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INDEX. 



Dolphin, the, described, iii. 4()2 ; vari- 

 eties of the species, ili. n. ; that of 

 the Ganges described, ^83 n. ; agility 

 of the, 4!:3 ; partiality of the ancients 

 to the, ib. ; liow regarded at present, 

 4Si; how wrong drawn by the an- 

 cients, ib. ; wliether they live out of 

 water, ib. See Porpoise. 



■Don, its course, i. 119. 



Donnald Mill-hole, a cavern, descrip- 

 tion of, i. 50 n. 



Dorado, the, beautiful colours of t!ie 

 fish, iii. 562 ; pursues the Hying fish, 

 ib. 



kiorcas the disciple, whence named, ii. 



Doree, a prickly-finned fish noticed, iii. 

 534. 



Dormouse, its varieties, ii. 335, 336 ; 

 haViits, 336; sleeps in winter, ib. .. 



Dorr-beetle,or May-bug, account of the, 

 iv. 374—378. See Maybug. 



Douc, monkey of Cochin China, ii. 440. 



I^ove, (see Pigeon, Turtle, Ring-dove, 

 S:c.) iii. 206. 



Dragon fly, multiplying and diminishing 

 pou er of its eye, iv. 201 n. ; its beauty, 

 247 ; production of the, ib. ; first 

 forri), ib. ; change to the flying state, 

 2-18 ; its wings, 249 ; habitudes, ib. ; 

 prey, ib. ; generation, &c. 250 ; the 

 depressed, its colour, &c. 250 n. ; the 

 black- winged, ib. 251 n. 



Dragon, flying, of America, iv. 138 n. ; 

 described by many under the name 

 of tlie basilisk, ib. ; that of Java, 144. 



Dragonet, account of the fish, iii. 532. 



Draw ings of animals, Locke's opinion 

 of the advantage of, i. 448. 



Dreams, how fashioned, i- 344 ; effects 

 of, 34(), 347 ; sleep-walking, 347 ; how 

 accounted for, 348 



Dress, savages careful with respect to, 

 i- 323 ; observations concerning, 324, 

 325 ; objects pursued in, 325- 



Di ill of Purehas, the oran-outang, ii. 

 404. 



Dromedary, its distinction, ii. 502; 

 where found, 503 ; meaning of the 

 « ord, ib. n. See Camel. 



Drone bees, described, i/. 318 ; theniale 

 h^'v, 319 n. ; their slaughter, 332. 



Dropping Cave, at Slains, i. 50 n. 



Duck, the domestic, easily rear d, iiL 

 420; hatclied by the hen, ib. ; distin- 

 puisht'd from the wild, 421 ; wild, dis- 

 tinguished, it>. ; sea ducks, ib. ; pond, 

 422 ; eider, ib. 425—427 n. ; tufted, 

 422 ; account of the velvet, 422 n. ; 

 the scaup, ib. ; the shieldrake, 423 

 II. ; the mallard, ib. ; the long-tailed, 

 ib. ; the golden eye, 424 ii. ; account 

 of the 'oyages of the wild-duck, 421 

 n. ; nest and young, ib. ; difficult of 

 pursuit, 422 n. ; nest of the wild-duck 

 in the Arctic regions, 425; the down, 

 how obtained, ib. ; appearance of the. 



when It comes among us, 427 ; clmice 

 of re.^idence, ib. 428 ; the call of the, 

 428 ; nocturnal adventures, ib. ; how 

 triken byadecov, ib — 430; manner of 

 taking them in China, 430, 431 ; sum- 

 mer, the, of America, builds its nest 

 on a tree, 426, 427 ; and perches, ib. 

 its pendant crest, 427 n. ; Wilson* 

 account of the nest of one, ib. 



Dunlin, the, described, iii 351 n. 



Dwarfs, i. 418; account of several, 419i 

 of the marriage of two celebrated by 

 Peter of Russia, 419, 420; of Jeffrey, 

 419 ; of Coan, 421 ; of Baby, ib — 423. 



Dwina river, its course, i. 149. 



Dziggtai, an aniisal rf the zebra kind, 

 specific characters of the, i. 509 n. ; 

 description, ib. ; agility, 510 n. ; is 

 gregarious, ib. ; considered untamea^ 

 ble, ib. 



i Eagle, account of one destroyed by a 

 weasel at St Mary's Loch, ii. 26i, 262 

 n. ; theabodeofthe, iii.53, 54; habits, 



54 and 59 n. ; not entirely tameable, 

 54; flight of the, 55 and 59 n. ; eye, 



55 ; strength, ib. ; prey, ib. and 59 n. ; 

 instances of the, taking away chil. 

 dren, 55 and n. ; formidable when 

 rearing the young, 55; instances of 

 retaliation in the, 56 and n. ; the nest 

 of the, described, 56, 57, anJ 59 n. ; 

 plumage and change of colour, 67; 

 food, ib. and 59 n. ; varieties, 53, 58 ; 

 the golden, ib- ; the common, 58 and 

 n. ; bald, 69 ; white, ib. ; rough, 

 fiioted, ib.; white -tailed, ib.; erne, ib.; 

 black, ib. ; sea, ib. ; osprey, 60 ; Jean 

 de blanc, ib. ; that of Brasil, 61 j 

 Oroonoko, ib. ; crowned African, ib.; 

 that of Pondicherry, ib. ; martial, ib. 

 n. ;bal-buzzard, ib.; great harpy, 63 n. 



Ear, human, remarks oa the, i. 322; 

 construction of the, 363. 



Earth, its magnitude, i.2; its situation 

 in the solar system, 11 ; its niotion.s, 

 ib. ; proofs of its roundity, 11 and 12 

 n. ; exact shape, 12 ; its regions, 12 — 

 14; appearance of its surface, 14, 15; 

 internal structure, 1,5 — 17; theories 

 of the, 17—27 and n. 27—30; strata of 

 the, 41 ; their order, 44 ; fertility ol 

 the, 42 — 44 ; charms in the, 45—47 ; 

 changed by the ocean, 184; its de. 

 fences against the sea, 184. 185; con. 

 sidered iu relation to the Deity, 270, 

 271; varieties of its provision, 272; 

 the earth gloomy without man, ib. ; 

 fitted for his abode, 272; how sub- 

 dued to his uL'e, 279. 



Earthquakes, i. 78 ; different kmds of, 

 ib. ; causes of, 79 — 81 ; several men- 

 tioned, 82— SKI and 86 n. ; concomitant 

 circumstances, 90, 91 ; swallow nionii> 

 tains, lift. 



