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INDEX. 



Author's village, 21 cer- 

 tain grasses attached to 

 certain soils, 22 grass 

 balls, 102. 



Green colour for foliage, how 

 to obtain a, 75. 



Guinea, anecdote of the find- 

 ing of one, 373. 



Hair of animals, 145. 



Hairworm, the clay, 331. 



Hawk, the sparrow, 203 the 

 kestrel, ibid. the hawk- 

 moth, 284. 



Hay, crops of, method of 

 saving, in bad seasons, 25. 



Hazel tree, how liable to de- 

 cay, 121. 



Hedgehog, the, 130. 



Hellebore, the fetid, 63 its 

 medicinal 'uses, ibid. fos- 

 tered in cottage gardens, ib. 



Helvella, the mitred, 116. 



Holly trees, 371. 



Honey dew, 364. 



Hornet, the, 337. 



Horse, instance of the Ion- 

 gevity of one, 175. 



Horticulture, the first occu- 

 pation of man, 65. 



Hummingbird hawkmoth, 

 the, 284. 



Hummings in the air, 375. 



Hydnum fungus, the beauti- 

 ful floriform, 116. 



Ice, cause of its swimming 

 instead of sinking, 406. 



Industry, profitable fruits of, 

 to an agricultural labourer, 

 16. 



Insects, entrapped by the 

 snapdragon, 76 destroyed 

 by the sundew, 77 by the 

 dogsbane with great suffer- 

 ing, ibid. paths of, on 

 leaves, 104 their manner 

 of puncturing, 108 con- 

 sumption of, by birds, 1 74 

 but little attended to or 

 studied, 274 chrysalis of, 

 275 speedy methods of 

 killing them, 397 best 

 mode of preserving speci- 

 mens, 398. 



Insensibility to pain, striking 

 instance of, 12. 



Ivy, 84. 



Jack snipe, 252. 

 Jay, the, 186. 

 Jerusalem artichoke, 34. 



Kite, the, its numbers greatly 

 on the decline, 225 extra- 

 ordinary capture of a num- 

 ber, 226. 



Knowledge, slowly attained, 

 274. 



Labour of the peasantry in 

 the author's village, profits 

 of, 15. 



Lady-bird note of a song- 

 thrush, 270. 



Language of birds, 262. 



Larch, the famous one 

 brought to Rome in the 

 reign of Tiberius, 52. 



Laurel tree, the, 119. 



Leasing, 367- 



Life, duration of, 174. 



