6 94. 



INDEX. 



topyga, Cirrassinn, n.aiiy-Iiomed of 

 Iceland, 16 n. ; the broad-tailed, of 

 Tartary, &c 17; second race of Eu- 

 rope, 17 11. ; Wallachiau, Merino, ib. ; 

 t!ie priinaive race of, 19; dilterent 

 Viiids of t'lis race, ly n. ; Asiatic ar- 

 gali, decribed, ib ; the musmon, 'M 

 — '^i, -il n ; American argali, 20 n. ; 

 bearded argali, 21 n. ; anciently a 

 wild species of the, in BritHin, 22 n. 



Shell, the, of testaceous lishes, its sub- 

 stance, iv. 37; its composition, 3^ n. 

 and 48 ii. ; account of the formatiou 

 of that of the garden snail, ;!3 — iO; 

 M-heiher formed of the slime of the 

 animal's body, 40 and n. ; colouiiner of 

 the, hoiv accounted for, 40, 41 ; con- 

 volutions of the, depend entirely on 

 the animal, 41, 4i; collections of 

 shells, how polished, 42; pleasures of 

 the occupation, 43; and profit, 48 ii. ; 

 utdity of shell-fish in supporting other 

 animals, 43 n ; quadrupi-ds, ib. ; fiif- 

 tening sheep, 44 n. ; birds that cat 

 them, 45, 4fi n. ; shells serve as abodes 

 to other animals, 46, 47 n. ; the teredo 

 how it ministers to good, 47 n. ; 

 classification of, 44—46; various places 

 where found, 46, 47 ; pelagii, or tho-c 

 confined to the ocean, 4S; littoralc^, 

 or those cast on shore, ib. 49; fresii 

 water, 49; livma: land shells, ib ; 

 fossil shells, their variety and condi- 

 tion, ih. 50 ; all the spoil of some 

 animal, 50 ; historians of this class of 

 u:iture, ih. 51. 



Shell-iish, claims to he considered as 

 fish, iv. I ; the two tribe.s of, ib. ; 

 crustaceous, characterised, ib. 2. ; 

 testaceous, ib. 37. 



Shepherd's Dog, described, ii. 194 and 

 201 u. ; patience and faithfulness of 

 the, ib. ; hardiness, ib. ; usefulness to 

 the shepherd, 201 n. 



Si.ieldrake, a kind of duck, an account 

 of the, iii. 423 n. 



Shoeing of horses, cruellies often per- 

 formed in the, i. 497 n 



Shores, often a defence against the sea, 

 i. 195 ; ditierent appearances of, ib. 

 166, 187. 



Short-sightedness, i. 356 See Vision. 



Shnveller. iii. 333-336. See Spo.mhill 



blirike, name for the fjenus of butcher- 

 birds, iii. 90 n. ; country, form, and 

 habitudes of the, i'o. and 91 n. ; the 

 red-backed or lesser, 92 n. ; the great 

 one of America, 93 n. See Butcher- 

 liird. 



Shrimp tribe, the fnod of the whale, iii. 

 466 and n. ; the, described, iv. 8 n. ; 

 where loiind, ib. 



Si.irning, a species of the long-armed 

 iipe, account of the, ii. 419, 4:;0 n. 



Sicilv. earthquake there, in 1693, i. 84. in 

 1783, 8t< n. 



Silk, ancient scarcity of, iv, 209; scar. 



city of, in the days of James 1. 31 4 ii. 

 manufacture of, when tirstintrodutci 

 into this country, 315 n. 

 Silk-worm, ignorance of the ancien'h 

 with respect to the, iv. bC9 ; when 

 first brought into Europe, 3!0 ; the, 

 described, ib. ; the two methndi "i 

 breeding the, ib. ; in the warm cli- 

 mates of the East, 311 ; in Europe, 

 ib. ; form, &c. of the apartment in 

 which it is bred, ib. ; provision of 

 leaves, ib. 312; air, 312; progress of 

 the worm, ib ; its formatiou of the 

 silk-cone, 313; the thread described, 

 314 and n. ; its length, 314 n. ; the 

 original country of the silk-worin,ib.; 

 introduced into Russia, 315 n. ; into 



I Amerca, i'o. ; attempt to introduce it 

 into Ireland, ib. ; to the vicinity of 

 London, ib. ; varieties of the insect, 

 ib. ; its change into the winged state, 



[ 315; male and female, 316 ; eggs, ib. ; 



method of unwindinsf the thread, ib. 



Simoom, described, i. 243—245 and n. 



Singing-birds, their notes described, 



iii. 229—232 n ; American, 245—251 n. 



1 Siphuncilus, a soft worm, takes pos- 

 session of the shell of the Strom bus. 



I iv. 46, 47 II. 

 Sirli, a kind of hirk, iii. 257 n. 

 .Sirocco in .Sicily, i ffects of the, i. 240 n. 

 Siskins, birds of passage, iii. 278 ii. ; 



I where numerous, ib. ; food, ib. ; song, 



i ib. 



I Size of the human body, its varieties, 

 i. 330; variations, ib. 331. 



'Skate, the, discriimi.ated, iiL 499; de 



I scribed, ib. n. ; soiip made from iti 



I ashes, ib ; fables cimceruing the, ib. ; 



I where found, ib. 

 Skin, efi'ects of ago on the human, i. 

 380 ; animals that change the, iv. 

 289. 

 Skiiik, a kind of stinkard, described, ii. 



279. 

 Skull, diversities in the shape of the, 

 i 412 n. ; classified according to the 



I nations, 412, 413 n. 



! Slatberg in Iceland, diariiptioii of the 



I mountain of, i. 1 i4. 

 Sleep increases the weight of the body, 

 i. 331 ; necessary to ail animals, :ii8 ; 

 most of all to man, 343 ; some animals 

 spend much time in, ib. ; effects ol 

 the want of, on man, 344; cause of, 

 unknowTD, ib. 345 ; ettects of, 345 , 

 much required by the studious, 346; 

 a German stuuent performed his 

 tasks during, 347 ; story of a sleep- 

 walker, 347. 

 Sleuth-hound, Scottish name for the 



blood-hound, ii. 212 n. 

 Slips of moiuitaius, land-slips, i. 112; 



snow-sl ps, 115. 

 Sloth, varieties of the, ii. 535; descrip- 

 tion of the, ib.. its method of scram, 

 bliug on the ground, 53b; its struc 



