INDEX. 



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Peccary, the, its food and courage when attacked - 246 



, . . where found - - ib. 



Pedlar's Acre, tradition of - - 160 



Pennant, Mr. on the gnu - - 268 



. on the American serval - - 336 



Pierre, M de St. his account of the increase of rats - 202 



Pig, the Guinea, description of * - 249 



. . devoid of attachment to its young - ib. 



. exceedingly clean in its habits - - 250 



. its food in a state of domestication - 249 



. . its mode of reposing - - 25O 



... its singular manner of fighting - - ib. 



Polecat, the, description of - - 306 



. its depredations - 308 



. . .its favorite prey - 307 



Pontoppedan on horses - -23 



Pratt, Mr. anecdotes by, on the dog - - 78 



his lines on the dog - - 180 



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Hat, the, a formidable enemy to mankind - - 199 



. . absurd notion of the Egyptians respecting - 203 



amazing fecundity of - - - goi 



capable of being tamed, and taught entertaining tricks 203 



. . description of - . . 200 



familiarity of one with a mastiff, a cat, and a raven 202 



. . its depredations .... fQQ 



two kinds of, in Great Britain - - 199 



the economic, description of . . 205 



. . its manner of crossing rivers - 207 



. . its migrations - ^^ ,t . . 305 



preserved by the Kamtschadales - - 208 



the musk, description of 203 



rebuilds its winter habitation annually - . 204 



where found - ... gQ5 



Rein-deer, the, casts its horns annually ,- - 6 



