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INDEX. 



Haagga, animal of the zebra kiuii, de- 

 sciiliej, i. 510 n. ; where found, ib. ; 

 is gregarious, ib. ; tamed, 611 n ; used 

 in London, ib. ; usefulness of the, 

 when tamed, ih. 



(Jiiaii. the, dc-c-ribed, iii. 115; account 

 ol the niiyr;it:on ot the, 146, 147, and 

 145, 146 n. ; quail-tighting amongf the 

 Athenians, 147 ; how Ciuight by a cali, 

 lb. ; tialfic in quails, 146 u. 



Queen bee in a hive, iv. 319 and n. ; 

 le-'er more than one, ib. and 332; a 

 common grub can be fed into one, 319 

 n. ; her ig^s, .'527 j traui, ib. ; fructifi- 

 cation of the, 328 n. 



Quit", a c:tyon the Andes, i. 106 — 108; 

 its height, 109; appearance of meteors 

 th-n-, 2.')S anil '260 ; the wild-ass how 

 hunted ihere, 50J. 



R 



Kahbit, staf^es of generation in the, i. 

 292, ««; distinct fr..m the hare, ii. 

 299 i makes hules for security, 30O ; 

 loves the tieUis, ih. ; sometimes brings 

 forth at a distance from the warren, 

 ib. ; description of the apartment in 

 whicli tlie female brings forth, ib. 

 301 ; the tame, does not burrow, .SOI ; 

 various colours of the domestic breed, 

 ib. ; account of the production and 

 subordination of tome domestic ones, 

 ib. 302 ; age of the, 302 ; fiesli, ib. ; 

 multiplicarion of the, in Spain, ib. ; 

 prefers a waim climate, ib.; tame, the 

 larger, 303; the Syrian, ib.; none in 

 America, ib. 



Race, human, varieties in the, i. XW, 

 388 n ; dillerence, sn^all, 390; classi- 

 ticat'on of the, 387 — 390 n. ; several, 

 nescribei), 391 ; in the polar legions, 

 ib.; the Tartars, 3 4; Soutluru Asia- 

 tics, 396 u. ; Negroes, 399 ; Ameri- 

 cans, 401 ; Europeans, 403 ; diversi. 

 lied by colour, 404 — 403 and u — 110; 

 i-tatuie, 410 and n. ; lace, 411 and n ; 

 all from one common stock, 413 — 115 



Races, horse, ancient, in Sinithheid. i. 

 491 II. ; establisiied in England, 494 

 n ; culiivated, 495 n. ; estubhshed in 

 Hyde-park and Newmarket, ib n. ; 

 tlie eflects of, on the breed of horses, 

 492. 



Racoon, called the Jamaica Rat, its de- 

 scription, ii. 5 ; abnde, ib. ; iiijuri- 

 »us to plantations, ib. ; capable of 

 being tamed, 531. 



Rae»al, his accurate history of the frog, 

 iv. 89-92. 



Rails, birds, whence so called, iii. SriS 

 11. ; habitudes of the, ib. ; account of 

 the water-iail, ib. ; land-rail or corn- 

 crake, ib. 



Rain, how produced, i. 252, 253. 



Kain-wsiter, its impurity, i. 119. 



Kainhow, lunar, seen iii the north, i. 



2('3 ; solar, its appearance in the polar 

 regions, ii. 866. 



Kain-fowl, iii. 173. See Woodpecker. 



Ranking, his account of the lidian 

 elephant, ii. 4t!9, 470 n. ; theory of thu 

 fossil, 489 n. 



Rapacious birds, their cliaracteristics,ii i . 

 45 n. ; adaptation, 46—50; habits, 50; 

 classification, 62, 53. 



Rat kind, animals of ihe, their charac. 

 teristics, ii. 325; mnltiplicatiou, ib. 



Rat, tlie great or Norway or Surmolot, 

 its native country, ii. 326 ; character, 

 istics, ib. ;J27 and u. ; multiplication, 

 326 11.; its food, ib. ; size, ib. ; motions, 

 perseverance, &c. 327 n. ; migrations, 

 ib. ; hostility to the black-rat, 3i8, see 

 also, 330 n. ; extirpated frogs in Ire- 

 land, 328 ; its habits of rapacity, ib. ; 

 propagation, ib. 329 ; its enemies, the 

 dog, cat, and weasel, 329 ; black, the 

 common, till extirpated by the Nor- 

 way, 3i7; whether known to the 

 ancients, 330 n. ; where found, ib. and 

 331 ; abodes of the, 330 n. ; whether 

 any ptirticular enmity between it and 

 the burniolot, ib. ; the animal de. 

 scribed, :>31 ; instance of a tame, ib. ; 

 black-water, its dibtinclions and lood, 

 331. 



Rat, bSind, ii. 349 n. See Spalax. 



Rat, German, ii. 338. ."-ee Cricetus. 



Kat, musk, varieties of the, ii. 336—33=* ; 

 the desman and pilori, 3.37 ; the on- 

 datra, descrihed, ib ; disposition and 

 manner of living, ib. ; scent of the, 

 338; variously esteemed, ib. 



Rattlesnake, the, described, iv. 175 : its 

 rattle, ib. ; its morlal bite, 176; symp. 

 lonis, ib. ; account of one, inilicted on 

 a geuileman in Virginia, ib. 177; 

 remedies, 177; whether agile, ib. arid 

 11.; the, easily mistered by a man, 

 177 n ; account ot its power of fas- 

 cination, 177, 178, and I'K n. ; proof, 

 179, ISO; habitudes of the, KS n. ; 

 experiments of the eftects of the bite 

 on dogs, ib. 179 n. ; on the animal it- 

 self, 179 n. ; encouuler between a 

 dog and a n.ttle-snake, ib. ; instance 

 of three persons killed by the fangs 

 of a, left in a boot, ib. 180 u. ; vane- 

 ties, ISOn. 



Raven, its characteristics, iii. 150, 151 ; 

 inliiience of climate on the, 151 ; th"- 

 VI bite, 152; reclaimed and trained., 

 ib. ; iiKStiince of a tame one terrifying 

 the flocks of the wild, ib. n. ; of on« 

 tending a bruised dog, ib. ; habits ii. 

 the tame state, 152, 153; in the wild, 

 163; reverenced ly some, 154. 



Ray, his classiticatioii of animals, i. 441 

 —443. 



Ray kind, fish of the, their properties, 

 iii. 498; chari-cleristics, 4ii9 ; the 

 sharp.nosiil, ib. ; thon.bai'k, 500; 

 fire-Hare, ib ; their sue, ib. ; safety 



