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INDEX. 



largest and fiercest, ib.; two varieties, 

 116; size of the, 117 — 119; descriptioi) 

 taken from one, 120,1'il ; the internal 

 parts, 121; its habitudes, ib. ; 122; 

 strength, li2; on what u(X-asiO!ia it 

 seeks the land, ib.; manner of seizing- 

 its prey, ib. ; contests with tJie tiger, 

 123; how killed by tlieuetjro, ib. ; how 

 taken by the Siamese, 12!-; manaired 

 like a horse, ib ; Waterton's account 

 of his jumping on the back of one, con- 

 firmed by examples, ancient and mo- 

 dern, 124, 125 n.; howtakenin Africa, 

 125, 126 ; state of the, in Egypt, 126 ; 

 accounted for, ib. ; where inofleiisive, 

 127 ; musky smell of the, ib. ; flesh, 

 ib. ; eggs, and manner of breedintr, 

 ib. 129; whether it devours its young, 

 129 ; age of the, 130 ; produced in the 

 Roman amphitlieatres, ib. and 117, 118 

 n. ; varieties, 116 and n. ; the gigantic, 

 described. 116 n. ; the Egyptian, ib. 

 117 n. ; used as food, 117 n. ; vener- 

 ated by the old Egyptians, ib. ; in 

 some districts abhorred and killed, ib.; 

 why, ib. ; the double-crested, 118 n. ; 

 the crocodile of St Domingo, ib. 



Cross-bow tish, the File fish, why so 

 called, iii. 522 n. 



Crotali, a class of venemous serpents 

 discriminated, iv. 165 u 



Crow, the, its characteristics, iii. 151 — 

 154 ; how regarded by man, 151, 155 

 n. ; description of their flying, 155 n.; 

 account of a crow roost by Wilson, 

 ib. ; the Roystnn or hooded, 155; fish, 

 162 n. ; Clark's, ib. 



Crusades, horses employed during the, 

 i. '\M II. 



Crustaceous shell.fish characterised, iv. 

 1 ; classified, 2. 



Cuckoo, the, described, iii. 190; its call, 

 ib. ; female makes no nest, 191 and 

 193 n. ; egg of the, 193 n. ; inquiries 

 concerning the cause of its not hatch- 

 ing-, 194 n. ; its food, 191, 194 n. ; its 

 migrations, 192 ; appearance and dis- 

 appearance, ib. n. ; varieties, 194 and 

 n. ; the honey guide, 194, 195 n. ; ac- 

 count of it at the Cape of Good Hope, 

 195 n. ; the sacred, 196 D. 



Cuckoo spit, or Froth worm, account 

 of the, IV. 275, 276. 



Cud. c!aS3 of animals that chew the, i. 

 517. See Ruminating animals. 



CuUey, Mr, his observations ou sheep, 

 ii. 8—12 n. 



Cur dug described, ii. 202 n. 



Curassows, gallinaceous birds.iii. 122 n.; 

 reclaimed in South America, ib.; oiioe 

 acclimated in Holland, ib. ; desirable- 

 ness of their introduction here, 123 

 n ; the crested, described, ib. ; floi-ks 

 of, in Guiana, ib. ; habitud(« of the, 

 ib. ; the galeated, account of, l2l n. ; 

 the razor.billed, ib. 



Curlew, the two species of the, iii. 3-13 



n. ; flocks of, ib. ; food, ib. ; flesh, ib. i 

 properties of the, 344 n. 



Currents of the ocean, their causes, 5. 

 179; whe.e most violent, 180, that 

 in the Mediterranean, ib. and 181 ; 

 various, 184. 



Currents of air, some double, i. 237. 

 See Wind. 



Cuttle tish, the, described, iv. 413; 

 spurts firth a dark liquor when pur- 

 sued, ib. ; varieties and structure lA 

 the animal, ib. n. ; size of the, iu hut 

 climates, ib. 



Cuvier, his observations on the forma, 

 tion of rocks, i. 29 ; his classification 

 of dogs, ii. 190 — 1SJ3 n. ; the same ex- 

 plained, 193—216 n. 



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Dab, account of the fish, iii. 539 n. , 

 when in season, ib. 



Dagi'nliam,iiiEssex,trees discovered by 

 an inundation of the sea there, i 192. 



Damp, or deleterious air, fatal effects 

 of, in miues, i. 59 ; two kinds of, CO 

 Ii. See (ias. See Lamp, Safety. 



Danube, its course and depth, i. 149 ; 

 rivers received by, 156. 



Darkness, how far the eye accommo- 

 dates to, i. 357 ; story illustrating the 

 subject, 357, 358. 



Darley introduces Arabian horses into 

 Enyland, i. 496 n. 



Darwin, his notion of the source of our 

 ideas of beauty, i. 3i6, 3-27 n. 



Deafness, causes of, i. 364 ; perceptions 

 of one recovered from, 365 ; state of 

 one born deaf, £65, 366 ; methods of 

 teaching the deaf, 366 and n. ; account 

 of a boy born blind aud deaf, 366 — 

 370 n. 



Dead Sea, its saltness, i. 166. 



Death, many causes of, i. 383; general, 

 ly calmly endured, 384; not really ter. 

 rible, 385; refiection in the article of, 

 386 ; gradual approach of, ib. ; uncer- 

 taiiity of the signs of, in. 387. 



Death watch, or Ptinus, described, Iv. 

 392 n. ; its manner of beating, ib. ; one 

 tamed by Derham, ib.; the termes de- 

 scribed, ib. ; where found, 393 n. ; 

 manner of producing sound, ib. 



Decoys for ducks, how managed, iii. 

 4-28—430; value of some, 430; those 

 in China, ib. 431. 



Deer kind, properties of the, ii. 61, 6-2 

 11- ; the stag, 62, &c. ,- quantity of, in 

 Scotland diminished, 71 n. ; where 

 still found, ib. ; the large forest of 

 Athol still reserved for, 72 n. ; those 

 found among the Grampians, 73 n. 

 (see Stag, Fallow-deer, and Rein. 

 deer) ; red, or wild stag 74. See 

 Deer and Slag. 



Defence, methods taken by animals for 

 their, i. 457. 



