INUEX. 



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Demoiselle, why a kind of crane so 

 I'alled, iii. 3^1 and 3i2and n. ; account 

 of the, ib. ; country of the, 3^2 n. 



Denham, Major, his account of the de- 

 predations of the hyaena, ii. 255 n. 



Depona, a greatserpent of Mexico, the 

 mouth described, iv. 190; the body, 

 191 ; harmless, ib. 



Descent, measurement of the descent 

 of several remarkable rivers, i. 1-I-5 u. 



Description of animuls, its utility and 

 method, i. 448, 449. 



Desman, the, a kind of musk rat, ii. 337. 



Devonshire, Duke of, account of his 

 elephant, ii. 475, 476 n. 



Dew, how produced, i. 2.53; how its 

 remaining on bodies afl'ccted by their 

 conducting powers, ib. 



Dhole, the, wild dog of the East Indies 

 described, ii. 194 n. 



Diableret, fall of a part of the mountain 

 of, i. 112. 



Diadon, orbicular, the fish characteris- 

 ed, iii. 523 n. 



Digester, ascertaining the elasticity of 

 air, 1. 204, 205. 



Dingo, dog of New Holland described, 

 ii. 193 n. ; vertebrae of its tail, ib. ; 

 imperfectly domesticated, 194 n. 



Diseases fmm heat, i. 217 ; from cold, 

 219 ; from moisture, ib. ; from efHu- 

 via, 220; Boyle"s reascm for revolu- 

 tions in, 222; of sheep, ii. 12 u. ; of 

 fish, iii. 565. 



Disposition of animals affected by cli- 

 mate, i. 460. 



Disruptions of mountains, i. 112 — 114 

 and n. 



Distance, whence our nMions of, i. .352, 

 355. 



Diver, the great Northern, its size and 

 colours, iii. 397 ; the bird described, 

 ib. n. ; the legs and feet, ib. ,398 n. ; 

 the speckled, 398 n. ; use of wings to 

 divers, ib. 



Diving-bell, Dr Halley's, i. 196. ; a kind 

 of, used by the water spider, iv. 207 n. 



Dodo, its body, bill, legs, &r. described, 

 iii. 43, 44; country, ii ; flesh, ib. ; 

 whether the bird of Nazareth, ib. ; 

 now extinct, ib. u. ; summary of all 

 known concerning, ib. ; Clusius and 

 Willoughby's description, 45 n.; the 

 figure in Edwards' gleanings, 46 n. ; 

 Morell's remarks on the numbers said 

 to be found in the Isle of France, ike. 

 •<6 n. ; Thompson's remarks on the, 

 ib. 47 u. ; Duncan's, 47 n. ; I.egnat's 

 account of the, ib. — 49 n. ; reflections, 

 49 n. 



Dog kind, characteristics of the, ii. 185 ; 

 liabitudes, ib. ; (jualifications of the, 

 ib ; sense of smelling, 186 



Dog, the, why not generally used in 

 the chase in Eastern countries, ii. 

 181 ; intelligence, courage, and alfei - 

 tion of, 180, 1S7 ; iroportaDt uses of 



the, 187; to the shepherd, 188; in 

 the chase, ib ; the wild, described, ib.; 

 fidelity of the dog, 189 ; diversities of 

 the breed, ib. ; original sameness, ib. 

 190; internal structure the same 

 191 ; which the original kind, 190 u. 

 and 194; proofs, 195 — 201 ; a new 

 classification of dogs from Cuvier, 

 191 — 193 n. ; these divisions and thei« 

 varieties described, 193 — 216n.; when 

 it regains its instinctive liabits irre 

 claimable, 194 n. ; instance in proof 

 of this, ib. ; — varieties. Division 1.— 

 characters, 193 n. ; the New Hollan.. 

 dog described, ib. ; half domesticated 

 194. n. ; Dhole, ib. ; Pariah, ib. ; Afri, 

 can. South American AIco, 195 n.' 

 North American, Irish greyhound, 

 196 n. ; Albanian, French matin, 

 great Danish, Scottish Highland grey 

 hound, 197 n. ; Russian greyhound, 

 198 n. ; domesticated dogs, character, 

 istics, greyhound, 199 n. ; Scotch, 

 Italian, and Turkish greyhound, 200 

 n- ; — Division 2. — characteristics SOI 

 n. ; shepherds' dog described, ib.; cur, 

 Pomeranian, Siberian, 202 n. ; ( reen- 

 laiid, Iceland. Esquimaux, Newfound- 

 land, 203 — 205 n. ; Russian water-dog, 

 large water-spaniel, small water- 

 spaniel, 205 u. ; fowlers — springer. 

 King Charles', pyrame, shock, lion, 

 206 n.; Alpine spaniel, 207,208n.; set. 

 ters, comforters, 208 n.; pointers.Dal- 

 matian, 209 n. ; hunting by the scent, 

 Scotch terrier, 209 n. ; English and 

 South American terrier, 210 n. ; old 

 English hound, blood-hound, 211 n. ; 

 stag and fox-hound, harrier, beagle, 

 212 n. ; otter-hound, bull-terrier, 213 

 n. ; mongrel hounds, lurcher, leym- 

 mer, tumbler, ib. n. ; turnspit, 214 

 n. ; — Division 3 — characteristics, ib. ; 

 mastiff, ib. ; ban-dog, bull-dog, 2l6n. ; 

 pug-dog,small Danish, roquet.raopsie, 

 artoise, 216 n. ; old cla'siticati(m, the 

 hound, harrier, and beagle, 209; grey 

 matin, 210; mastifif, 212; English, 

 classified by Caius, 216—219 ; the 

 Turkish dog described, 219, 220; the 

 Irish wolf-diig described, 220, 221 ; 

 Indian dogs, fortitude of the, showL 

 to Alexander the Great, 222 ; flesh o 

 the, where eaten, 223; instances o. 

 the enmity bei ween the dog and wolf 

 ib. and 224; and the fox, 224,225 

 description of the dog when whelped, 

 225 ; its generation, 226 ; character, 

 istics of, by Linnaeus, 226 n. ; maa 

 ness of the, 227. 



Dog-butcher, in China, attacked by 

 dogs, i. 514. 



Dog-fish, the spotted, of the shark kind, 

 described, iii. 492 n. 



Dogger sands, a bank formed by two 

 tides meeting, i. 187. 



Dogs, Isle of, why eo named, ii. 200 u. , 



