INDEX. 



tame, 262; habits of tlie, ib. ; bad treatment of the 

 ass general, ib. ; highly esteemed in early times, ib., 

 263, n.\ its strength and other qualifications, 263 ; 

 c.stcemed by the Spaniards, ib.; once lost in England, 

 now common, ib.; of different countries, ib. ; its 

 diseases, age, &c., ib. 



Asterius, or star-fish tribe, described, ii. 561. 



Agronomy, definition of, i. 1; comparative sizes of the 

 planets, ib., 2, and n. ; account of the different plane- 

 tary systems, the Ptolemaic, the Egyptian, the T y- 

 chonic, the Coperuican, and the Newtonian, ib., 3, . ; 

 description of the sun and planetary bodies, 5, fa', n. ; 

 of comets, 7, n. ; of fixed stars, ib., 8, n. 



Atulantis, island of, disappeared, i. 56. 



Athanatus, his strength, i. 180. 



Athelstun, his attention to the improvement of the horse, 

 i. 255. 



Athenians, cock-fighting among the, ii. 62; quail-fight- 

 ing. 85. 



Atherine, description of the fish, ii. 301. 



AtmospJtere. See Air. 



Attitudes of the body express passion, i. 171, 172. 



Attraction and Impulsion, influence of, i. 3 5; nature 

 and effects of the attraction of gravitation, ib. n, 



how it produces the tides, i. 90. 



Auk, characters of the class, i. 219; the great auk, ib.,. 



A urelia or Chrysalis, state of ephemera, ii. 486 ; of the 

 caterpillar, 491; operations in that state described, 

 494, 495. 



Aurora BoreaUs, phenomena of the, i. 136, n. 



Aurora Monkey, i. 307, 308. 



Avosetta, description of the, ii. 189, and n.; its extraor- 

 dinary bill, 190. 



Axis Deer of eastern Asia, i. 327 n. 



Bal>oon, relative position among animals, i. 499 ; the, de- 

 scribed, ib.; its facial angle, ib. and n. ; disposition in 

 the savage state, ib. ; account of the, at the Cape of 

 Good Hope, 500; tamed there, ib. ; ferocity of one 

 described by Buff on, ib.; food, ib.; internal struc- 

 ture, ib. ; varieties, mandril, ib. ; wanderow, 501 ; 

 maimon, ib. ; dog-faced baboon, ib. n. 



Baby, a dwarf, account of, i. 221, 222 



Baliyrouessa, or Indian hog, why classed among the hog 

 kind, i. 351; the, described, ib.; its tusks, ib.; herd 

 together, ib.; dispositions, ib.; food,ib.; country, 352. 



/lack, shape of, in man, i. 1 76. 



Bacon, his remarks on the age of fishes, ii. 247. 



Badger, its appearance, i. 551, and n. ; habits, ib.; habi- 

 tation, ib.; carnivorous, ib. ; gestation, ib.; the young 

 tameable, ib.; instances of attachment of the, ib. n. ; 

 the spotted badger, 552, n. ; the American badger, 

 ib. 



Hag of some animals. See Pouch. 



Bahama Islands, poisonous quality of the fish caught 

 near one of the, ii. 324; by what caused, ib. 



Bait for fish, what the best, ii. 275 ; what shell fish used 

 for, 352; white, account of it, 318. 



Balance, hydrostatical, i. 72. 



Baldness, where it first takes place, i. 168. 



Balearic Crane, ii. 1 78. See Crane. 



Baltic Sea, its inundations, i. 99. 



Bantam Cock and Hen, ii. 64, n. 



Barbary Hen. See Hen. 



Barbel, fish, account of the, ii. 320, n. 



Barbs, or Barbary horses, i. 248; Italian sport with the, 

 ib., 249. 



of certain flat fish, ii. 277. 



B'tris, a small tribe of the oran-outang, account of the, 

 i. 495. 



Barnacle, distinguished from the wild goose, ii. 229. 



