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ISUES. 



X'"<JX, its resemlilant^e to the dog', ii. 23!) ; 

 distinguished from it, nnd the wolf, 

 240 ; its cunning, ib. ; in choosing a 

 residence, 241 ; in taking and con- 

 veying its prey, ib. ; its food, ib. 242 ; 

 chase of the, 242 ; generation, 243 ; 

 antipathy of animals to the, 243, 2+1; 

 different kind.s of the, 244, 243. 

 Friendly Islands, inhabitants of the, 



described, i. 398 n. 

 Frigate, a bird of the corvorant kind, 



account of the, iii. 376 n. 

 i rog, the, adapted to live on land or in 

 water, iv, 87 ; distinguished from the 

 toad, ib. ; its appearance, S8 ; its in- 

 ternal parts described, ib. ; Uaesal's 

 plates of the, ib. ; copulation of the, 

 H^ ; impregnation, 90 ; eggs from a 

 female, ib.; theirappearance, 91 ; pro- 

 gress ot the, to perfect frog, ib. — 93 ; 

 manner of hfe, 93 ; season of eii.ioy- 

 ment, ib. ; age, 94, 95; food, 95; 

 manner of catching it, 96, 97; viva- 

 city, 97; one kept eight years in a 

 class, ib. ; tenacious of life after the 

 head off and other injuries, ih. 98; 

 croaking described, 98; season of, ib. ; 

 adheres to the backs of fishes, 99; 

 story of one clinging to a pil<e and 

 eating out its eyes, ib. ; varieties, 

 93 n. ; the green frog of France, des- 

 cribed, ib. ; eaten in Vienna, ib. 94 

 n. ; the bull-frog, its gT'-at size, ib. ; 

 tiie, described, ib. ; abundance in Vir. 

 ginia, lb ; leapof tbe,ib. ; eats young 

 ducks, ib. ; why ciUed the hull-frog, 

 ib. ; its croaking described, ib. 95 n. ; 

 the tree-frog, country of the, 95 n. ; 

 the, described, ib. ; habitudes, ib. ; 

 tamed, ib. ; absorption of wattT, 96 

 n. ; eating of flies, ib. ; contest be- 

 tween one and a serpent described, 

 ib. 97 n. ; the fire.frog described, 97 n. 

 Frog, the fishing, described, iii. 519; 

 how it takes its prey, ib. 520 ; doubts, 

 5-JO. 

 Froth-worm, the, account nf, iv. 275 ; 



progress to the winged state, 276. 

 Furs of northern quadrupeds, why so 

 abundant and tine, ii. 265. 



Gaf'.fly, injnrions to the rein-deer in 

 J^apland, ii. 102 ; the ox, why so 

 1 ained, iv. 400 n. ; described, ib. ; tiie 

 horse, described, ib. ; f.iuud in the 

 jtomach of horses, ib. 401 n. 



Gall insect, its residence, iv. S92 ; hoiv 

 introduced into the gall nut, 393 ; 

 liDW nourished, ib. ; its escape from 

 the nut. 394 



Galley-fish, appears like a bubble, iii. 

 .525; described, ib. ; whether it moves, 

 il'. ; size in .America, ib. -, colours and 

 transparency, 526; causticity of the, 

 ib. ; poisonous nature of the, 566. 



Gaily ivorm, tiie, how distinguished 

 from the : coiopendra, iv. 240 ; ap- 

 pearance, ib. : how produced, ib. 

 Game laws, arbitrary nature of the, 



iii. 143. 

 Ganges, its origin and course, i. 150; its. 

 inundations, ISOn. ; venerated by the 

 Indians, 151. 



Gannet, or soland goose, described, iii. 

 379 ; haunts of the, ib. 380 ; migra- 

 tioDs, 3S0; quickness of sight, ib. ; 

 its eyelid, 381 ; eggs and young, ib. ; 

 profit from the sale of the, ib. 



Gar.fish, of the needle class, the, des- 

 cribed, iii, 521 n. 



Gartar-fish, the, distinguished, iii. 539. 



Gas, carbonic acid, fuund in mines, its' 

 composition, i. 60 n. ; noxious nature, 

 ib. ; test of its presence, 61 n. ; car- 

 buretted hydrogen or inflammable air, 

 i!s composition, 60 n. ; in what mines 

 found, 61 n. ; means used to prevent 

 explosion, ib. and 62 n. ; dreadful 

 explosion of, at Feliing, ib. ; safety 

 lamps, 63 n. 



Gaston de Foix, a celebrated stag-hun. 

 ter, ii. 69 n. 



Ganr, a species of bison, its size and 

 habits, described, i. ,5.35 n. 



Gavial, a species of alligator, iv. 119n.; 

 the great, ib. ; the little, ib. 



Gayal, a kind of bison, described, i. C'iS 

 n. ; where found in a domestic stfe, 

 539 n. 



Ga/e hound, the English, described, ii. 

 199 n. and 217 ; how employed, ib 



Gazelles, their distinguishin? marks, ii. 

 41; beauty, ib. ; Biiflnn's variet e. of 

 the, 42 — 45 and n. ; additinnal varie- 

 ties, 46 — 49 n. ; their general pro. 

 perties, 49—53 ; method of hunting 

 tnem, 53 — 57. 



Gekko, a kind of salamander, iv. 13'i. 

 reported to be poisonous, ib. ; prob- 

 ably not so, ib. 



Generation of animals, i. 281 ; whence 

 the fecundity, ib. ; Harvey's theory 

 of, 282; Leuwenhoeck'f, ill.; Bnffon's 

 speculations concerning, 283; cbje,'- 

 tions to, ib. and 284 ; distinction nf 

 animals in respect of their, il>. ; by 

 cutting, 285 ; from the e?g, 287 ; 

 traced, 289—291 ; frnm embrv". 292; 

 in man, 29.3; cnniparative perfection 

 of, in different animals in respect of, 

 298—300 ; of animals, 463. 



Genet, its beauty and perfunie, ii. 281 ; 

 described and distinguished, ib. 282; 

 its glands, 282 ; tamed at Constanti- 

 nople, lb. ; scarcity of the, 283 ; its 

 character, ib. 



Genettes, Spanish, described, i. 480; 

 their origin, ib. n. 



Geranda, a serpent of the East Indies, 

 liow regarded by the natives, iv. 187 ; 

 that of Africa also worshiniicrl. ib 



Gerboa genus, the, its approximation 



