Vlll. CONTENTS. 



Insects, peculiarities in this order of beings, - 84 



their strength and agility, - 87 



their wonderful transformations, ib. 



their surprising instinct, - 89 



their uses, 90 



Instincts of the Monkey, the Cat, and the Hare, 52 



the Lion, Bear, Porcupine, Horse &c. 53 



Iron, its usefulness and importance, 8 



Jewels and Gems, - 10 



Kraken, its immense size, - 141 



Lama of South America, - 50 

 Land Crab, its instinctive qualities, - 134 

 Lead, 8 

 Limpet, how protected, 128 

 Loadstone* its importance, - 118 

 Lobster, justly styled wondrous, - 127 

 young, its instinctive habits, 133 



Man, intellectual pre-eminence of, - 3 



Marble, Alabaster, Flint, &c. - 10 



Metals, their nature and importance, 8. 



Meteors, fiery, the use of, - 180 



Meteors, watery, - 176 



Mineral kingdom, treasures of the, 7 



Mineral Salts, 9 



Mineral and medicinal Waters, 20 



Milky way described, 211 



Moon, her phases, &c. - - 189 



eclipses of, - 190 



her salutary influences enumerated, - 193 



