INDEX. 



663 



Cayman, the, or alliirator, distiiiguisli. 

 I'd from the crocodile, iv. 1 10 and ii. ; 

 tlie term how come into use, IIH n, ; 

 the pike-muzzled described, ib. ; the 

 spectacled, ib. ; great size of some, 

 ib. ; the cayman with osseous eye- 

 lids, ib. 



(';iyopnliii, or Mexican opossum, des- 

 cribed, ii. ih\ n. 



Celsius, his theruioiiuter, i. 126 n. 



t'piitipede, a name of the sc<dopendra, 

 iv. '.i:?!); the great, ib. u. ; its veneni- 

 ous properties, 240 u. 



Centipede, electric, its luminous tract, 

 iv. 388 n. 



t'entriscus, alvind of fish, why so nam- 

 ed, iii. 523; the ocaly described, ib. 

 n. Ml n. 



t'''pola, the tish described, iii. .532. 



'.'erastes, or horned viper, account of 

 the, iv. 175 n. 



'^'cres and Pallas, lately discovered 

 planets, theory concerning in Brew- 

 ster's Encycloppedia, i. G n. 



Cetaceous fishes, called the great 

 beasts of the ocean, iii. 457 ; u hy 

 ranked as fishes, ib. 453 ; analogy to 

 quadrupeds, 458 ; manner of breath- 

 ing, ib. ; senses, 459; young, ib ; ma- 

 ternal tenderness of, ib. 4(iO ; dis- 

 tinctive marks of the tribe, 460 ,- 

 and of its subdivisions, ib. bee 

 Whale. 



Chabiu, an animal said to be bred be- 

 tween the sheep and the goat, ii. 2 

 n. ; whence the notion of the, ib. 



Cb;etodou, or cat-fish, discriminated, 

 iii. 533. 



Chaffinch, their migration described, 

 iii. 233 ;' the, described, 281 n. 



Ch:ilybeate waters, their properties, i. 

 122 n. 



Chamois, its properties, ii. 33; where 

 fiiund, 34 ; aiuteness of its senses, 

 S.'i ; its voice, ib. 36 ; its actions when 

 alarmed, .'36 ; beauty of its eyes, ib. ; 

 the animal described, ib. ; its motions, 

 37; hiiw hunted, 37—40 and n. , its 

 skin, 40 ; what parts of the, sard to be 

 medicinal, ib. 



Chamois hunters, their perseverance, 

 &c. ii. 37 n. ; their accoutrements, 

 38 n. ; their labours and dangers in the 

 hunt, 38, 39 n., conversation of .Saus- 

 sure with one, 39 n. 



Channel of rivers, the form of the, i. 

 14(i; effect of incumbrances ou the, 

 147 ; ri-ndered navigable, 158. 



Cliapotonadus, a malignant distemper, 

 i. 218. 



Charles, I. of England, his body ((umd 

 embalmed, i. 437 ; established horse 

 races at Newmarket, 495 n. 



Charles XII. his action on being shot, 

 i. 386. 



Chase of the stag in Scotland, ii. 69 — 73 

 n.; iu England, 7i~78i technical lan- 



guage employed in the, 75 ; the chase 



anciently, 78; in Sicily ib. 79; iu 



China, 79. 

 Chasms in the earth, i. 45 — 47 ; iu 



mountains, 1 12. 

 Chat genus, iiL 264 n. ; the white ear, 



ib.; the stone, ib-; the whin, ib. ; yd. 



low breasted, miinicry of the, iii. 217 n. 

 Chatterer, account of the, iii. 1()8 — 9. 

 Cherscea, or Swedish viper, in what 



pla('es common, iv. 171 n.; the des. 



cribed, ib. ; its dangerous bite, ib. 

 Cheselden, his account of the percep- 

 tions of a hoy, who was restored ti 



sight, i. 353—355 

 Chetah, or hunting leopard, its charae 



teristics, ii. 173 n. ; i-ize, colour, and 



shape, 174n.; its habits, ib. ; its habi. 



tatious, ib.; how trained to hunt in the 



East, 175 n. ; mistakes concerning 



the, rectified, 175, 176 n. 

 Chevrotin, or little Guinea deer, ii. 49. 

 Chickens, method of hatching in stoves, 



iii. 112 ; clutched by capons, ib. 

 Chigoe, a kind of flea, in America, iv. 



220 n. ; enters the skin, ib. ; how ex- 



tracted, 221 n. 

 Child in the womb, history of the, i. 



293—298 ; state of when born, 302. 

 Childer3,the horse, speed of, i. 487 ; his 



liistory, ib. ii. ; cotemporaries of the 



same name, ib. 

 Chimpanse, or Troglodyte, account of 



two of that class, ii. 404 n. 

 Chinchilla, the, resembles the jerboa, 



ii.542 u.; Acosta's account of the, ib.; 



Hawkins', ib. ; confcjunded with the 



squirrel, ib. .543 n. ; with the skink, 



543 n. ; Molina's account of the, ib. 



544 n. ; Schmidtmeyer's, 544 n. ; ac- 

 count of the one belonging tn the 

 Zoological Society, 515 — 7 n. ; of a, 

 second presented by Lady Knighton, 

 547 n. 



Chinese, the, described, i. S89 n. and 

 ;>fi5 



Chough, Cornish, account of the, iii. 15s, 



Chrysalis, change of the caterpillar in. 

 to that state, iv. '290 — 2 ; meaning of 

 the term, 292 ; state of insects de 

 scribed, '200 n. 



Chub, the different names of the fish 

 iii. 544 n. ; whence named, ib. ; tli<> 

 described, ib. ; its haunts, ib. ; iiabi 

 tudes, ib. ; size, ib. ; spawn, ib. 



Cicada, the anciint, how distinguish! d 

 from the grasshopper, iv. '256 and ii. 



Civet, varieties ol tlie, ii- 283; its fori! 

 .and colours, ib- '2K4; its pouch describ 

 ed, 284 ; how the perfume obtained, 

 ib. ; where reared, ib. ; the perfume 

 at Aiiisterdam reckoned the best, ib ; 

 quantity of perfume obtained, •.?85; 

 commercein its perfume, ib.; its food 

 ib. ; its dispositions, 286. 



ClassiRcatiim of anunals, by dilf^reii 

 authors, i. 411—455 ; that used in tiu= 



