620. 



Instinct, discovered in the incubation of birds, ii. 12. 



Inundation of rivers, different effects of, i. 81 ; diurnal 

 ib.; of the sea, 99. 



Isatis, the, compared with the dog and fox, i. 408; cli- 

 mates in which found, ib.; change of colour with the 

 year, ib. 



Isinglass, from what kind of sturgeon furnished, ii. 2/4, 

 285; its uses, 285; how prepared, ib.; commerce in, 

 ib. 



Islands, new, i. 53; islands formed by rivers, 56; disap- 

 peared, ib. 



Ivory, the commerce in, an account of the, i. 527. 



Jabiru, a large bird of the crane kind, ii. 179; the Jabiru 

 guacu. discriminated, 180 and n. 



Jackal, a species widely diffused, i. 406; its habits, 407; 



packs of the, ib.; manner of hunting, ib. ; followed by 



beasts of prey, ib.; its antipathy to the dog, ib.; cry 



of the jackal, described, 408, n. 

 Jackdaw, account of the, ii. 93. 

 Jaculus of America, a swift serpent, ii. 423. 

 Jaguar of America, distinguished from the panther, i. 



374, n.; description of the, ib. 



uake in, 1692, i. 50; meteoric phenom- 



Jamaica, earthqn 

 ena there, 135. 



Japan, volcanoes in, 44; Japanese tribe, described, 21 1. 



Jaw, human, motion of the upper, and under, i. 170; 

 position of the under in different ages and nations, 

 ib. 



Jay, description of the, ii. 98; common jay, ib. n.', red- 

 billed jay, ib. ; blue jay, ib. 



Jeffery, little, a dwarf, i. 220. 



Jenisca, river in Tartary, i. 77. 



Jenkins, his longevity, i. 206. 



Jerboa, an animal between the kangaroo and rat, ac- 

 count of the, i. 455, n. and 559, 560. 



Jevraska, the marmout in Siberia, i. 444. 



Jucatan, a peninsula, left by the sea, i. 98. 



Jugular fisli, what, ii. 294; prickly-fmned, 295; soft- fin- 

 ned, 3UO. 



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Kabassou, kind of armadillo, i. 471. 



Kangaroo, discovered by Sir Joseph Banks, in New 

 South Wales, i. 560; description of the, ib. n. 



Kermes, the insect, where produced, ii. 551 ; female des- 

 cribed, ib.; the male, ib.; how prepared, ib. 



Keronct genus of infusoria, ii. 634 



Kettering stone, examination of, ii. 592. 



Kcstril, a species of falcon, ii. 45, n. 



Kevel, a kind of gazelle, i. 308. 



Kiny-fishfr, its appetites and beauty, ii. 237 and n. ; the 

 bird described, ib. ; its rapacity and activity in 

 seizing its prey, ib ; fables and poems with respect 

 to its power of allaying a storm, ib. ; nest of the bird, 

 described, 238; female and young, 238, 239. 



Kite, the, a kind of hawk, ii. 48; localities and habits, 

 ib., ., and 49. 



