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INDEX. 



Rusfiberg, immense projection of the 



mountain of, i. 112, 113 n. 

 Rnttiiig- season of the stag', ii- 6G and 



liS. 



Sable, value of its skin, ii. 274, 275 ; its 

 fur described, 275 ; its habitudes, ib. ; 

 Country, ib. ; scarcity, 276; hunted, 

 ib. ; encouragements to the hunting 

 of, by the Russians, ib. 



Sabra, the, or trachipterus, notice of 

 the fish, iii. 534. 



Safety lamps. See Lamp. 



Sagoins, a genus of monkeys, ii. 441. 



Sai, or the bewailer, a kind of monkey, 

 ii 440. 



Sajou, kind of monkey, ii. 440. 



Saki, or fox-tailed monkey, ii. 4H. 



Salad-oil, a cure for tlie viper's bite, iv. 

 172, 173. 



Salamander, ancient notion of the, iv. 

 130; its appearance, ib. ; habits, 131 ; 

 whether venemous, ib. ; gekko and 

 black-water newt species, 132; in- 

 ternal formation, ib. ; viviparous, ib. ; 

 produces fifty at a time, 133 ; see 134 

 n. ; amphibious, 134 ; changes its skin 

 often, 135; tenacity of life, ib. ; re. 

 production of lost parts, 131 n.; the 

 terrestrial, where found, 133 n. ; hab- 

 itudes, ib. ; darts a milky fluid from 

 its skin, ib. ; not poisonous as report- 

 ed, 134 n. ; stupidity, ib. ; food, ib. ; 

 other habitudes, ib. 



Salangana, or the nests of the Chinese 

 swallow, compos. tion of, iii. 292 n. ; 

 where found, ib. 293 n. ; valued as a 

 delicacy, 293 n. ; commerce in, 293, 

 294 n. 



Saline waters, their properties, i. 122 n. 



Salmon, the, charactt'rited, iii. 5!0; how 

 distinguished, ib. n. ; its resorts, ib. ; 

 to what seas confined, ib. ; peregrina- 

 tions of the, ib. ; power of the, to 

 ascend cataracts, ib. ; how employed, 

 ib. and 548. 



Salmon-trout, the, distinguished, iii. 

 541 n. ; its habits, il). ; spawn, 512 n. ; 

 food, ib. ; flesli, ib. ; size, ib. ; lumin- 

 ous in the dark, ib. 



Salt, bay and common, i. 169. 



Saltness of the ocean, opinions concern- 

 ing the, i. 165; of lakes, 166; at- 

 tempts to deprive sea-water of its 

 saltness, 167; advantages of the, 169 ; 

 another effect of the, 172. 



Salt water, why fishes that live in it 

 will expire in fresh, iii. 547. 



Samari monkey, ii. 440. 



Saraeyel, a destructive wind in Persia, 

 i. 941 and n. 



Sanderling, account of the, iii. 348 n. 



Sand-piper, green, account of the, iii. 

 351 n. 



Sand-storm of A frica, description of the. 



i. 243—245 ; one described by Biiice. 



ib. n. 

 Santorin, a new island appeared at, 



1707, i. 93. 

 Sapajous, .species of monkeys, witit 



varieties, ii. 410 n. 

 Sarcoramphus, a class of birds, inclird. 



ing the condor, &c. suggested bv 



Dumeril, iii. 65 n. 

 Savage, the turner, a kind of fly, de. 



scribed, iv. 358 n. ; Derham's account 



of the nest of one, ib. 

 Savages, their barbarous treatment of 



women, i. 311; their confined aims, 



ib. ; their attention to finery and 



dress, 323, 324. 

 Scallop, tlie, remarkable for its manner 



of motion, iv. 74, and 71 a ; the Jaco- 



baean, its beauty described, 71 n. 

 Scaup-duck, the, described, iii. 422 n. 

 Scaurus Marcus, his exhibition of cro- 

 codiles to the Romans, iv. 130 and 



inn. 



Sciaena, the, fisli noticed, iii. 534. 



Scolopendra of the East Indies, de. 

 scribed, iv. 239 ; its painful bite, ib ; 

 varieties, ib. and 240 n. ; strength of 

 its poison, 240 n. 



Scooper, a name of the avosetta, iii. 

 341. 



Scorpio, or fiither-lasher, a prickly.fin. 

 ned fish, iii. 5.32 n. 



Scorpion, its hideousness, iv. 233 ; size, 

 ib. ; its parts described, ib. 234 ; its 

 malignity in some places, 234 ; eftects 

 of its sting on dogs, 235 ; the, of tro. 

 pical climates, 236; its irascibility, 

 lb. ; contests with the spider, ib.; with 

 one another, 237 ; kills itself, in what 

 circumstances, ib. ; female and young, 

 ib. 238 ; food, 238 ; the American, ib. ; 

 the black, ib. n. 239 n. ; the African, 

 239 n. ; strength of the scorpion's poi. 

 sou, 236 n. ; water, an account of the, 

 276, 277. 



Scotchman, one in the Tower, his en- 

 durance of hunger, i. 342 and n. 



Scotland, kings of, their stag hunts, ii. 

 70 n. 



.Scott, .Sir Walter, history of his High, 

 land wolf dog, ii. 198 a.; his anecdote 

 of an attempt made by Drs Black and 

 Hutton to eat snails, iv. 57, 58 n. 



Sea. See Ocean. 



Sea-breezes, i. 235, 236. 



Sfa-bream, a prickly-finned fish, iii. 5331 



Seal, the parts of its body described, ii. 

 386, 387; its size and colour, 387; 

 characters of the varieties, 388 and 

 n. ; size of its brain, 389, 390 and n. ; 

 Cuvier's observations on three in the 

 French menagerie, 390 n. ; tameiiess 

 of one, ib. ; attachment and intelli- 

 gence of another, ib. o91 n.; its 

 tongue, 391; foramen ovale, ib. ; 

 habitation ai.d food, 392; legs, ib. ; a 

 social animal, ib. ; actions in fine, 



