INDEX. 



B 



Baboon, the common, description of < - - - 196 



fond of eggs and cheese - - 198 



its capricious disposition - - ib. 



.... its depredations - 197 



its ferocious disposition - - ib. 



. . . . . . . savage in a state of confinement - ib. 



. . . the dog- faced, description of 199 



its predatory disposition and impudence ib, 



. . . the ursine, description of ib. 



. , a nuisance to travellers - - 200 



how taken ----- 202 



its depredations in gardens - - 200 



its ludicrous gestures, tricks and man- 

 ners - N 201 



. . '. See Ape, Monkey, &c, &c. 



Baboons, tame ..--..-- 202 



Badger, the, description of ------ 116 



.... has a white fetid substance under the tail - 1 17 



. . . . in a state of torpidity during the winter - ib* 



. . . - its means of defence - - - - ib. 



. . . . its skin used for various purposes - - -118 



. . . . mode of living - - - - - -117 



... naturally harmless - - 116 



. . . the stinking. See Honey Weasel. 



Barbary, apes of. See Ape. 



Earbor, his account of an hyaena 53 



Bat, the, description of 262 



. . . capable of being tamed ----- 264 

 . . its imperfect appearance ----- 263 

 . . . singular faculty observable in ... 65 



. . . female, her management of her young - 263 



. . the Vampire, description of .... 267 



a most dexterous phlebotomist - - 268 



its disagreeable smell - 270 



its flesh esteemed by the Indians - ib. 



Bats, long-eared - .--.-- 266 

 . , . . . how taken -...-- ib. 



