INDEX. 



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to the rat, ii. 339 n. ; to the kangaroo, 

 lU. : tlie, descrilu'd, ib. SU) a. ; its 

 walk, S40 n. ; species of the, ib. ; 

 abode, ib. ; account of the gerboa, 

 512-548. 



(i'-ysers, hot springs in Iceland, i. 123 n. 



lihee, butter fi'om tlie milk of the In- 

 dian bulialo, i.547 n. 



Hiants, existence of a race of, ascer- 

 tained, i. 4-23 — 425. 



Oibhon, or long-armed ape, described, 

 ii. 41i) — 1-21 ; the ash-coloured, 419 n; 

 tlie little, ib. ; the active, 420 n. See 

 Ape. 



fill Ulead, or ophidinm, the fisli, de- 

 .si ribed, iii. 531. 



Giraffe, mistakes concerning the, ii. .500. 

 n. ; account of several, 501—503 n. 

 See Cameloi)ard. 



Gladiator, or sea-sword, confounded 

 with the grampus, iii. 4S2 n. 



Glow-worm, difference of the male 

 and female, iv. 3S3, 384; the femnle 

 described, 335, 3Sfi ; its light, S8(> ; 

 whence, and how emitted, 387 ; lor 

 what purpose, ib. and u. ; instances 

 of the male being luminous, 387 o. 



Glutton, differences of opinion con- 

 cerning the, ii. 28(5; referred to the 

 bear species, ib. n ; Klein's account 

 of one from Siberia, 286 ; considered, 

 287; where found, ib. ; discription 

 of the, ib, ; its manner of taking its 

 prey, 287 — 289; prefers putrid flesh, 

 289 ; pursues the beaver, ib. ; its 

 stratagems, ib. ; its impudence, 29l) ; 

 parturition, ib. ; value of its skin, ib. 



Gluttony, its injuries, i. 341. 



Gnat, injurious to the rein-deer, ii. 101 ; 

 manner of laying her eggs in the wa- 

 ter, iv. 395, 396 and n. ; change of 

 form, 396; into a nymph, ib.; the fly, 

 3!i7 ; its trunk, ib. ; stings, ib. ; method 

 of using them, ib. ; state during win- 

 ter, ib. 398; propagates five times 

 without copulatioi, :'98 ; their lor. 

 midable nature in America, ib. — 401 

 nod 398, 399 n. ; great columns of the, 

 in England, 399 n. 



finii, somewhat hetwi.Kt the ox and 

 hiir.se, ii. 54 u. ; described, ib. ; by 

 Pringle, ib. ; nometimes tamed, 55 n.; 

 a sp •cles of the, described by Bur. 

 chelt, ib. 



ftiiat, its descent, ii. 23 n. ; character- 

 istics and properties of the, 24 ; 

 thi'ir qualities, ib. ; acuteiiess of their 

 senses, ib. ; fitted for a life of liberty, 

 25 ; its agility in ascending, I'S n. ; 

 natural attHchinent to man, proui of 

 its, 26; instance of <Mie suckling a 

 foal, 26 n, ; propagation of the, 26 ; 

 qualities of its milk, 27 ; flesh, ib. ; 

 pasture, ib. ^8 ; varieties of the, 28 ; 

 Angora goat, described, ib. ; the As- 

 syrian, ib. and n. ; .\frican, ib. ; the | 

 biue, vS; the Judaj ib,; diversities and 



analogies of the different kiads, ib. 

 30 ; the ibex and chamois, 30, 32, and 

 II. ; African wild, 48. 



Goat-sucker, or nocturnal swallow, 

 whence tlie name, iii. 290 n. ; whero 

 abundant, 291 n. ; its habitudes, 2'8, 

 291 n. ; the European, account of the, 

 291, 292 n. 



Gobius. See Gudgeon. 



Godwin Sands, i. 189. 



Godwits, habitudes of, iii. 317 n. ; timid, 

 ity, ib. ; how taken, 348 n. 



Gold, not corroded by the atmosphere, 

 i. 212. 



Goldfinch, season of singing, iii. 271 n. ; 

 nest and young, ib. ; performances of 

 the, ib. ; activity, 275 n. ; mules from 

 the, and lanary, &c. ib. ; assemblies, 

 277 n. ; food, ib. ; varieties of species, 

 described, ib. ; cropping of the bill of 

 the, when necessaiy and how to be 

 performed, 279 n. ; mules from the, 

 good singers, 280 n. ; food, ib. ; 

 whether fertile, 281 n. ; American, 

 its note, 249 n. 



Goondnh, or male elephaut, how hunt, 

 ed, ii. 473 — 475 n. 



Goose kind, characteristics of the, iii. 

 403 ; bill, 404 ; food, ib. ; fecundity, 

 ib.; flesh, ib. ; domestication, 405. 



Goose, characteristics of the wild, iii. 

 413; where it breeds, 414; flight de. 

 scribed, ib. n. and 415; acuteness of 

 the senses of the, 414 n. ; fecundity 

 of the tame, 416, 417; its valiant de- 

 fence of its young, 418; flesh of the 

 young, ib. ; goose leathers, 419 ; com. 

 inerce in, ib. ; varieties of the bird, the 

 barnacle, 415; the brent, ib. ; the 

 snow, account of, 415 n. ; its stupid- 

 ity, and how taken, 416 n. ; the swan- 

 goose described, ib. ; an account of 

 the Canadian, ib. ; its passage to the 

 North, 417 n. ; profit of the, to the 

 natives, ib. ; female and incubation, 

 ib. 418 D. ; the spiirwinged, an ac- 

 count of the, 418 n. 



Goo^e, soland, iii. 379. See Gannet. 



Gooseander, the largest of the auk kind, 

 an account of the, iii. 403 and n. 



Go.-lMH'k, account of the, iii. SO u. ; how 

 esteemed in falconry, ib. 



Gossamer, a kind of "spider, described, 

 iv. 215 n. ; its habits, 216 n, ; why 

 called in Germany the flying-summer, 

 ib. 



Gottenburgli, in Sweden, cataract near, 

 i. 159. 



Gouan, Mr, his classificatiou of spinous 

 fishes, iii. 5:.9 — 545 and n. 



Graaf, his inve tiiiation of the growth 

 of animals in the womb, i. 292. 



Grampus, Imw distinguished, iii. 482; 

 descriliid, .b. n ; its agility, 4-83. 



Grasshopper, its class, iv. 255. 2.56; dis- 

 tinguisl:eii from the anciei^t cicada or 

 trethopper, 256 and n.— 2o3 ; its in- 

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