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from it, il). ; stnries of some of pro- 

 d.g'ous ^iz(", 501 ; retreats of tlie, i!i.; 

 femali' aiul enfgs, ili. ; fishing of the, 

 how praeliseii at acarliorouriih, M2— 

 50+; the Italian methoii, 50-1; inju- 

 rious species, ih. 5115. 



Rays, retraiif!il)i!itv and momentum of 

 the, ililfVrenl, i. a In n. 



Razur-»lK'll, the Irish fisheries of Ih 

 IV. 72 n. ; its remarkable hoh', "Tt; 

 liow taken, ib. 



Reaumur, his thermometer, i. 126 n. 



R'd, aversion of the buft'alo to that 

 rolonr, anecdotes concerning tlie, i. 

 542 II. 51(i u. 



ried-bird, note of the, iii. 249 n. ; of the 

 stnnmer, 250 n. 



Itedhreast, its note and habitudes, iii. 

 254. 



Red Sea, nature of its channel, i. l''l. 



Redshank, account of the, iii- 350 n. ; 

 the spotted de>cribpd, ib. 351 n. 



Red-wing, description and habitudes 

 of the, ili. 2:i8 n. and 240. 



Reflecting power of tlie nir, i. 210 n. 



Ileflection of sound, i. 225, 226 n. 



Refraction of li^ht, phenomena caused 

 by the, i. 210 n. 



Rein-deer, its country, ii. 97; useful- 

 ness, ib. ; shape, liorns, motions, 98 

 and n. ; change of hasr, colour, horns, 

 &c., 99; an attempt to introduce the, 

 into England, 9:t n. ; failure of many 

 attempts, ib. and 100 n. ; its abudv, 

 Laplaud, descrilie.l, 100, 101 ; enemies 

 to the, there, 101, 102, 110; how Hie 

 natives protect it, ih ; the feuui!e, its 

 yonng and milk, Hlv', lOli, 107; how 

 it spends the winter in Lapland, 10.! ; 

 dependence of the Liphnder on the, 



104, 105 n. ; the kinds of the, ib. ; pa- 

 tience of the tame, 105; the herds of 

 the, 105 n. ; their dirterent numbers, 

 ib. ; the milking of the, described, 



105, lOti n. ; whence their crackling 

 noise when running, 106 u. ; Uieir 

 age, 107; u«es of the tiesh, ib. ; milk, 

 ib. 108; skiu, 108; diseases of the, 

 109. 



Relish, on what it depends, i. 372 ; how 

 aflected by circum^tances, ."i?.!. 



Remora, or sncking-fisli ot the shark, 

 iii. 496, 497 ; anecdote of the, 497 n. 



Respiration on moiiiitaiiis, i. 110. 



Rhine, its fall, i. 145 n.; cataracts of the, 

 158 ; a part of, lost in the sand, ItiO. 



Rhinoceros, size of the, ii. 488— 4y0 ; 

 shape, 490 ; liorn. ib. ; skin, ib. 495 n. ; 

 contends with the elepliant, ih. 491 ; 

 fables Concerning the, 491 — 195; ac- 

 couQt of that, described by Parsons, 

 491; age, 492; anatomical description 

 of, by Thoina'-, 492 n. ; country and 

 haunts, 49.i; food, ib. and 4HI ; liow 

 taken, 493 ; varieties, ib. ; the double, 

 horned, 493 and n. ; its skin, ib. n. ; 

 tlie horn said to he loose when the 



animal qnief. Sec. it. I'luve's ac 

 count of tlie auinuil, 494 n.; perseculod 

 by a fly, 495 n. 



Rice bird, its note, iii. 2M n. 



Ring-dove, described, iii. 212. 



King-ouzel, its migrations and liauul.'. 

 Ili. 239 n. ; song ib. ; disposition, ili. 



Kiordan, Mary, how afflicted frniti 

 having swallowed the eggs of grubs, 

 iv. .380 n. ; and how cured. 381 n. 



Rivers, comparative purity of the 

 water of, i. 121; opinions concernina; 

 tlieir origin, 137, 138; whence sup. 

 plied, 139; in what manner, 140, 141 ; 

 their channels, 141, 142; their cur- 

 rent, 142 — 144 and 11. ; some without 

 any sensible desi'ent, 145 n. ; sinuosi- 

 lies increase as they approach the 

 sea, l!li; some with many mouths, 

 ib ; their rapidity how aflected, 147, 

 118; the largest in Europe, 149; in 

 Aoia, 150 and n. ; in .\frica, 151 ; in 

 America, 155, inundations of, 1.50 n. 

 1,52 11. 156, 157; cataracts of, 158; 

 rivers lost in the sand, 100 ; (juantity 

 of water in, lfi2. 



Rock of Arabian writers supposed to 

 be t!ie Condor, iii. 69. 



Rocks, Werner's classification of, i. 23 

 u. 102 n. 



Uoe-bui-k, de-cribed, ii. 86; varieties of 

 colour in the, lb. n. ; the hHiiiUs of 

 file, 87 ; method of running, ib. ; 

 adventures of one, ib. n. ; constancy 

 of their atrachmeut, S3; their gener- 

 atiou, growth, ci y, etc 88 — 90 ; vai ie- 

 ties, 90, 91. 



Roller, a kind of ,Tay, iii. 169, 170. 



Koiuans, destroyeu tlie British forests, 

 i. 193. 



Rook, the, iii. 155, whether a corn-eat. 

 ing liird, 1.56, l.')7 n. ; food of tlie, ib.; 

 roots out tiirfy hair-grass, l.')7 n. ; 

 meetings of young with the old, 153 

 n. ; in.->tam-e of a pair building a nesi 

 on a church vane, 159 n. ; contest 

 between rooks and herons for u rook- 

 ery, KiO n. 



Rookery, account of the form and 

 policy of the, iii. 159 — 161, 155 n, ; 

 sympathy among its members, 159 o. 



Rope- walking, elephants taught, ii. 477, 

 478 11. ; a horse taught, 478 n. 



Rouen, edio near, i. 2-5 n. 



Kulf, the, descni)ed, id. 313, 355; how 

 taken, 357, and sei vrd up, ib. 



Kuiniiiatiii!; animals, the class of, i. 517; 

 their habits, ib. ; construction of their 

 stomach and iiite.-tines, 5l8-5;0; 

 peculiarities of the, 51^> n. ; birds, 

 519; tishes, ib. ; insects, ib. ; instance 

 of a man ruminating, 5;0; cow kind, 

 ib. ; sheep and goat kind, li. 1 ; deer 

 kind, f 1. 



Runner, a name of the corrira, iii 3+2. 



Knnning, p wer of man in, i. ,33! ii. ; 

 Campared with that of the hoise, ib. 



