X CONTENTS. 



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Duck. Spermaceti. Ambergris. Whale Fishery. Vil- 

 lage of Smcerenberg. Decline of the Whale Fishery - 286 



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CHAPTER XIX. 



VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY. 



Watcli of Flora. Antipathies. Smell of Flowers. Flowers 

 in a Room. Leaves. Necessity of Alternation of Light 

 nnd Darkness to Plants. Acidity of Fruits. Starch. 

 Brazil Nuts. Genipa. Cannon-Bail Tree. Calabash. 

 Inflammable Plants. Fraxinella and Lycopodium. Doo- 

 doe Nuts. Stormy Petrel. Guacharo. Bog Fir and Oak. 

 Paper from Peat Csesalpinia pluviosa. Coryanthes ma- 

 culata. Shagreen. Fragrance of Flowers after Rain - 299 



CHAPTER XX. 



SEPULCHRES OF THE NATIONS OF ITALY. 



Tombs at Pcestum. Burning and Burying the Dead. Her- 

 cules. Roman Tombs. Structure of the Sepulchres of 

 Campania. Cinerary Urns. Contents of the Sepulchres. 

 Lachrymatories. Toilet of the Roman Ladies. Italo- 

 Greek Vases. Manner of Painting them. Etruscan 



Vases Ancient Etruria. Cities of the Etruscan League. 



Tombs at Tarquinii. Clusium. Etruscan Scarabsei 



and Money ,, *,^ -.?,"* - 318 



CONCLUSION .-..-.- 332 



