INDEX. 



Hare, the, instances of its being nurtured by the cat - 324 



remarkable fecundity of the female - - 321 



utility of its fur - 325 



Hedge-hog, the, description of '* 287 



an enemy to cockroaches - - - 289 



easily taken - - . - ib. 



its manners ... 288 



its mischievous tricks ... 290 



. . varieties of .... ib. 



the Malacca - - 291 



theTaurio - ib. 



the Tendrac - - - ib. 



Hippopotamus, the, description of - 174 



. anecdote of one just brought into the world 176 



. . . dangerous to meet out of the water - ib. 



. . . .its flesh esteemed by the Hottentots - 17? 



. its fury when wounded - 175 



. . . .its nocturnal excursions - - ib. 



. its timidity - - - - ib. 



mode of taking it in Africa - - 176 



. the Egyptian mode of destroying - 175 



. of the New World (called the long-nosed 



tapier), description of - 178 



Hope, Mr. his anecdote of a lion - - -20 



Horrebow, Mr. his account of the polar bear - - 106 



Hottentot, perilous situation of one - 15 



Hunter. Mr. J. had a tame hyaena - 51 



. Dr. on the nyl-ghau - - 352 



Hutchinson, J. presents his Majesty with a beautiful leopardess 4'Z 



Hyaena, the, its characteristics - 48 



. capable of being tamed - - 51 



. as remarkable for courage as rapacity - 48 



. a scourge to Abyssinia - . .49 



feeds greedily on putrescent bodies - - 48 



. kills dogs and asses - - - 50 



. a strange peculiarity in - - - 53 



. . its devastations among flocks * J 48 



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