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INDEX. 



<>f Crai!, ib. ; p,t the lorhg of Scotland, 

 ib ; tilt' (juestion (if thi' migration if, 

 C'liisicicred, 656 ii. ; spawn, ib. ; fry, 

 S57 n. ; wlietlier tliey spawn every 

 yejir, ib. 

 Hiera, a new island, i. 93: has increas- 

 ed, !)4. 

 Hind, faniale of the stag-, ii. 62; her 



cry, (is ; emirptre and sagacity, (iO. 

 Hippnciinipus, a fisli, account of the, 



ill. 5'i2, 5^5. 

 Hippopotamus, description of the, ii. 

 4SJf); haunts, ib. ; niainu-r of life and 

 prey, 497; streiigtii, ib. ; manner ol 

 escape, 498; flesb of the, ib. ; propa- 

 gation, ib. ; where found, 499. 

 Hoanho, river in China, i. 149; receives 



ri5 rivers, 160. 

 Hi).ir-frost, what, i. 254-. 

 Hobby, a kind ot hawk, mrjrra'ory, iii. 

 79 n. ; its haunts, ib. ; nest, ib. ; 

 prey, ib. 

 Hog- kind, animals of tlie, tiieir distin- 

 guishing properties, ii. Ill and ji. ; 

 general properties of the, recounted, 

 llS); its food in a wild state, lU; 

 when domesticated, ib. ; its sluirgisli- 

 ue.ss and in-ensibility, 115; some 

 taught and broken, 115 n. ; converted 

 into bi-asts of burden, ib. ; its drow- 

 siness and gluttony, I Ifi ; venery, ib. ; 

 sympathy, ib. ; diseases, 116—118; 

 different breeds of the, IKi n. ; pro- 

 duce of one at Donaghadee, 117 n.; 

 their extraordinary fecundity calcn- 

 lated, ib. ; a nseful food, lli n. ; its 

 esteem among ancient epicures, ib. ; 

 how the tiesh of the, univhoiesome 

 in eastern countries, ib. ; prohibitions 

 to eat, ib. and 119 n. ; Kast India 

 breed, !JI9; siiifjle hoofed, ib. and 121 

 n. ; Guinea, 119; English, 1-^0 n. ; 

 that of Jutland, ib. ; Zealand, Poland, 

 &c. ib. ; France, Turliey, &c. 121 ii 

 Holland, gained from t!)e sea, i. 18f^. 

 Holland, New, the natives of, described, 



i. 397 n. 

 Honey, whence extracted, iv. 326, 3i7. 



See Bee, white and yellow, 33(i, 337. 

 Hooded serpent, account of the, iv. ISO 



—183 and n. See Cobra. 

 Hooke, Dr, hi'i general notion of grav- 

 itation in 1666, i. 3 n. 

 I liioper, the wild swan, iii. 407 n. ; why 



so called, 411. 

 Hoopoes, tbeir analogy to wood-peck- 

 ers, iii. 186 n. 

 Honii't. the, discriminated iv. 355 n. ; 

 where found, ib. ; habitude-, ib. ; .3.i6 

 , n ; nest, ib. ; eggs, ib. ; difft rent 



classes of the, ib. 

 Horn-fish, name of the gar-fish, iii. 



621 n. 

 Horns of the c.w kind, i. 523 n. ; 



diversities in the, 526 n. 

 Horv". its relative istati.in, 1. 4<i6 ; des. i 

 wiition of by Linnaeus, IfiB u. ; its ] 



beauty, 467; Cuvieriaii .'irr.ingement 

 of the, 4C7n. ; oiher auti (irs'arraDffc. 

 nients, ib ; where found in native 

 state, 468 ; various species of the, ib. 

 u. ; fossil, 468 11. ; habits when in 

 droves, 468; early period of its domes- 

 tication proved, 469 n. ; 'U original 

 country, 469 and n. ; state of the, 

 among some ancient nations, ib. n ; 

 its gradual subjection proved, 470 n. ; 

 American, 471; habits of i:ie \iild 

 herds of, de-cribed, 472 n. ; subordi. 

 nation among them, 473 n. ; their 

 colour, ib. ; bow taken by the natives 

 of South America, ib. ; lartar wild 

 horses, 473; African, 47-1; Ar:,bian, 

 ib. ; Arabian tatiied horse, 47.'') -478 ; 

 diffusicm of the Arabian breed of the, 

 478—480 ; Bai bary horse, 478 and n. ; 

 Persian, 479 and n. ; Italian, Danish, 

 &c. 481; French, described, 481, 482 

 and n ; Norman, 482 n. ; tame of 

 Anierica, 482, 483; of the Archipe- 

 lago, 483; of Media, 484; Indi3, ib. ; 

 breed of, how kept up, ib. n. ; one 

 pre!:eiitecl to (uir Queen, described, 

 484; of Guinea, 485; of China, ib. 

 Tartars live with their, ib. ; Grecian, 

 486; English, ib. ; swiftness of the, 

 487; English bunting, 488; number 

 of, in England :it different times, 

 489 ; earliest record of the hor«e in 

 Britain, iS<.)n. ; ancient Insloiy of the 

 Engli-h, 490 ii. ; its ancient value, 

 ib. ; provisions agei. st frand-i, ib. ; 

 history of the iniprovements on the 

 Engli^h, 491 — 196 n. ; when first used 

 for the plough in England, 491 u. ; 

 Crusaders, 402 n. ; regulations re- 

 specting the price of the, 490 n. 493 n.' 

 description of a perfect, 495, 496; 

 breathes only through the nostrils, 

 496 n. ; its dispositions, ib. n. ; cruel- 

 ties performed on the, 497 n. ; in 

 shoeing, ib. ; their viscera, 408 n. ; 

 how to judge its age, ib. ; deceptions, 

 ib. ; one taught rope- walking, ii. 

 478 n. 



Hottentots, their encounters with the 

 lion, ii. M-2, 145-150 n. 



Hound, the old English, described, ii 

 211 n. ; liy Shakspeare, ib- 



Howell, the good, values, and makes 

 regulations agai:ist fraud in horses, i. 

 490, 491 u. ; his laws about, the price 

 of cats, ii. 1.3.5. 



Howlet, a kind of owl, iii. 99. 



Hnber, his experiments on bees, iv. 

 321, 322 n. ; observations on the ovi. 

 duct of the queen, 328 n. ; on the 

 source and use of the propolis, 334 — 

 336 n. 



Hudson, name given by BulfoiJ to tlie 

 Urson, ii. 359. 



Hoiiiber, an island foi"medat tht> mouth 

 of the, i. 97. 



Kumble bee, an account of the, iv. 337} 



