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INDEX. 



ions natiirp and habits, ib. 260; 

 history of one tamed by Mademoiselle 

 de Laistre, 260, 261 n. ; how tamed, 261 

 n. ; acc"Ui)t of one destroying- an 

 eag-Ie, 261, 262 n. ; in the same way 

 dpstroying- grouse, 262 u. ; method of 

 etealiiig and eating its prey, 261—263; 

 parturition of the, 203 ; effluvia, ib. ; 

 affection for putrefaction, and in. 

 stance of, 263, 26-t. 

 Weaver fish, iii. 566 ; see Trachinus. 

 Web of the spider, how formed, iv. 

 209—211; of the garden.spider, 212; 

 of the hunter-spider, 204 n. ; of the 

 labyrinthic, &c. 205 n. ; spun into 

 thread, 215. 

 Weevil, the g-rain-grub, its injuries, iv. 



379 n. ; see Grub. 

 Werner, his theory of the earth, i. 

 27—29 n. ; classification of rocks, 28, 

 29 n. 102 n. 

 Whale, its greatest size, iii. 4(;) ; its 

 amazing appearance, ib. 462 ; seven 

 varieties of the, 462; the great 

 Greenland, described, ib. 463; its 

 skin, 403; tail, ib. ; sciirfskin, real 

 skin, blubber, ib. ; cleft of its mouth, 

 ib. ; whalebone, ib. ; eyes, ib. ; eais, 

 464 ; spouts or nostrils, ib. ; its in- 

 ternal structure, ib. ; fidelity, 465 ; 

 female and young, ib. 466; grega- 

 rious, ib.; food oftiie, ib ; inott'ensive- 

 ness, 467; its enemies, ib. ; nations 

 that fish them, 46S; account of the 

 Irish whale-fishery, 468 — 170 n. ; 

 whales dimilli^hing in numbers, Hnii 

 the elfect, 469, 470; the, how killed 

 by the Biscayiieors, 471 — 474 ; account 

 of the northern Avhale-fishery, 470 — 

 472 n. ; anecdote of the maternal 

 fidelity of the, 474 n. ; uses of the oil 

 and greaves, 475; barb and flesh, ili.; 

 whalebone, ib. n. ; llesh, by what na- 

 tions p.-ized, 4"G. 

 \\halebone, account of its position and 



consistency, iii. 475 n. 

 Whale-louse, its injury to the whale, 



iii. 467. 

 Wheel, animal of the polypus kind, 



account of, iv. 42 n. 

 Whelk, its class, iv. 73 n. ; food from 



the, ib. 



Whidah-bunting, account of its change 



of plumag-e, iii. 284 n. ; see Widow. 



birds ; where found, 286 n. 



Whimbrel, account of the bird, iii. 352 n. 



Whip-snake, its appearance, iv. 180 ; 



venemous bite, ib. 

 Whirlpools; see Currents; the Mael. 



strnom, &e. i. 183. 

 Whiskers, veneration of the Spaniards 



and other nations for, i. 'i9.3. 

 Whiston, his theory of the earth, i. 



21-25. 

 White bait, account of the appearance 

 of, near London, iii. 560 ; what they 

 arc, ib. 



Whiting, the, noticed, iii. 5.37 n. 

 Whitlini^,the youiigof the salmon troutj 



not of the salmon, iii. 542 n. 

 Widah, kingdom of, the serpent, how 



adored there, iv. 163. 

 Widow.birds, whence the name, iii. 

 283 IL ; the females and young de. 

 scribed, ib. ; change of plumage, ib. ; 

 account of the moulting of, and ot 

 the Whidah.bunting, 284 n. 

 William the Conqueror, au improver o 

 horses, i. 491 n. 



Wilson's account of the pinnated grous, 

 iii. 13.=>n. ; of the crow, 154 n. ; of the 

 woodpecker, 176 n. ; account of the 

 wild-pigeon of America, 212 n. 



Winds, i. 227 ; how produced, ib. ; 

 chiefly by the sun, ib. ; difliculty of a 

 history of, 228 ; steadiness ol, in cer. 

 tain places, ib., 229; causes of, 229, 

 230 ; trade-winds, 231 ; monsoons, 

 232 and n. — 235 ; some wiids peculiar 

 to certHiii coasts, 235; some change 

 daily, 235, 2a6 ; east, why the most 

 powerful and constant, 237 ; on mouu- 

 taius, ib. ; varied by the seasons, 238 ; 

 its current, how increased, ib. ; hot, 

 239; destructive, ib. ; in Persia, 

 240; hurricane, 241; tornado, 242; 

 sand-storm, 243; storms in Britain, 

 245—248 n. ; in Frauce, 246 ; sirocco, 

 249 



Wiud.gun, account of the, i. 204 



Wings of birds, their conformation, iii. 

 4, 5 ; use of, in diving.fowls, 398 n. 



Wing-shell, or pinna, stockings made 

 of Its beard at Palermo, iv. 68 n. ; the 

 prickly, ib. ; the giant, ib. 



Wire-worm, a kind of grub, its injuries 

 to SI ed, iv. ^^79 n.; how prevented, ib. 



Wistiii, kind of monkey, ii. 441 ; de- 

 scribed, ib. n. 



W olf, the, distinguished from the dog, 

 ii. 227 ; period of gestation, ib. and n.; 

 size, colour, and disposition, 227, 228; 

 antipathy to the dog, 229; their un- 

 tameableiiess, ib. and 230; their 

 generation, 2J0— 232 ; strength, 232 ; 

 suspiciousness, 233 ; how hunted, ib. 

 234 ; how extirpated from England, 

 234 and n. 235 n. ; where found, 235 ; 

 the North American, its tractability, 

 ib. 236; anecdotes concerning it, 

 237 n. ; their cunning, ib. ; how 

 frightened, 238 n. ; and taken, ib. ; its 

 madness, ib. ; preservation of its 

 young, 239 u. 



Wolf-tish, notice of the, iii. 536. 



Wolga, the largest river in Europe, 

 what remarkable in the, i. 149 and 

 146. 



Wolverene, variety of the glutton, ii 

 2S6 n. 



Woodcock, size and description, iiL 

 13-1-136; haunts, 137—139; in win. 

 ter, 1 10 ; in the forests, ib. ; habits 

 in spring, ib. ; its cry then, ib. ; fe. 



