INDEX. 



Pagt 



Otter, the, description of - / ,- - 222 

 , . anecdotes of a tame one - - 226, 227 



, . capable of being tamed, and rendered serviceable 223 



. . change their color in winter - - - 2^9 



f . how formerly hunted ... - 230 



, . its manners, food, &c. ... - 2$3 



its modes of taking its prey - 22$ 



. . its occasional excursions, playfulness, &c. - 224 



. . method of fishing with a tame one - - 229 



. . rankness of its flesh .... 23Q 



, . young one nourished by a bitch - 22 



. of Cayenne ..... 231 



. . the sea, description of - - ib. 



, . .its affection towards its young - - $3% 



. . .its flesh reckoned delicate eating - - 233 



, . .its manners of swimming and playfulness - 233 



0$, the common, description of - r - 36 



its utility - - - - 39 



veneration of the Gentoos for - 40 



Oxen, Indian - - - - ib. 



. wild - 36 



. ancient mode of killing . . - 37 



Pangolin, the, distinction between, and the lizard with which 



it has been confounded ... 283 



. . description of - - - ib. 



. . harmless disposition of 286 



. its food ... 287 



; . . length of its nose and tongue - - ib. 



. . . varieties of - - - ' 'Hi ' - 284 



. . . why called the stonevermin by the natives of 



Malabar ..... 285 

 Peccary, the, or Mexican hog, description of 245 



. . . capable of being tamed ... 24$ 



, . . ita flesh not fit to be eaten if the dorsal gland be 



tiot immediately cnt off - ** * - 241 



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