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 Greenland Whale the trade products obtained from it its mode 



of swimming, &c. (See Whale.; 36 



Grouse 102 



Guinea Fowl (Fig. 59) 102 



Guinea Pig (see Rodents) 67 



Gull an aquatic Bird 108 



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Halicore (see Dugong) 37 



Hamster its habits (Fig. 25) 69 



Hare (see Rodents) 67 



Harmless Snakes (Fig. 66) n 4 



Hawks their use in bygone time 96 



Hedgehogs one of the three principal families of Insect-Eating 



Animals (Fig. 40) 79, 84 



Herbivorous Cetacea (see Cetacea; 37 



Heron a stilt bird io5 



Herrings account of the fisheries the people employed and value 122 

 Hippopotamus an animal of the order Pachydcrmata, or thick- 



skinned 43 



Hog, or Boar, ditto ... 44 



Horse (see Solidungula) 47 



Hyaenas their characteristics 76 



, sleeping through the winter months. (See Marmot.) 69 



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Ibis the Sacred 106 



Ichneumon its use in Egypt 77 



Imago the final and perfect form of Insect Life. (See Figs. 9054) 131 

 Infusoria or Animalcules Animals which are so small that they 

 are infused in water, and can only be seen by the aid of a micro- 

 scope 159 



Insects why so called the divisions of their body (Fig. 89) their 



mode of breathing their eyes blood, &c 129 



Insects, classified according to their wings 134, 135 



Insects their changes (Figs. 90 94) 131 



Insoctivora Insect-eating Mammalia 83 



Invertebrate Animals such as are without backbones 17 



Isinglass an article manufactured from the swimming bladder of 

 the Sturgeon 126 



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Jackal its habits 



Jaguar one of the feline or Cat tribe 



