INDEX. 



693 



wpatlier and a storm, 39i, 393; mi. 

 STates, 3y;j ; propagation of the, ib. ; 

 cry, 39ti combats, ib. ; method of 

 piirsuiiig fish, ib 395; how caught 

 by Europeans, 395 ; by Greenlanders, 

 ib. ; its skin and oil, 39ti; flesh, ib. ; 

 varieties of the, ib. and 38S u. ; the 

 ursine described, ib. ; habits and af- 

 fection, ib. ; fights for its station, ib. ; 

 and for the female, ib. ; the hooded, 

 described, ib. and 389 n. ; the bottle- 

 nosed, ib. ; food, ib. ; gregarious 

 habits, ib. , sluggishness, ib. ; tliose 

 seen by Lord Ansou"s people, ib. ; 

 their flesh, ib. ; where found, ib. 



Sea-mew, a kiud of gull, distinguished, 

 iii. 385 n. 



Semnopitliecus, genus of monkeys, its 

 remarkable characters, ii.441, 442 n. 



Senegal river in Africa, i. 151 ; how far 

 navigable, 152 ; inundations of, pre- 

 judicial, 157. 



Sensations of a man newly brought into 

 existence, described by Butiou, i. 373 

 —378. 



Senses of man, their comparative ex- 

 tent, i. 367 (see Hearing, &c.) ; 

 mutual aids, 369 ; combination of ob. 

 jects of, 370. 



Seps, a venemous viper, iv. 180. 



Sepulchres, Egyptian, described, i. 433, 

 434 ; one in France described, 43,'>. 



Serpent kind, why held i/i detestation, 

 iv. 14(5 ; operation of the poison of, 

 ib. 147 ; uses of the, 147 ; where most 

 abundant, ib. ; ancient devastations 

 wrought by some not improbable, 

 ib. 149; harmlessness with us, 149; 

 distinguishing marks, ib. ; swallow, 

 150 ; organs, ib. ; internal parts, 151 ; 

 number of joLuts in the back bone, 

 J52; the ribs, ib. ; skin, ib. ; scales, 

 ib. 153; distinctions in size, 153; size 

 of some, ib. 154 ; torpidity after feed- 

 ing, 155; track of the, ib. ; indiscri- 

 minate prey, ib. ; contests for water, 

 156; capability of abstinence, ib. 157; 

 voices, 157; motions, ih. 158; am- 

 phibious in fresh water only, 159; 

 fteior, by what possessed, 148, 159; 

 distinguished as viviparous or ovipa- 

 rous, 160; as venemous or not, 161; 

 their defence from their poisonous 

 qualities, ib. ; enemies, 102; means to 

 destroy and charm them, ib. 163; by 

 what nations adored, and how, i(i;i ; 

 classification, ib. ; venom, 164 and n. 

 (Bee Venemous serpents) ; tho^e, 

 without venom, characteristics of, 

 183 ; their bite, ib. ; manner of at- 

 tack, ib. 184 ; varieties, 184. 



serpent. Sea, the, or elops, noticed, iil 

 535. 



Serpent-stone, account of the, iv. 182; 

 liow it produces its etiects, if any, ib. 

 183. j 



Sertularia, a kind of coralline insect, | 



described, iv. 424 n. ; the pen.shaped, 

 ib. 



Serval, described, ii. 179; its resem. 

 tilance to the caracnl, 183. 



Setters, English, described, ii. 208 n. 



Sexes, state of the, in ditj'erent coun- 

 tries, i. 310—312, 336, 337. 



Shag or lesser corvorant, account of 

 the, iii. 376 n. 



Shagreen, leather from the skin of the 

 wild ass, i. 501. 



Shakspeare, his description of the 

 English hound, ii. 211 u. ; his vi-rse-s 

 on the swallow's choice of a mansion, 

 iiL 287 n. ; his simile of the halcyon 

 and flatterer, 437 n. 



Shape of man, i. 314 ; of woman, ib. 



Shark, the, its varieties, iii. 490 n. ; the 

 blue, described, ib. ; its pouch, ib. ; 

 the basking, 491 n. ; its oil, ib. ; bone, 

 ib. ; whence the name, ib. ; how 

 taken on the Northern coast^ of Scot- 

 laud, ib. ; its strength, ib. 492 n. ; use, 

 ib. ; the angel, distinguished from the 

 common, 492 n. ; the skin, how used 

 by the Turks, ib. ; where found, ib. ; 

 the great white, its voracity, 490 — 

 492; the, described, 492, 493; fins, 

 493 ; eyes, ib. ; swiftness, ib. ; how it 

 seizes it prey, ib. ; depredations, ib. ; 

 instance of one biting otF a man's leg, 



494 ; devouring persons let down into 

 the sea, ib. ; of one spriii:;iiig at a 

 man in a boat, ib. n. ; other instances, 



495 n.; enmity to man, 495; how 

 taken by bait, ib. ; harpooned, 496 ; 

 killed by the negroes, ib. ; the suck, 

 ing fish, or shark's pilot, 497 ; anec- 

 dote of its directing tlie shark, ib. n. ; 

 young of the, 497; flesh, 49S; oil, ib. 



Sheath-fish, or silurus, notice of the, 

 iii. 535. 



Sheep kind, animals of the, ii. 1 ; char- 

 acteristics of the, ib. n. ; distinguished 

 from the goat, 1—3 ; farther distinc- 

 tions, 2n.; qualities and disposition 

 of sheep, 3 — 5 ; their curiosity and 

 intelligence, 5 n- ; habits when tamed, 

 6; on the continent, follow the shep. 

 herd, ib ; cnmparative courage of the, 

 6 n. ; sagacity, ib. ; their fleece, 7 ; 

 teeth, 8; their young, 10,11; whenj 

 found in their noblest state, 12 ; dil. 

 ferent breeds of, described, 8 n. ; Lin. 

 colnshire, ib. ; Dorsetshire, Cheviot, 

 ib. ; Northumberland, South Down, 

 Yorkshire, 9 n. 10 n. ; Scottish, 10 n.; 

 size of one fed at Fenton, 10 n. ; 

 dunky, ib. ; Shetland sheep, 11 n.; 

 diseases of South Down, 12 n. ; elfects 

 of climate on, 13; gradation of do. 

 mestication, ib. n. ; different kinds of, 

 out of Europe, Iceland, 13 ; African, 

 13 n. ; Adimain, Morocco, Guinea, 

 ib. ; Congo, Zunu, Hottentot, 14 n.; 

 Barbary, Corsican, described, 15 n. ; 

 Asiatic sheep, ib.; Aatracan, ib.; Stea. 

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