OCii; 



INDEX. 



Ciuie Del Grotto, iidxious effects of the 

 atniosplipre in, i. 65 



Cantliaris, the, or t^paiiish fly, a kind of 

 beetle, described, iv. 388; wliere 

 found, ib. ; food. 389 ; Cantharides, 

 liovv prepared, ib. ; their ettects, ib. 



Capibara, account of, the hog- kind, ii. 

 lis ; removed to the genus cavia, ib. 

 11. ; its resemblance to the hog, 126 ; 

 description of the, ib. ; frequents 

 rivers and lakes, ib. ; taste of its Hesh, 

 1-^6, 127. 



Capons, used for clutching chickens, 

 iii. 112. 



Caracal, where found, ii. 178 and n. 

 and 183 ; how connected with the li- 

 on, 178 n. and 183 ; prey of the, ib. ; 

 said to be broken to the chase, 179 

 n. ; its size and description, ib. ; ac- 

 count of one which died in the Tow- 

 er, 183. 



Carapo, or electric eel, notice of the, 

 iii. 536 and n. 



Carbonic acid gas, a component of air, 

 i, 208 n. 



( arcajou, name of the glutton in North 

 America, ii. 287 ; see Glutton. 



Ciirdan, his notice of a saijacious ele- 

 pliant, ii. 479 n. 



Carding bee, the, described, iv. 344 n. ; 

 its nest, ib. ; mode of transporting 

 moss, ib. ; paste, 345 n. ; young, iii. 



Carii, Father, how tended by monkeys, 

 ii. 434, 435. 



Carp, the, described, iii. 542 and n. ; 

 habitudes of, 542 — 3 n. ; where found, 

 613 n. ; size, ib. ; fed out of water, 

 .547; growth of the, 501. 



Carpenter, or wood bee, described, iv. 

 333 ; choice or formation of her hole 

 and nest, ib. 339 and n. ; cells de- 

 scribed, 339 n. ; eggs and young, 340, 

 3tl ; carpenter ant, 305 u. 



Carrier pigeon, described, iii. 210 ; 

 whence so named, 211 ; experiment, 

 showing the velocity of its flight, ib. 

 n. ; how used to overreach the lot- 

 tery, ib. 



Carthagena, unwbolesomeness of tlie 

 air there, from heat, i. 217. 



Cartilaginous fishes, why the tribe so 

 named, iii. 497 ; distinctions of the, 

 lb. 488 ; double capacity of breath, 

 ing, and organs for, 488 ; generation, 

 b. various methods of bringing forth, 

 4S9 ; anomalous, 518 ; characteristics 

 and classification of, 487 — 490 ; flat 

 fish, 498. 



Caspian Sea, how its waters absorbed, 

 i. 113 n. 



assowary, its country and climate, 

 iii. 39 and 42 ; description of the, ib. ; 

 its remarkable head, 40, 41 ; its inter- 

 nal parts, 41 ; quiet disposition, ib. ; 

 voracity, 42; scarcity, ib. ; descrip- 

 tion of asperies of the, found in New 

 Holland, 42 u. 



Cat kind, animals of the, their proper- 

 ties, ii. 130 and n. ; their reseinbbince 

 to one another, 131 ; their claws, ib.; 

 teeth, ib. ; manner of seizing their 

 prey, 131, 132 ; dispositinns, ib. ; ani- 

 mals of the, difficulty of distin;ruish 

 ing the, 171 ; some blend with tbt 

 dog, 173 n. ; harmony between thei 

 dispositions and powers, ib. 

 Cat, dispositions of the, ii. 132; f.irii, 

 and habits, ib. and 133; generatinn, 

 133; prey, ib. ; patience, 134; form 

 of their eye, ih. ; how far tamed, ib. ; 

 other habits, ib. ; cat of the New Con- . 

 tinent, 137 ; what qualities it has lost 

 by domestication, 138 n. ; instances 

 of the, catching fish, ib. ; proofs of 

 their power of fascination, 139 n.; 

 curiosity of the, ib. ; memory of the, 

 ib. and 140 n. ; attachment of, 240 n. ; 

 to horses, ib. ; how far broken, ib. ; 

 electricity of the, ib. ; whether 

 they snck infants' breath, ib. ; their 

 attention to temperature, 141 n. 

 Cat fish, notice of the, iii. 333. 

 Cat lion, or of Angora, described, ii. 



137. 

 Cat, wild, a variety of the tame, how 

 distinguished, ii. 135 ; its abodes, 

 ib. ; internal characteristics, 130. 

 Catacombs, Egyptian sepulchres, ac- 

 count of the, i. 433. 

 Catamountain, or tiger cat, described, 

 ii. 177; its fur, ib. ; its fierceness, 181. 

 Cataracts of rivers, i. 158, 150. 

 Caterpillar class, ditterent tastes with 

 respect to the, iv. 282 ; beauty in tiie 

 butterfly state, ib. ; how distinguish- 

 ed, 283 ; numerous transformations, 

 ib. 284 ; egg state during winter, 

 284, 285 ; aurelia state, 285 ; varie- 

 ties, ib. ; appearance when it breaks 

 the egg, 286 : the body described, 

 ib. 287 ; varieties, 287; stigmata 

 or breathing holes, ib. 288 ; intes- 

 tines, 288 ; change of the skin, 289 ; 

 how performed, 290 ; change into the 

 aurelia or chrysalis state,290— 2; ope. 

 rations in tlie aurelia state, 293; 

 change from it may be retarded or 

 hurried, 294; further transmutation 

 into the butterfly, 295, 296 (See 

 Butterfly) ; its enemies, 300 ;. kill one 

 another, 307 ; receptacles for the 

 eggs of other flics, 308. 

 Caucasian Tarn of men, its character- 

 istics, i. 387 u. ; its branches, 388 n. 

 Caves in Iceland, formed by the blis- 

 ters of lava, i. ,52 n. 

 Caverns in the earth, i. 47; description 



of several, 48. 55; origin of, 55. 

 Caviar sturgeon, discriminated, iii. 

 514; the caviar, whence furnished, 

 ib. 517; how prepared, 517; caviar 

 from the mackerel, 551 n. 

 r;ivy kind, .i rhiiis nf animals, its dii>. 

 I tiuctioiitf, ii. 316, 317 n. 



