INDEX. 



Weasel, the common, description of - - -291 



an enemy to rats, mice, &c. - - 292 



its curious mode of sucking eggs - ib. 



naturally wild and untractable - ib. 



* manners of a tame one - . 293 



the usual method of taming - - 295 



its curiosity - _ - ib. 



its bite generally fatal - . 296 



f ' f nd of every thing putrescent - ib. 



' ti e of the female's parturition - ib. 



. the Honey, description of - 297 



an enemy to bees - . - ib. 



singular properties of its hide - 298 



how destroyed - . - ib 



White, Mr. on the bat . - . . 264- 



.on the hedge-hog . ggg 



. . .on the hare - 3^4 

 Wild Man of the Woods. See Ourang Outang. 



Wolf, the, its color, size, &c. - - _ -56 



voracious appetite of - _ - ib 



natural cowardice of - . - ib 



an enemy to sheep, lambs, hogs, calves, and even dogs 57 



overpowers sometimes the horse and the ox - ib. 



occasionally attacks man- - . - ib. 



its gluttony and cunning w . - 58 



. ' its ferocity - . _ _ - 61 



hunting - . 63 



how taken - - . . - ib 



its stupefaction when ensnared - . -64 



capable of being tamed - - . -65 



female, its maternal affection, &c. - - ib 



its quantity of food , _ -67 



its temporary docility - QQ 

 Wolfmouth - 



Wolf-shed - - . . . ib 



Wolverine, the, description of - . . - 121 



its.sagacity, courage, strength, &c. - ib. 



