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description, ib. ; haliits, ilj. : fur, ib. ; 

 irritability, ib. ; niacmcr of feodiiiK, 

 44t) II. ; country, ib. ; tlie ri'd, describ- 

 ed, ib. 



Leopard, disting'uished from the Piiii- 

 tber, ii. 172; that of Senegal describ- 

 ed, ib. ; mailed hunting", approaebes 

 the dosf, 17.", II. ; described, 173 — 176 

 n. Soe'Chetab; habits of the, 179. 



LepadDgaster.the lish, described. iii 537. 



Lerot, a kind of dormouse, ii. 336. 



Letters, what must easily pronounced 

 liy infants, i. 30G. 



Lei. weiihoeck's theory of generation, i. 



J.eyinnii'r, a mongrel dog, described, ii. 

 '213 n. '218. 



Libella, or dragon-fly, iv. 247. See 

 Dragon- Fly. 



Lilioya, a great serpent of Brazil, iv. 

 187; size of the, 188, lb9; liabits of 

 the, 189, 190. 



i."ime, a kind of gazelle, ii. 45. 



Lite, destroyed by withdrawing the 

 air, i. 214. ; duration of, in an ani- 

 mal, how it may be determined, 

 381 ; prolonged by management, 382; 

 by what affected, 333 ; love of, in 

 man, 334, 385 ; its cessation, 386 ; dif- 

 ference between animal and vegeta- 

 ble, iv. 402—404 and 403 n. 



Light, its refrangibility, i. 210 n. See 

 Vision. 



Lightning, how produced, i. S.H. 



Limpets, eaten in the Isle of Skye, iv. 

 73 II. 



Linnaeus, his classification of animals, 

 I. 444 ; of fishes, iii. 5^8 ; his discovery 

 of a method of causing the fresh wa- 

 ter muscle to produce pearls at plea- 

 sure, iv. 78 n. ; how rewarded, ib. 



Linnet, the red and gray, the same bird 

 at different seasons, iii. 276, 277 n. ; 

 analogy to the canary, 277 ii. ; docili. 

 ty and attachment of the, ib. ; modes 

 of instruction, ib. ; longevity in cap- 

 tivity, 278 n. ; nest, ib. 



Lion, the, affected by climate, ii. 133; 

 of Africa and mount Atlas, 141 ; their 

 numberdiminished, ib.; how attacked 

 by the Hottentots, 142; boldness of 

 the African, ib. ; feebleness of the In- 

 dian, ib. ; disposition of the, ib. and 

 113; outward form, hair, muscles, 

 &o. 144; mane, 145; imperfection of 

 sight and smell, 145 — 147; habits of 

 the African lion, 145 u.; Eurchell's 

 account of an encounter with the, 

 145—147 n. ; Pringle's account of one 

 at the Cape, 147 — 150 n. ; method of 

 Beiziiig his prey, 148 — 150; roar and 

 ai-tiori, when furious, 150, 151 ; co;ii- 

 hit with the wild boar, 151 ; action 

 « hen pursued, 151, 152: its desperate 

 hiiUies, 152; their combats for the fe- 

 male, ib. ; the lioness, 15?, 153; their 

 uge, 153; attachuient of the female to 



the young, l.H, 155; lions in contiiie. 

 meiit, 153 — LYS n. ; <onfined in Per- 

 sia, Ij'jii. ; their ditt'erentdisposition.s 

 under conlinement, ib. ; exhibitions 

 of fights of, by .Sylla, Pompey, &c. 

 15! 11. ; with dogs at Warwick, ib. ; 

 instances of attachment to the human 

 race, ib. and 155 n. , the species con- 

 tinued in menageries, 155 n. ; the, of 

 Bildulg'rid, 155; none in America, 

 ib. ; Aristophanes' advice witli r«- 

 spect to trusting the lion, 15!i. 



Li(in-ant, the dragon-fly in the insect 

 Htate, iv. 251 ; described, ib.; its forni, 

 252; method iif taking its prey, ib. 

 2.i3 ; m:inner of removing ohsrruc. 

 tions in iis pit, ib. ii. ; change of ha- 

 bits, 254; its ball of thread, ib, ; its 

 escape as a fly, 25,'). 



Lion, sea, described by .^nson, a kind 

 of seal, ii. 396. 



Lips, human, their expression, i. 319. 



Lisbon, earthquake at, i. 86 and n. 



Lislf", De, his iMermometer, i. 126 n. 



Littorales, shell-fish cast on shore, iv. 

 48, 49. 



Lizard kind, opinions of naturalists con. 

 cerning their rank in nature, iv. 1 12 ; 

 differences among the tribe of the, 

 1 1.3; colours, ib. ; figure various, ib. ; 

 distinction from the manner of bring- 

 ing forth the young, ib. ; three clas.se.s 

 thus formed, ib. 114; distinguishing 

 properties of the, 114, 115. 



Lizards, beauty of some, iv. 136; the va- 

 riegated, its size and description, 141 

 n. ; colour, 142 n. ; the green, where 

 found, ib. ; the, de ciibed, ib. ; harm, 

 less, but disagreeable from the colour, 

 ib. ; tlje green, of Carolina, ib. ; its 

 colour affected by the weather, ib. ; 

 the nimble, an account of, ib. 143 n. ; 

 the flying, of Java, 144 ; the Chalcidi. 

 an, the step between the lizard and 

 the serpent, ib. ; described, ib. 145 ; 

 viviparous, ib. ; perhaps dangerous, 

 ib. ; scaly, ii 360. See Pangolin. 



Llama, the camel of the new world, ii. 

 511—513; distinctions between the 

 two animals traced, 511 n. ; the spe. 

 cies of the, 512 n. ; those in the park 

 at Windsor, ib. ; a herd brought to 

 Spain, ib.; described, ib. 613 ii ; their 

 locality in South America, 513 n. ; 

 discovered by the Spaniards there, in 

 what state, ib. ; colours of the, 613; 

 habitation, 514 ; size and description, 

 ib. ; usefulness of the, to the .Ameri- 

 can Indians, 515 ; description of the, 

 in the wild st^te, ib. 



Loach, the, described, iii. 543. 



Lobster, reserablsnce of the, to the 

 crab, iv. 2 ; description of the, 3, 4 ; 

 the ovary and young, 4 ; its food, ib. ; 

 changes the shell once a year, ib. 5 ; 

 how performed, 5 ; state after change, 

 ib. 6 ; eats its own stomach and sliell. 



