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INDEX. 



era, iv. 278 ; of tlit> ciiti'rpill.ir, ?S3 



— -290; openitid'is in thai ttute tle- 

 - scribed, -igi!— 29(5. 

 Auroch, urns, the bison of the ancients, 



described, i. 334 n. 

 Aurora borealis, ditterent kinds of the, 



i. 263 u. ; described, ib. 2G4 and n. ; 



the Siberian described, 264 ii ; ideuti. 



tied with electricity, 264, 265 n. 

 Aurora raonlcey, ii. 440, 441. 

 Avosotta, descriptiiin of the, iii. "H, 



312; its extraordinary bill, ib. ; habi- 

 tudes. 342 n. 

 Axis, the Sardinian stag-, described, ii. 



SO. 

 Azotic gas, a component of air, i. 



i:07 n. 



B 



Babonn, relative position amon? atii.. 

 nial?, ii. 421, 422; the, described, 422 

 andn.; its facial angle, ib. ; itscheeks, 

 colour, disposition, itc. 423 ii. ; dispo- 

 sition in the savage state, 423 ; ac- 

 count of the, at the Cape of Good 

 Hope, 424; tamed there, ib. ; ferocity 

 of one described by Buti'i>n, 425 ; 

 food, ib. ; internal structure, ib. ; 

 varieties, mandril, ib. ; wanderow, 

 426 and n. ; mairaoii, 426 ; dog-faced, 

 426 n. ; size, ib. ; are grea'arious, 427 

 n. ; troops at the Cape of Good Hope, 

 ib. ; their habits, ib. 



Baby, a dwarf, account of, i. 421 — 423. 



B:ib\T0uessa, or Indian hog, why class- 

 ed among the hog kind, ii. 127 ; the, 

 described, ib. ; its tusks, ib. ; herd 

 together, 128; dispositions, ib. ; food, 

 ib. ; country, 129. 



Back, shape of, in man, i. 328. 



Bacon, his remarks on the age of fishes, 

 iii. 453. 



Badger, its appearance, ii. 526, habits, 

 ib. ; habitation, ib. 527; carnivorous, 

 527 ; gestatiim, ib. ; the young tame, 

 able, lb. ; food, ib. n. ; the spotted, 

 its ci'liiur and habitation, ib. ; the 

 American, ib. ; its description, 528 n. 



Bag of some animals. See Pouch. 



Bahama Islands, poisonous quality of 

 the fish caught near one of the, iii. 

 566 ; by what caused, ib. 



Bait f.>r fish, what the best, iii. 503; 

 wliMt shell fish used for, iv. 45, 46 n. ; 

 white, account of it, iii. .560. 



Balance, hydrostatical, i. 13t. 



Balbnzzard, a kind of fresh- water eagle, 

 iii. 61 n. ; his prey sometimes taken 

 from him by the pygargus, 62 ii. 



Baldness, where it first takes place, i. 

 317. 



Balearic crane, iii. 316. See Crane. 



Baltic sea, its inundations, i. 18'J. 



Banks, Sir Joseph, his method of secur. 

 ing seeds from grubs, iv. 37!) n. 



Bantam cock, properties of, iii. 113 n. 



Barbary hen. See Han. 



Barbs, or Barbary horses, i. 47S and n. ; 

 shape of the, ib. n. ; bow trained by 

 the Moors, ib. ; Italian sport with 

 the, 478, 479. 



Barbs of certain flat fish, iii. 505. 



Baris, a small tribe of the oran.outang, 

 account of the, ii. 414. 



Barnacle, distinguished from the wild 

 goose, iii. 415. 



Barnacle wind-pipe, a singular shell 

 fish, described, iv. 82 n. ; the duck, ib. 

 and 83 n. ; a notion in the Highlands 

 of Scotland respecting the, 83 u. 



Barometer, instrument to measure the 

 weight of the air, i. 203 ; ascertains 

 the height of mountains, 204. 



Barretiere, Philip, his long sleep, i 

 34,i. 



Basilisk, prejudices concerning the, iv. 

 138 n. ; how represented by some, ib. ; 

 Plin y 's statement concerning the, ib. ; 

 whence the name, ib. ; description 

 of that figured by Seba, ib. 



Bass, the resort of the soland goose 

 described, iii. 37i)— 381. 



Bastard wing of birds, what, iii. 4. 



B.at kind, animals of the, where placed 

 by difterent naturalists, ii. 368, 369 ; 

 most resemble quadrupeds, ib. ; the, 

 of England described, ii. 369 ; its 

 appearance and habits, ib. ; a tame 

 one seen by Mr White, could rise 

 from the ground, ib. ; is torpid in 

 winter, 370; its retreats, ib. ; makes 

 no nest for the young, 371 ; simili- 

 tude to birds, ib. ; that of our coun. 

 try harmless, varieties of the, 372 ; 

 the long-eared, horse-shoe, and rhin. 

 oceros bats, ib. ; that of the East and 

 Wer^t Indies, ib. ; formidable, ib. ; 

 numerous, ib. ; the great, of Mada. 

 gascar, 5;7 ; described, 372, 373 ; vor- 

 acity, 373 ; American vampyre, ib. 



Bnth waters, their antiquity and com- 

 position, i. 123 n. 



Bear, varieties, ii. 519; characters of 

 the species, ib. n. ; the brown, where 

 found, 519; solitary animal, ib. ; its 

 den, 520; sleeps during the winter, 

 ib. ; gestation, ib. ; voice. 521 ; capa- 

 ble of instruction, 522, 523; not tame- 

 able when aged, 523; hunted, 524; 

 the black of America, how distin- 

 (?uished, 520 n. ; food, ib ; climbing, 

 ib. ; eats fish, 521 n. ; its abode, ib. ; 

 how caught by the Indians, ib. and 

 524; habits, .521 n. ; the grizzly, its 

 roinitry, .522 n. ; description, ib. ; 

 hiiir, ib. ; eyes, ib. ; tail, ib. ; claivs, 

 ib. ; a formidable animal, 523 n. ; 

 the five-fingered described, 523 u. ; 

 Malay, ib. ; Thibet, ib. 523 n. ; the 

 Bornean, ib. ; the white Greenland, 

 distinguished, 525; its size in cold 

 climates, ib. ; how shot, ib. ; abuu. 

 dance, ib. ; haunts, 526. 



