INDliX. 



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wnrn doai!, 437 n. ; siippr'^titioiis of 

 the Tartars and ^)^ti;^c^ 438 ii. 



Haliey's theory to expl^iiu the con. 

 stant ea-.t winds near the tropics, i. 

 5i30; to explain the monsoons, '23i 

 n. 



Halo round the moon, i 26.1 



Hamster, name given by Butfon to the 

 German rat, ii. :!'i9 ; the Can;Hli.in, 

 339 n.; tlie anomalous where f'oond, 

 ih. ; described, ib. 



Hand, the conm-ction between the 

 hand and intellect, i. 374. 



Hare kind, swiftness of the, ii. 2PI ; 

 characteristics of the, ib. ; nii'thoii of 

 deterraininfT, ib. ; their food, 21)2 ; 

 swiftness, ib. ; motion of tlien- iips, 

 ib. ; prolitie propat'atioo, ib. 



Hare, its adaptation for fiitrl\t and 

 swiftness, ii. 292 ; its numerous ene. 

 mies, 293; fertility, ib. ; extraordi- 

 nary arrangement for this, ib. ; treat- 

 ment of young-, 294 ; food, ib. ; sleep, 

 ih. ; pairing-, ib. ; motion in flight, 

 ib. ; age, 295 ; voice, ib. ; instincts 

 fur self-preservation, ib. ; shifts to 

 escape, 29fi ; stratagems of an old hare 

 to escape from a hound, 296 n. ; from 

 a sfi'ey-hoiiiid, 297 n. ; from a harrier, 

 ib. ; the muiintniii and measled liar.s, 

 forms of the, ib. ; habitudi-s of the, 

 ib. ; influence of climate on the, ib. ; 

 white hares, il). ; their furs, 29S ; 

 effect of heat on the, ib. ; flesh of the, 

 by what nations not eaten, ib. ; by 

 what esteemed, ib. ; decrease of 

 miinbers. 299 



Harfang, great Hudson's Bav owl, iii. 

 99. 



Harpy, great, a kind of eagle, ac- 

 count of the, iii. 11"! n. 



Harrier, the, described, ii. 209, 212 n. 

 and 217. 



Harrier, the, a land of falcon, iii. 89 n. ; 

 t'le marsh, ib ; the lien, ih. ; the ash- 

 colonred, ib. 



Hart, ii. 02. See Staff. 



H.irtebeest, a kind of antelope, ii. 55 

 n. ; described by Pringle, ib. ; its ene- 

 mie.>, ib, and 5i> n. 



1 1-arvey"s theory of generation, i. 2S2. 



Hatfield cliace, in Yorkshire, reduced 

 to cultivation, i. 192. 



Hawk, the, and hawking', iii. 77 (see 

 Fnlrrui, Falconry) ; the sparrow- 

 hawk, 81 n. 



Head, state of, in man at birth, i. 302; 

 the remarkable, of the cas.sowary, 

 iii. 40. 



Hearing, i. 3.5S; errors to whicii liable, 

 ib. ; its object sound, ib. ; defects of, 

 G64; inequality of, with different 

 ears, ib. ; necessity of, to man, ib. ; 

 liow the sense of, supplied in birds, 

 iii. 6. 



Heat of atnio^|iIipre, variation of, in 

 descending miues, i. 56 ; causes of 



tliis, 57; its eff.'cts on water, 12.5^ 

 its meii.,iire, I2fi n ; degree of, cap^i- 

 ble of being borne by the hiiinaii 

 body, experiments conceniinsr, 21fi 

 n. ; prodiii-es a noxious qn.dity in the 

 air, 217; subterranean, 81 n. ; Cor. 

 dier's investigation of, ib. 82 u. ; 

 beneficial effects of, 92, 93. 



Hecla, volcano of, i. 09 n. 70. 



Hedgehog, characteristics of the spe. 

 cies, ii. 350; prickles of the, ih. 

 harmlessness, 351 ; varieties, ib. ; me. 

 thod of defence, ib. .352; habits and 

 food, .352 ; habits in a lame state, de- 

 scribed by Butfon, 353; propaga- 

 tion, ib. ; blood, ib.; sea, discrimi- 

 nated, iii. 62,3. 



Helmo. See Fires of St Helmo. 



Hen, hatching of the, and number of 

 its eggs, iii. 110; affection for her 

 chickens. 111. 



Hen, Guinea or Barbary, iii 129. See 

 Pintado. 



Heu, water, account of the, iii. 353— 

 360. 



Henry I. cause of his death, iii. 513 n. 



Henry VIIl. his edicts with respe<-t to 

 horses, i. 193, 49t n. 



Hermaphrodites, all snails such, iv, .52 ; 

 sea snails peculiar, 59 ; bivalve sliell- 

 fish. 05. 



Hennetical sealiiia:, bow performed, i. 

 119 n. 



Hermits, abstinence and long life of 

 several, i. 312. 



Herodotus, his description of the 

 F:gvptian method of embalming, i. 



4is; 



Heron, the, distinguished from the 

 crane and stork, iii. 323 — 326 ; diar. 

 acteristics of the specie^, 323 n. ; the 

 common, described, 3'23, 324 n. ; pas- 

 sage of the, 324 n. ; nests and youmr, 

 ibr3i9; food, 325 n.; how taken ib. 

 3-i9; untameableness of the old, 3-^5 

 n. ; varieties, 326, 327 ; the night 

 heron, account lif the, 3'-'0 n. ; the 

 common purple, ib. ; heron hawkins-. 

 3i!5 n. 327; prey of the, .3-i7, .328 j 

 flesh of the, esteemed in France, 330; 

 heronries, ib. ; longevity of the, 331 ; 

 contests of the with rooks for a 

 heronry, 100 n. 



Herring, the, characterised, iii. 512 ; 

 where chiefly found, iii. 551, 5,52; 

 why it migrates, 5.52; destructive 

 enemies of the, ib. ; progress or 

 the phalatix of the, ib. ; arrival 

 on our coasts, 553; its columns, ib, ; 

 di-tachmeiits, ib. ; whether any re. 

 turn, ib. .551-; frequents a favourite 

 bank for many years and then seeks 

 another, 554 ;' avoids shoals, ib. n. ; 

 instance of many -wrec-ked on the 

 east end of Fife, ib. .555 n ; delicaie 

 fish, ib. ; account of the stranding (■/ 

 an iramenjc number at the h&rbour 



