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INDEX. 



Strum eut of sound, 256 n- and 957 and 

 n. ; the little grasshopper described, 

 2.j"j; its note, lb. ; opinions concern- 

 ing- the causes «{ its sound, ih. 260; 

 impregnation, 260; dies during' win- 

 ter, 261 ; the young, ib ; their wings, 

 ib. 262 ; perfection of the insect, 263 ; 

 habitudes, ib. and 264. ; Keats* and 

 Hunt's sonnets to the, 260 n. 

 Gravitation, progress of the discovery 



of, i. 2, 3 n. 

 Grayling, the fish noticed, iii. 54.2 n. 

 (irebe, analogies of the, bird, to the 

 web-footed and crane class, lii. 360 ; 

 account of the bird, ib. 3fil ; use of 

 its skin, 361 ; a tribe of birds charac- 

 terised, iii. 399 n. 

 Greeiilaudcrs, &c. described, i. 391 ; 

 their pride, 395; hardihood, ib. ; 

 Greenland whale-tishery, account of 

 the, iii. 470-472 n. 

 Greyhound, the Irish, its extraordinary 

 size, ii. 19(5 n. 220, 221 ; Scotch High- 

 land or wolf dog, described, 197, 198 

 n. ; history of that possessed by Sir 

 Walter Scott, 198 n. ; described, 199 

 u. and 218; its properties recounted 

 by Wynken de Worde, ib. ; their 

 estimation at different times, ib. ; 

 Scottish, Italian, and Turkish, 200 u. 

 Griffard or martiaV eagle, account of 



the, iii. 61 n. 

 Grosbeak, the pine, its note, and that 

 of the cardinal, iii. 249 n. ; characters 

 of the family, 282 n. 

 Grous, its varieties, iii. 134; refuge in 

 Scotland, ib. ; cock of the wood, 135 

 — 142 (see Woodcock,); varieties, the 

 ruffed grous, described, 134 n. ; 

 found in the new continent, ib. ; 

 gaiety and thumping, ib. 135 n. ; the 

 pinnated, described by Wilson, 13J 

 1). ; dislikes water, 136 ii. ; itn re- 

 markable bags and sound, ib. 1.37 n. ; 

 the black, described, 137 u. ; contests 

 of the males, ib. ; the red, described, 

 Io8 u. ; white or ptarmigan, ib. ; 

 rock, 139 n. ; sand, ib. ; heterocli- 

 tous, ib. ; hazel, pintado, and willow, 

 ib. 

 Growth of the human body traced, i. 



304, 305 ; of the mind, 305—309. 

 Grub, how di- covered and eaten by the 

 crow, iii. 157 n. ; of the may-bug, 

 how deposited, iv. 378 n. ; transmu- 

 tations, ib. ; injuries to fields, ib. ; 

 how prevented, ib. ; the wire-worm, 

 379 n. ; its injuries, ib. ; Sir Joseph 

 Banks' remedy for the, ib. ; the meal 

 grub, ib. 3H0 n. ; instance of a wo- 

 man having a great quantity in her 

 stomach, how introduced, ib. 381 u. ; 

 how cured, 3St n. 

 Guan, the, a gallinaceous bird, describ- 

 ed, iii. 125 n. ; domesticated in South 

 America, ib. ; its inaTUiers, ib. 

 Cuauaco, a kind of ilaiCa, ii. 516. 



Guanches, their method of embalming', 

 i. 430. 



Guariba, a Brazilian monkey, ii. 440. 



Gudgeon, the, noticed, iii. 532 ; another 

 species common on the coast of this 

 island, ib. n. 



Guiba, a kind of gazelle, ii. 48. 



Guillemot, of the auk tribe of birds, an 

 account of the, iii. 398 n. ; the black, 

 described, 399 n. ; its haunts and 

 habits, ib. ; incubation, 399. 



Guinea Pig, its country, ii. 3i0; the 

 annual described, ib. 321 ; its help- 

 lessness, 321 ; domesticated, ib. ; ha- 

 bits and food in that stite, ib. 322 ; 

 cleanliness, 322 ; manner <if sleeping, 

 3'i2, 32'! ; salacity and generation of 

 the, 323; contentions of the. ib. ; 

 timi.iity, 324; is tamed, ib. ; grunt 

 of tlie lb. ; flesh of the, ib. 



Gulls, characteristics of the class, iii. 

 364 ; of ttie smaller kind, 381—383 , 

 flight of the, 383, 384 ; why called tlie 

 vulture of the sea, 384 u. , found in 

 all latitudes, 385 n. ; haunts, 385 ; 

 sublimity of the scenes in which they 

 often appear, 386, 387 ; contests while 

 breeding, 3S7 ; nests and eggs, 383 ; 

 tlie birds how taken, ib. — 391 ; varie- 

 ties, 3S'i, and ."Sj n. 

 Gurnard, properties of the fish, iii. 



534. 

 Gymnotus, or electric eel, account of 

 the, iii. 536 aud u. 



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Hadciock, the, described, iii. 537 n. ; 

 size, ib. ; when in season, ib. ; perio- 

 dical shoal of the, 551. 

 Hffimorrhois, a viper, why so called, 



iv. 180. 

 Hail, how produced,!. i!ti; storm in 

 Hertfordshire 1697, description i^f 

 the 254 ; of the one in trance 1510, 

 255. 

 Hair of the human head contributes to 

 beauty, i. 317; whiit fails soonest, 

 ib. ; its diversities, 318 ; structure, 

 ib. ; colour, ib. ; in different nations, 

 ib. ; iti relation to temperament, ib. 

 319 ; practices of different nations 

 with respect to, 322, 323; various 

 colours of the human, 408 n. 

 Haje, the asp f of the ancients, iv. 181 

 n. ; maimer of attack, 182 n. ; sculp- 

 tured on temples in Kgypt, it). ; poi- 

 sonous bite, lb ; remedies, ib. 

 HaU'Von, the kiig-tisher, iii. 4^3; 

 fables and poems cmicerning the, ib. ; 

 Ovid's account of its metaui(irphos:.% 

 ib. n. ; Aristotle's account of it, i'.H 

 n. ; i'liny's account of its vocal 

 powers, ii>. ; Montaisine's and VUi- 

 tarch's notion that its nest made of 

 fish bones, 435 n. ; modern fancies 

 toiiccniing the power of the bird 



