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INDEX. 



Wnuntains, inequality of their size, i. 

 100; theories concerning', 100 — l&i ; 

 uses of, 102 — 101 j appearance of, lOi; 

 some remarkable, 106 — 111 ; the 

 Jiighest, 110; disruptions of, 112 — 114 

 and n. ; snowslipson, 115; swallowed 

 l)y earthquakes, ib- ; height of, how 

 determined by the barometer, '20k 



Mountain-fincli, account of the, iii. 2S1, 

 282 n. 



Mouse, its dispositions, ii 331, 332; 

 timidity and enemies, ib ; propaga- 

 tion, 332 ; fecundity, ih. ; varieties, 

 .■!33 and n. ; the long-tailed field, de- 

 scribed, 333; short-tailed field, ib. ; 

 the shrew, described, 33i, 3'>5 ; the 

 wood, described, its country and 

 habits, 335 n. ; the harvest, its small 

 size, ib.; its nest and habits described 

 by Mr White, ib. and 336 n. 



Moustoc, or white-nosed monkey, ii. 

 439. 



Mouth, its expression, i. 319. 



Mulattoes, who, i. 407 n. 



Mulberry leaves, the best food for the 

 silkworm, iv. 312. 



Mule, how engendered, i. 507 and n. ; 

 some pases of their having young, ib. ; 

 it^ serviceableness, ib. ; in Spam, ib. 

 508 n. ; dexterity iu descendnig pre- 

 cipices, 508 ; between thu goldfinch 

 and canary (see GoldSoch). 



Mullet, its method of escaping^ from 

 the seal, 11 394, 395; notice of the, iii. 

 535. 



IVIullus, the fish discriminatrd, iii. 534. 



Multivalve shell-fish, iv. 45 and 80. 



Mummies, commerce in, i. 433 ; sup- 

 posed medicinal, ib.; method of searcli- 

 ing for, ib. 434; iu what state found, 

 4:4, ■135 ; acciiunt of one dug up at 

 Auvergne, 435 — 437 ; conjecturi-s con- 

 cerning, 437 ; one found at Kilsyth, 

 ib. n. 



Muscardin, a kind of dormouse, ii. 336. 



Muscles, human, their strength, i. 331, 

 336. 



Music, how produced, i. 360; pleasures 

 of, 361 ; strange instances of the ef- 

 fects of, ib. 362 ; case of madness pro- 

 duced by, 362; cured by, ib. ; bite of 

 the tarantula said to be cured by, 

 :^63 ; story of the ettect of, on the ass, 

 502 n. 



Musk animal, what known of it, ii. 57, 

 58 ; described by Grew, 58, 59 and 59 

 n. ; the Thibetian, its appearance and 

 habits, 69 u. ; Indian, described, 60 n.; 

 Guinea, ib ; Meminnaor Ceylou.ib. ; 

 Java, lb. ; Brasilian, ib. 



Musk, pigmy, ii. 49 and n. 



Mu-k-bag, strong perfume of the, ii. 

 5H; its qualities, ib. ; itsstrength when 

 tii^t extracted, 59 n. ; how obtained, 

 60, whence, 01; probable counter. 

 fiMts, ib. 



Wiismon, a kind nf wild sheep, describ- 



ed, ii. 20—23 ; known to the ancients, 

 21 n. ; Corsicau, described, 22 n. 



Musqoito fly, where common, iv. SJI', 

 400 n. ; elfects of its bite, 400 n. 



Mussel, the fish and shell, describnd, iv. 

 65, 66; generation, 66; eggs, ili. ; 

 fecundity, ib. ; multitudes, ib. ; ene- 

 mies, ib. i afraid of storms, 67 ; at- 

 taches itself to rocks by filaments, ib.; 

 its instrument of motion, ib. ; its 

 furrow in the sand, 68 ; stockings 

 made at Palermo, of its beard, ib. and 

 n. ; where found, ib. ; in some in 

 stances poisomms, 69 n. ; instance 

 at Leith, ib. ; to what owing, ib. 



Mutina, remarkable earthquake iu, i.83 



N 



Nails, human, their properties, i. 328, 

 329. 



Narwhal, or Sea-Unicorn, its size, ui. 

 476 ; its remarkable projecting tooth, 

 ib. 477; askull in the StadJiouse hav- 

 ing two, ib ; how it uses the tooth, 

 ib. ; whether a horn or tusk, ib. ; its 

 peaceable disposition, 478 ; associates 

 with the whale, ib. ; distinguished 

 from it, ib. ; value of the ivory of its 

 tnnth, ib. and u. ; the fossil, luis given 

 origin to the stories of tlie unicorn, 

 479 ; a different species mentioned by 

 Fabricius, ib. n. 



Nature, replete with life, iv. 426. 



Nautilus, a kindof sea.snail, iv. 62; two 

 kinds, from the colour of the shell, 

 ib. ; the shell described, ib. : disen- 

 gages itself from the shell, ib. ; the 

 appearance of the, sailing in the 

 Mediterranean, 6.3, 64; object of its 

 fliglit, 64 (see C3 n.) ■. the theli, by 

 wliat fish navigated, 47 u. 



Nazareth, bird of, whether the dodo 

 be the, iii. 44. 



Neck, the, its use, i. 326. 



Needle-lish, account of the, ii'- 521 n. 



Negroes, vivacity of th<ir infants, i. 

 302; their treatment of women. 30 ; 

 of Africa, described, 399—401 and n.; 

 darkness of complexion, 405 ; some, 

 with white skins, 414 ; characters of 

 the, 387 11. ; those in the Asiatic is- 

 lands, 396 n. 



Nero, a tame lion in Wonibwell's men- 

 agerie, li. 153, 154 n. 



Nervati, wild sheep, described, ii. 19 n. 



Ness, river, near Bruges, phenomena 

 of its mouth, i. 190. 



Nests of birds, their structure, iii. 12 — 

 15 and ib. n. ; of the sparrow, jay, 

 wren, &c. 13, 14 n. ; hanging, of thtj 

 woodpecker, di scribed, 176—184. 



Nettles, sea, star.fish, or anemones, 

 why to railed, iv. 411. 



Newfoundland dog, size and strenath 

 of the, ii.203n. ; docility and sagacity, 

 204 n. 



