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INDEX. 



iisiiiar, i. 439; advantages of, 440; 

 rteferts of, 440, 4U ; Ray's, 441 ; 

 Kli!ni's, '143; Liunaeus', 4U ; that 

 followed in tliis work, 445 — ii'J. 



Tadpole, the spawn of the frog on the 

 forty-first day, iv. 91 and n. 



T.ijaeu, ii. 121. See Peccary. 



Talapoin, a monkey, fine colours of the, 

 ii. 43y. 



Talbot or English hound, described, ii. 

 •21 1 n. 



Tamain, kind of monkey, ii. 441. 



Tamandua, larger and smaller species of 

 the ant-eater, ii 532. 



T aiager, scarlet, its note, iii. 250 n. 



Tuirec, distinguished frum the hedj?e- 

 liog, ii. 353, 354 ; described, 354 ; ha- 

 bitudes, ib. 



T.spe worms, whether they always pro. 

 duce disease, iv. 410 n. ; the commim 

 tape, described, ib. 



Tapestry-bee, her ornamental furnish- 

 ing of the interior of her cells, iv. 

 343 n. See Poppy-bee. 



lapeti or Brazilian rabbit, au account 

 of the, ii. 320. 



Tapinambis of Congo and New Holland, 

 de-cribed, iv. 119 u. See Monitor. 



Tapir, the hippopotamus of the new 

 continent, ii. 628; described, ib. ; its 

 fr)od, ib. ; flesh, ib. ; characteristics, 

 529 n. ; habits, ib. ; attitude, ib. ; ac- 

 count of a female one exhibited at 

 fairs iu Holland, ib. 530 n. 



Tarantula, bite of, said to be cured by 

 music, i. 363; a kind of spider, de- 

 scribed, iv. 217 ; its fabled dangerous 

 bite and cure by music, 218, 219. 



Tarnassar, tlie great bird of, supposed 

 to be the condor, iii. 69, 70. 



'i'artar race of men described, i. 388 n. 

 and 394, 395. 



Tasting, opinions concerning the sense 

 of, i. 372; sensible iu children, 373; 

 affected by habit, ib. 



Tatou, see Armadillo, ii. 363; apara, 

 367 ; of Ray, ib. ; tatuette, ib. 



Tazee, breed of Indian horses, i. 484 n. 



Teeth, variety of, in animals, i. 325; of 

 quadrupeds, 452 ; of the cow, 522. 



Te lescope-lish, the properties of the, 

 ii. 524 n. 



Te niperate regions, earth in the, i. 14. 



Tench, the fish, described, iii. 54.3 n. ; 

 i ts resorts, ib. ; size, ib. ; flavour, ib. ; 

 account of one that took the shape of a 

 hole in whicli it was cnnfined, ib. 544 n. 



Tendrac, the, distinguished from the 

 hedgeliog, ii. 353, 354 ; size, move- 

 ments, and habits, 354. 



Teneriffe, peak of, a volcano, i. 76 ; its 

 height, 110. 



I'eniae or tape worms, account of the, 

 iv. j>10n 



Tercerons, who, i 407, n. 



Teredo bores through wood and stone, 



iv. 47 n. ; breaks down saud hanks, 



ib. 

 Terines or death-watch described, iv. 



392 n. ; manner of producing sound, 



393 n. 



TerM)ites, or white ants, where found, 

 iv. 366 n. ; their ola5se8 in society, ib. 

 367 n. ; chambers, 368, 369, n. ; beha- 

 viour of their soldiers, 370 n. 



Teru, the, or sea^swallow, an account 

 of the, iii. 385 n. 



Ternate, how rendered unwholesome, 

 i. 219. 



Terriers, Scotch and English, described, 

 ii. 209, 210 n. ; bull, 2f3, n. 



Tetrodon, the lineated, described, iii. 

 523 n. ; the remarkable poiver of the 

 fish to inflate its body, ib. 



Teuthys, the fish described, iii. 535. 



Theati-es and concert rooms, how they 

 should enlarge sound, i. 225 u. 



Therasia, a new island, i. 9.3. 



Thermometer, i. 126; principle of the, 

 lb. ; different kinds of the, ib. a. ; lim- 

 its of the, ib. n. 



Thoracic fish, what, iii. 52v) ; prickly- 

 finned, 532 ; soft-finned, 537. 



Thornback-ray, distinguished, i'i. 500. 



Thrush kind, birds of the, lii. 234 and n.; 

 their properdes, 235; varieties, the 

 missel thrush, its size and distinc- 

 tions, 234 n. 237; the song thrush, 235 

 n. see Mavis ; other varieties, 242 ; 

 the fieldfare, blackbird, &c. see Field- 

 fare, Blackbird; American thrushes 

 245 n. ; the brown or thrasher, ih. ; 

 its notes, ib. ; tlie migratory or red- 

 breasted, ib. ; the wood, its haunts 

 and song, described, ib. 246 u 



Thumb-footed shell-fish, account of the, 

 iv. 82, 83. 



Thunny, account of the, iii. 533 n. ; of 

 the fisheries of the, ib. n. 



Thyroid cartilage, seen in men, i 326. 



Tides of the ocean, i. 173 ; description 

 of the, ib. 174 ; precise account of the 

 manner in which they are caused, 

 174—176; affected by the channel ..f 

 the sea, 176, 177 ; the greatest where, 

 177, 178 ; an effect of the, 178. 



Tiger, the, its beauty, ii. 156; fierce- 

 ness, 157; distinctions of tlie, ib. ; re. 

 lative position, ib. ; where found, 153 

 habits, ib. ; strength, ib. and 159, 

 combat of one with three elephants 

 159 ; the three kinds of the, in Sun 

 dah Rajah's dominions, 160; scarce 

 nes8 of the real species, 161, 162; the 

 Bengal tiger, described, 161 n. ; fight 

 between two tigers aud a lion in the 

 Tower of London, described, 161, 162 

 n. ; tiger of Sumatra, its destructive- 

 ness, 162 n.; how taken, ib. ; how 

 far tameable, 1.57 and 163 n. ; play- 

 fuluess of oue, 163 n. ; tigreis lud her 



