INDEX 



NATUllAL HISTORY AND NOTKS. 



The Roman character refers to the volume, the Arabic iiumhcr to the paere. 

 The letter n affixed to any aumber directs to the uote coiitiiiiied in the page ta 

 \vhich reference is made. 



Abdominal-fish in Mr Gouan's ar- 

 rangement of spinous fishes charac- 

 terised by the position of the ventral 

 fins, iii. 529 ; tlie prickly finned, 535 ; 

 the soft finned, 540—515 and n. 



Abel, Dr, Clarke, his account of two 

 oraii-outaugs, ii. 405 n., 410 n. 



Abstinence, benefits of occasional vo. 

 luntary, i. 341 ; Queen Elizabeth's 

 commands concerninw-, ib. ; how de- 

 feated, 342; of the primitive Chris- 

 tians, ib. 



Acanthopterigii, or prickly-finned fish, 

 iii. bi'd ; the varieties specified and 

 described, 530—535 and n. 



Achilles the seond, a Roman tribune, 

 his strength, i. 335. 



Acidulous waters, their properties, i. 

 122 n. 



Acorn, shell-tish, account of the, iv. 

 82 ; the Bell, where found, ib. n. 



Actinae, or sea anemones, iv. 411 n. 



Ada, a kind of crocodile, its cla^s and 

 habits, iv. 119 n. 



Adder, Sea, the, described, iii. 521 n. 



-•Egagrus, a species of Ibex, described, 

 ii. 32 n. 



jElian, his relations of the docility of 

 the elephant, ii. 463, 477 n. ; of its 

 propagatiou in the domestic state, 

 469 n. 



^olipile, an instrument for producing 

 wind, described, i. 227. 



.Etna, in Sicily, a volcano, i. 68 ; erup- 

 tion of, in 1537, 69 ; description of, ib. 



Africans. See Negroes. 



Age, the effects of, on the human body, 

 i. 378 ; ou the bones, 370 ; on tlie 

 cartilages, ib. ; instances of great age 

 in man, 382; of a horse, how judged, 

 498 n. ; deceptions practised with 

 respect to the, ib. ; of fishes, how de- 

 termined, iii. 453. 



Agouti, distinguished from the rabbit 

 m form, ii. 317; its voracity, ib. ; 



burrows in trees, ib. ; habitudes, ib. 

 318; flesh, 318; how hunted, ib. ; its 

 cry, ib. ; parturition, ib. 



Ai, a kind of sloth, ii .533. 



Aicurons, or great parrot, account of 

 the, iii 199. 



.\ir, i. 199 , its elasticity and weight, 

 •iOO— 202; expansion, 202; instru- 

 ments to measure its weight, 203— 

 205; its composition and the history 

 of its determination, i. 20G n. — 209 

 n.; diminution of its density, 210 n. ; 

 reflecting and refracting power of 

 the, 210, 211 n. ; that we breathe, 

 how changed from the elementary 

 body, 207—211, and 217; its corrod- 

 ing qualities, 212 ; necessary for 

 vegetation and life, 213; tliat ex- 

 tracted from plants, &c. fatal to life, 

 214, 215 ; effects of, on man, 215, 

 5il6; the unwholesoraeness of hot, 

 217, 219; of cold, 219; blessings of, 

 222, 223 ; supports fire, 223; conveys 

 sounds, 224 and n.; odours, 225 ; ta.ste, 

 226; necessary to the life of fishes, 

 iii 449 ; how breathed by them, 450. 



Air bladder of fishes, account of the 

 iii. 450 — 152. 



Air pump, account of the, i. 204. 



Albanian dog, the ancieut llolossus, ii 

 197 u. 



Albatross, described by Edwards, iii. 

 .370 ; by \Vicquefort,371 ; its clima'e, 

 ib. ; said to sleep in the air, ib. ; 

 voracity and activity, 372 ; aSectiou 

 for the penguin, ib. ; nests of the, on 

 the Falkland Ule^, ib.; removed, 

 why, ib. ; account ol, in the W.-.-t 

 Indies, ib. n., 373 n. ; the chocolate, 

 373 a ; the yellow-iULsed, ib. 



Albouras, volcano of, i. 75. 



Alcatrass, name given by Wicquefort 

 to the Albatross, iii. 371. 



Alco, indigenous dog of South Ame. 

 rica, ii. 19,"). 



