INDEX. 



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P.irrot taught to flatter Augustus, ii. 

 +7!) n. ; its docility, iii. 195; tauglit 

 to speak, ly6 ; Willoughby's story of 

 one bi-loiiging to Heury VII. ib. ; 

 numerous, varieties of the, 197; pe- 

 (■uli:irities in the toes of the, ib. ; in 

 Ihebill, 19S ; the tongue and throat, 

 ib. ; it.s climate, ib. 199 ; expertness 

 of the, taugiit in France, 199 ; cause, 

 ib. ; of the Brazilian, ib. ; account of 

 one, ib. iOO ; sagacity in a state of 

 nature, ib. ; egf;^ and young, ib. ; 

 how taken, 201; flesh of the, ib. ; 

 beauty of tlie Brazilian, ib. ; hoiv 

 found and shot, 202 ; abundance of 

 the, ib. ; skill in climbing, i04 n. ; 

 habits, ib. ; food, ib. 205 n.; haunts, 

 20,3 n. ; sleep, ib. ; age, ib ; diseases, 

 tiOa ; varieties, 203—205 and 203 n. 



Partrid .'e, delicacy of the flesli of the, 

 iii. 142, 143; the animal described, 

 142 n ; universal difliision of the, 144 ; 

 venery, ib ; care of its young, ib. ; | 

 partridge-shooting, 145 ;' the, never 

 tliorouglily domesticated, ib. 



Pa.ssions expressed by the features of 

 the face and attitudes of the body, i. 

 321. 



Patas or African monkey, ii. 436 ; size, 

 ib. n. ; limbs, ib. ; habits, 437 n. ; di.^- 

 positions, ib. 



Paul, .St, de Leon, in Lower Brittany, 

 country round, desolated by a sand 

 st'inn.'i. 2ir>— 249. 



Paul'.-., -St, Cathedral, whispering gal- 

 lery there, i. 220 n. 



Peacock, its beauty, iii. 114; scream, 

 ib. ; seen in flocks, ib. ; early do- 

 mesticated, 115; considered a deli- 

 cacy by the Koinans, ib ; in the times 

 nf Francis !., ib. ; its food, l!(i ; sala- 

 city, ib. ; flocks of them in Cambaya, 

 ib. 117; varieties, the Thibet, 117, 

 1 18 n. ; the Japan, 117 u. ; the Chinese, 

 ib. 



Peacock butterfly, account of the, in 

 its several transmutations, iv. 293, 

 ■ 299 n. 



Peahen, number of her egg?, iii. 116.; 

 ler age, ib. 



Peak, a raiointain in the Molucca Is. 

 lands swallowed by an earthquake, 

 i. 115. 



Perls, whether a disease or an acci- 

 dent of the oyster, iv 75 ; from what 

 tishcs obtained, 'iG; fi'^herie^ of, ib. 

 and 77 n. -, how conducted, ib. and 7S 

 n. ; comparative value of pearls, 77 

 n. -, whence the best, 77; in what 

 parr of the oyster found, 77 n. ; one 

 said to lie found in Conway, ib. ; 

 others in Ireland, ib. ; trartic in 

 pearls, 78 n. ; account of the divers 

 (..r, 79, SO. 



rcc<ary, animal of the hog kind, ii. 

 121 ; its abode and habits, 122 . odor, 

 tjuh lump on its back ib. ; colour. 



hoofs, &c. described, 123 ; herds of 

 the, ib. ; food of the, 124; flesh, ib. ; 

 the young of the, ib. ; disliuct from 

 the beg, 125. 



Peewit, name for the lapwing, iii. .'i.il 

 u. 



Pegasse, a kind of buffalo, accounts of, 

 by travellers, i. 54-i n. 



Pegu, the Indian Nile, i. 156. 



Pelagii, shell-fish ol the deep, iv. 48. 



Pelican, the Linuaean class of the. iii. 

 365 n. ; size of the, 365; the bird de- 

 scribed, .3116 n. ; account of the pouch 

 of the. and its use, 366, 367 ; ancient 

 notions of the, 367; Lahat's account 

 of the, 36S; indolence, ib. ; excrpt to 

 satisty gluttony, ib. ; female and 

 young, 369 ; for what purpose killed 

 by the Americans, ib. ; Raymond s 

 account of a tame one, ib. 370; 

 Faber's, of one that had a taste for 

 mu ic, .370 ; age of the, ib. ; tire red- 

 backed, described, 376 n. 



Pen, Sea, the, a kind of ciralline insect, 

 iv. 124 n. 



Penguin, characteri.stics of the species, 

 iii. 391, 392; wings, 392; legs, ib. ; 

 power of diving, 39.3 ; colour, ib. ; 

 the crested, its beauty, 393 n. ; the 

 bird, described, ib. ; disposition, ib. ; 

 nests and eggs, 394 n. ; Fatagouian. 

 ib. ; Magellanic, .391 ; described, ib. ; 

 food, 395; flesh, ib. ; social disposi- 

 tion, ib. ; itj> reniark;il<le nest, ib. ; 

 female and fgg^, 396. 



Penparkhole, a cavern. Captain Stiir- 

 my's descent into, i. 49 



Perch, notice of the fish, iii. 534. 



Perching birds, Ari.stntle's remark con- 

 cerniiig, illustrated, iii. 426 n. ; e.\- 

 ceptions to it, ib. 



Perfumes, i. 371. See Odours. 



Periwinkle, its class, iv. 73 n. ; eatcu, 

 ib. 



Persepidis, no sculpture of horses 

 tliere, i. 470 n. ; argument thence, 

 ib. 



Persia, dreadful wind in, i. 240, 241 ; 

 its breed of horses described, 479 and 

 n. 483. 



Pesce, Nicola, the diver, account o 

 from Kircher, i. 197—^99. 



Petaun-tie or flying philangers, de. 

 scribed, ii. 45.^ n. 



Petrel, the, whence so called, iii. 382 

 n. ; manner of 'kinnniiig and diving 

 during a gale or storm, ib. '.iKi n. ; 

 presages storms, 3K3 n. ; sensible ot 

 dansjer, 384 ii. ; their cry then, ib. ; 

 when? they breed and the noise they 

 make in hatching, ib. 



Petrifactions, of what substances found, 

 i. 34_l0n. See Fossils. 



Ph;eton or Tropic birds, descrilied, iii. 

 377 n 



Pliatat'in, variety of the pangolin, de- 

 scribed, ii. 3G3. 



