INDEX. 



Pagt 



Dog, tlie Siberian, used for drawing sledges in Kamtschatka 106 

 Dormouse, the, description of ... 313 



f^fti 1 - . its state of torpidity during winter - - 315 



. . . magazine of provisions, nest, time of breed- 

 ing, &c. - ...... 314 



. . . the Chilian, description of * - 317 



c ' 1 . . the earless, description of - ib. 



. . . the fat. See Lovi. 



. . the garden *>?' - - 317 



,'T. . the gilt-tailed, description of - - 318 



: <M .- . the striped - - - 315 



Elk, the, description of - y i - 257 

 deprived for some moments of motion when suddenly 



roused - 263 



4 '. i . instance of recollection in - 26S8 



/ I . its flesh accounted good eating ... 264 



jj ,. . its mode of walking and acuteness of hearing - 258 



. . methods of taking .... 260 



. . mode of hunting - *o 259 



remarkable thickness of its hide - 264 



. *,. rendered useful in agricultural labors . , -.-; - 262 



. superstitious notion respecting - ... * : . : . - 263 



. . .i- the antelope, description of - e^,n - 264 



'.'' .- ' * - . . how hunted ... 265 



. . ' \<t \t- . where found - 264 



Ferret, the, description of .... 302 



, ( , ,. . .an enemy to the rabbit - . ib, 



_. . i . its natural voracity 503 



^ . .its vigilance in quest of vermin - - 305 



s . . much caressed by the Arabs ' . . - 306 



,, f . trained by warreuers to chase the rabbits - 304 



