INDEX. 



fage 



Carn/ileon, the, utility of its tongue and tail - - 31 



Capricorn, the, timber - 25(j 



* . . exceedingly beautiful . , 252 



fly only at night ... Q51 



Centipede, the, formidable appearance of -164 



. . numerous legs of, all supposed to be venom- 



ous - - - - 165 



Cepede, Corate de la, his account of the salamander - 38 

 Chafer, the cock. See Bettle, dorr. 

 . . pilL See Beetle, tumble-dung. 



rose. See Beetle, green. 



Cheesemites, description of - - - -166 



. . voraciousness of - - - 167 

 Chigoe, the, description of - - - - 159 



. painful operations of extracting, from the flesh 160 



Cicada, the wax-forming - - . - 292 



Cochineal, the American, description of * 296 



. . the lac - 0,95 



Consett, Mr. on the ants - - - - . 223 



Corallines, description of , - ^ . 343 



Cricket, the house, cause of its chirping - 170 



. description of - - 169 



. . how banished by a woman - - 172 



. . the field. See Grasshopper. 



. the mole, description of - - 175 



. occasional alterations in the nesf of - 174 



Crocodile, the, capable of being tamed - -21 



. . curious mechanism of its armour - 16 



. . description of . - -14 

 . female, her caution in depositing her eggs - 19 



* . how taken - - . go 



. . peculiar manners of . 17 



supposed time of its existence - 19* 



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Bfeath-watch, the, description of - . 



. . vulgar notions respecting its noise - 



