INDEX. 



669 



Kirwlg-, the, deicribsd, iv. 27J- ; wlierice 

 tl.f name, ib ; food, 2',:); progress lo 

 tlie winifed slate, ib. 



I cai'Oilt, tlie ladUiu iiameof therattlp- 

 Biiake, on what suppooitiou yiveii, iv. 

 177. 



Ki-liinei?, or sucking' fish, the, iii. 53"? ; 

 liow einplnyed by the Iiidiaus, b'Ji) n. 



' I'biiii, iv. 81. Sfe Urchins. 



Eclio, how caused, i. 225 u. ; extraor- 

 dinary echoes, ih. ; canse of the, od'J ; 

 cannot be made by art, ib. 



Ivldj'stiiue li<fht!iousi', destroyed by a 

 storm, i. 217 u. 



Edifar, King-, his contrivance to extir- 

 pate wolves, ii. ■23i and n. 



ivliu-ation, dirterent methods of, i. 306; 

 what tlie best, 307 ; how to be pursu- 

 ed, 30S; when most rapid, ib. 301'. 



Eiward III. an improver ol horses, i. 

 492, 403 n . 



Eel, the, or Miircena,i!i. .53(1 ; account nf 

 electric eel^i, ib. n. ; ihe, deceud.-; 

 to .vards the sea to spawn, 518 ; vivi. 

 piroiis, .iGl. 



Egi,', what animals produced from the, 

 i!287 ; disposition of suhstances in the, 

 288 ; progress of the animal in the, 

 traced by Malpighi and Haller, 287, 

 289—291 ; anab)gies between it and 

 the embryo, 291—293. 



Eggs, Sea, iv. 80. See Urchins. 



Egrets, a kind of herons, iii. 326 n. 



Egypt, its appearance dining the Kam. 

 sin, i. 239, 240 n. 



Egyptians, their race determined, i. 

 399 n. ; their einbalaiings described, 

 428, 429, and 432 ; their sepulchres, 

 432; their horses, 4fi9 n. 471 ii. ; 

 present superiority of their liorses, 

 480. 



Eider Duck, its class, iii. 425 n. ; abodes, 

 b. ; the bird described, 426 n. ; its 

 lown, lb. 



Elcia, or African dog, ii. 195 n. ; esti- 

 niati.m in which its tiesh is held by 

 the Negroes, ib. 



Fliisticity of the air, i 202. 



Eldeiiholp in Derbyshire, a perpendi- 

 cular fissure in the earth, i. 4<i and n. 



Electric eels, account of, iii. 536 n. 



Electricity of the cat, ii. 140 n. 



filephaiit, its appearance, ii 457 ; size, 

 ib. and n. ; description, 458 ; the two 

 species of the, ib. n. ; the .Asiatic, ib.; 

 its characteristics, 459 n ; ge.'^tation, 

 ib. ; habits, ib. ; age, ib. ; the African 

 di-tinguished, ib. ; strength of the, 

 459; peaceableness, ib. ; gregarious 

 hahits, ib. 460 ; haunts, 460 ; food, 

 4i;i ; excellence of its sense.s, ib. 41)2 ; 

 the trunk and its uses described, 462 

 — 164 and n. ; Cuvier's observations 

 on the trunk, 463 n. ; the animal's 

 care of it, ib. ; its ditficulty of motion 

 aud encumbrances, 464; tusks, ib. ; 

 its method of eating and drinking. 



465 ; its hide, 466 ; tlie elepliantiasi.s, 

 ib.; where found and how used in 

 dtllereiit countries, 467 ; the white 

 esteemed, 468 ; propagation, ib. ; 

 fails when domesticated, 4<)9 ; excep- 

 tions, ib n. ; how hunted by Indian 

 princes, 469 — 4.72; hunted in Afric.'i- 

 472 and 433 n- ; at the Cape of (Joort 

 Hope, 4S3 — i86; period of gestation, 

 469 n. ; Ranking's account of the ha- 

 hits of a young, ib. ; affectiou of the, 

 for its young, 470 u.; instances, ib. ; 

 instances of their ferocity in thu rut- 

 ting season, 47! n. ; their death ue 

 cessary, that of Garnier, ib. ; of Cross . 

 ii). ; method of taking the goondah oi 

 male elephant by means of the koom. 

 kees or females, 473 — 475 n. ; docility 

 wiien tame, 473 — 476 ; instances, 476 

 — 480 ; account of the duke of Devon- 

 shire's elephaut, 475, 476 n. ; of one 

 called Mademiiiselle D'Jeck exhi. 

 bited in theatres, 476 n. 479 n. 480 u. j 

 docility of those of Germanicus, 477 

 n. ; Seneca's aud Dion's account of 

 some, 478 n. ; Arrian's account of 

 one dancing, ib. ; instances of their 

 being taught to reverence the Pope, 

 &'C. ib. 479 n.; their care in practising 

 feats, 480 n. ; used in war, 480, 481 ; 

 in carrying burdens, 481 ; in execu- 

 tions, 482 ; trained for baiting, how, 

 described by Heber, 482 n. ; instance 

 of the fatal exertion of one, 482 ; of 

 retaliation, ib. 483 ; of gratitude, 483 ; 

 ancient and modern commerce in its 

 ivory, 4-83 — 485 n. ; reflections, 485 n. 

 its teeth or tusks, 466 ; weight of one, 

 485 n ; the fossil species, 486, 487 and 

 487—490 n. 



Elephantiasis, or Arabian leprosy, ii. 

 466. 



Elizabeth, Queen, her regulations con- 

 cerning tasting, i. 341 ; encouraged 

 the woollen manufacture, ii. 7. 



Elk, its country, ii. 91 n. and 92; de. 

 scriptiou of the, ib.; its haunts, ib. , 

 how pursued by the Indians, ib. ; 

 easily tamed, ib. and 92 n. ; history 

 of one, 92 n. ; used in agricultural 

 labour, ib.; size of the, 92, 93; de. 

 scription of^ one shown at Paris, 93, 

 94; theAmerican, 91: their climate, 

 95; a hunt of the, described, 95, 9(5; 

 hunting of, in Canada, itii n. ; its 

 Ilesb, horns, &c. 96; diseases, 97; 

 mistakes concerning the, ib. ; ante- 

 lope, described, 52 n. ; method of 

 hunting, ib. 



Elops, or Sea serpent, iii. 535. 



Ely, country round, deteriorated by the 

 sea, i. 189, 190. 



Embalming, early practised, i. 427 ; 

 how performed by the Egyptian.*, 

 4.28; by the Guantbes, 430; I'y the 

 Peruvians, ib. 431 ; iu France, 435. 



Embryo, progress of the embryo in 

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