INDEX. 



Ourang outang, the, its tricks and mode of opening oysters - 19(> 

 manners of one on ship-board - - 193 



Panther, the, description of - 44 



. prefers animal flesh to human - - ib. 



. pursues monkeys, &c. - ib. 



supposed to be untameable - - ib. 



. takes its prey by surprize - - ib. 



Park, Mr. Mungo, his account of a huge lion - 10 



Parsons, Dr. his account of a rhinoceros - - 163 



Pennant, Mr. on the fox - 63 



. . on the jackal - 80 



. on apes - - - - 198 



Fhillipe M. his account of the labors of an elephant - 129 



Platypus, the duck-billed, description of - * 237 



its food as supposed - - 240 



its singular conformation - - 23ft 



specimens of, sent to England - - 237 



Pontoppidan on the fox - - - 70 



Porcupine, the, description of ... 283 



description of the quills - - g85 



bezoar stones found in the stomach of - 286 



, . . its flesh said to be good eating - - 287 



its mode of defence - 285 



its inoiTensive manners - - 284 



its quills poisonous - - 285 



its voracity - 283 



maternal affection of - - 287 



Pratz, M. Du, his account of a colony of beavers - 86 



. on the American bear - 102 



Preacher, the. See Ouarine. 



Rabbit, the, description of - - 325 



. its surprising fecundity - - 326 



