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INDEX. 



lower anitnals, i. 292 ; in man, 293 — 



•^M I 



Emigration of birds. See Birds. 

 Emu, or Amerioaii Ostrich, iii. 37; Its 

 residence, ib. ; description, ib. ; 

 Nierenbergr and Wafer's accounts of 

 tlie manner of hatdiing its young, 54, 

 see also 39 n. 

 Encnubert, a kind of armadillo, ii. 367, 

 368. 



ngland, do^s of, variety of tlie,ii. 216 

 n, ; Dr Caius' cinssiliiation of the, 

 218, 219; salubrity of its fish, iii. 

 567 ; apostrophe ou its angling plea- 

 sures, ib. 

 Entellus monkey, described, ii. 441 n. 

 Ephemera, how long they exist in the 

 dy state, iv. 277 ; how produced, ib. ; 

 described in the fly state, ib. ; in the 

 reptile i-tate,278; indications of transi- 

 tion, ib. ; v' .e seen in abiintiance 

 after transiti .,, 27y ; ease and rapid- 

 ity of transition, ib. ; male and female, 

 ib. ; eggs, 280; varieties, ib. 281. 

 Equator, earth at the, i. 13. 

 Ermine, its size and description, ii. 264; 

 its fur and its change of colour, 264^— 

 266 ; when called the stoat, ib. ; why 

 its fur refined by cold, i()5; its scent 

 and food, 266; where found and how 

 caught, 267. 

 Erne, a species of eagle, iii. 59. 

 Eruptions. See Volcanoes. 

 Esculapian, serpent of Italy, how re. 



garded there, iv. 1S6. 

 Esox. See Pike. 



Esquimaux, their race determined, i. ] 

 402 n. ; and described, ib. \ 



Essex oyster fisheries, account of the, 



iv. 71 n. 

 Eunuchs, barbarous policy in making, 



i. 310; in Italy, 311 ; described, ib. 

 European race of men described, i. 



388 n. 403. 

 Eustachian tube, hearing by the, i. 361. 

 Evaporation, its importance, i. 139 n. 

 its amount, ib.; Dobson'sexperimeu'.s 

 concerning, ib.; Hoyle's and Dal ton's, 

 140 n. ; of water, how it produces 

 clouds. 2.'i0 ; Hamilton's theory con- 

 cerning, 251 ; how affected by heat, 

 252; Irost, &c. ib. ; how affected by 

 night, 233. 

 Expression of the different parts of the 

 human body, i. 314; tne tare, 315; 

 the eyes, &c. 315—3^2. 

 Eyes, state of them in man at birth, i. 

 301; their expression, :jI5; their 

 motions, ib. ; colours, 31i>; alone 

 varied, ib. ; early formed, .349 ; not 

 exercised immediately after birth, 

 350; invert objects, ib. ; another 

 error in sight, 351 ; benetit of havmg 

 two eyes, 351, 362; state of the, at 

 different ages, .356 ; accoinmofl.ite to 

 light aud darkness, 337 ; different 

 coloon of the, in different races, 109 



n.; of acat,ii. 134; of birds, their con- 

 formation, iii. 5, 6 ; the, of insects, 

 how constructed, iv. 200 n.; their raul. 

 tiplying and diminishing powers, 

 201 n. 



E\ ehrowB, and eyelashes, their expres. 

 sion, i. 316, 317. 



Eyelids, their use, i 317. 



F.ice, human, its energy, i. 315; on 

 what its expression depends, ib. ; 

 furTti of the human, how affected, 

 411 ; minute variationsof the, endless, 

 411 n. ; classification of the diversi 

 ties, ib. 

 • hrenheit, his thermometer, i. 126 n. 

 J. Jcon kind, used in hawking, iii. 77 

 what varieties used in the sport, 78 ; 

 the generous, how cistinguislied, 80 ; 

 the gyr falcon, 81 ; the falcon, 82; 

 falcon gentil, ib. and ii. ; the lanner, 

 82; kestril and merlin, ib. ; their 

 spirit, ib. ; method of training the, 

 83 — 85; method of pursuing and tak- 

 ing difl'ereijt animals, 83, 86; the 

 ignobler varieties, 86--89. See Kite, 

 Buzzard. 

 Falcons, the gentle, used in hunting 

 gazelles, ii. 54 ; their manner of pur- 

 suing, 56. 

 Falcon, Peregrine, indigenou.s in the 

 Highlands of Scotland, iii. 79 n.; its ra- 

 pid flight, ib.; the secretary of Africa, 

 described, 89; its food, ib. ; metliod of 

 seizing serpents, ib. 

 Falconry, an ancient sport, iii. 77 ; the 

 hawk on hand in paintings a mark <jf 

 rank, 77 ; expenses of the sport, 78 ; 

 how the bird trained for the sport, 

 83 — 85 ; how distinguished, 80. 

 Fallow-deer, distinguished from the 

 stag, ii. 82 and n. ; their propertie.s 

 ib. ; contests of the, 83 ; tamed, ib. ; 

 their gestation, ib. and n. ; their rae- 

 thnd of drinking, 83, 84, n. ; the chase 

 of the, 84; their sympathy with the 

 wounded, story of, 84, 85 n. ; their 

 vaiieties, 85; those of Guianii, ib 

 and 86. 

 Faugs, venemous, of the serpent, ac 



count of the, iv. 164 — 167 u. 

 Fascination, the, of the rattle-snake 



account of, iv. 177 and 178 n. 

 Fast, proclamation for one on accoun 

 of the great storm in England, i. 24 ' 

 n. 

 Father-lasher, or scorpio, notice of the 



fish, ill. 533 n. and 534. 

 Fauvette, the winter, account of the, 



iii. 264,265 n. 

 Faivn, the young of the fallow-deer, ii. 



84 ; of the roe-buck, 89. 

 Feathers of birds, tlieir position and 

 beauty, iii. 2—4 ; for beds, whence ob- 

 taincd, 419; how cured, ib 