Barometer, instrument to measure the weight of the 

 air, i. 107: ascertains the height of mountains, 108. 



Barretiere, Philip, his long sleep, i. 189. 



Basilisk, a species of lizard, account of the, ii. 403, n. 



Bass, the resort of the solan goose, described, ii. 209. 



Bastard wing of birds, what, ii. 2. 



Bat kind, animals of the, where placed by different natu- 

 ralists, i. 471; most resemble quadrupeds, ib.; the, 

 of England described, ib. : its appearance and habits, 

 ib.; a tame one seen by Mr White, could rise from 



the ground, ib.; is torpid in winter, 472; its retreats, 

 ib.; makes no nest for the young, ib.; similitude to 

 birds, ib. ; that of our country harmless, varieties of 

 the, 473; the long eared, horse-shoe, and rhinoceros 

 bats, ib.; that of the East and West Indies, ib.; for- 

 midable, ib. ; numerous, ib. ; the great, of Madagas- 

 car, ib.; described, ib.; voracity, ib.; American vam- 

 pyre, ib. 



Bear, varieties, i. 544, and .; the brown, where found, 

 ib. and n. ; solitary animal, ib. ; its den, 545 : sleeps 

 during the winter, ib. ; gestation, ib.; voice, ib.; ca- 

 pable of instruction, 546 ; not tameable when aged, 

 ib.; hunted, ib.; bear baiting, 545, n. ; black bear of 

 America, habits and manners of the, ib. n. ; bear 

 hunting in America, 546, n. ; description of the grizzly 

 bear, 547, n. ; Bengal bear, 548, n. ; the white Green- 

 land, distinguished, ib. ., and 549; sagacity of the, 

 548, n : its size in cold climates, ib. ; how shot, ib. ; 

 abundance, ib. ; haunts, 550. 



Beard, customs of nations in the manner of wearing the, 

 i. 172, 173, and n. 



Beauty, female, when it is perfected, i. 1 66 ; tastes of 

 different nations in reg;ird to, ib.; of the human 

 figure, 176. 



Beaver, the remains of brutal society, i. 477, and n. ; its 

 disposition, 478, and n.; singularities in its form, ib., 

 480; their assembling, ib.; formation of a dike, ib.; 

 then- apartments described, ib., 481 ; provisions, ib.; 

 how caught, ib. 



Bee, Reaumur's diligent researches into the history of 

 the, ii. 513; the three kinds in every hive, ib. ; the 

 labouring, ib. ; the drone, ib. ; the queen bee, ib. ; 

 structure of the bee, 514; teeth, ib.; how it collects 

 wax, 516; Hunter and Huber's experiments, ib., , . ; 

 the belly described, ib.; honey-bag, 517; sting, ib.; 

 community of the, ib.; four companies in construct- 

 ing cells, ib.; form of the cells, ib. ; passages, ib.; 

 uses of the cells, ib. ; manner of constructing the 

 combs, ib.; honey cells, 518; food, ib.; stomachs, ib. ; 

 bee bread, ib. ; honey, whence extracted, ib.; eggs, 

 519; the bee's care of the worm, .V20; labours of the 

 worm, ib.; transformations, ib. ; the young bees, 521 ; 

 swarming, 522; settling, ib.; labours, ib.; slaughter 

 of the drones, 523; number of swarms, ib. ; rearing of 

 bees, ib. ; floating bee-houses in France, ib. ; their 

 wax, 524, and n. ; arts in using the propolis, ib. ; 

 honey, 525 ; the bee of Gaudaloupe, ib. ; the humble, 

 ib., and n. ; the wood, 526; the ground, ib.; the leaf- 

 cutting, 527; the wall, ib. ; inmates of a hive, 513, n.; 

 functions of the queen, ib.; functions of the worker 

 bee, ib.; functions of the drone, 514, n. ; on the con- 

 version of the larva of a worker into a queen, 519, n ; 

 description of different hives, 521, 522, .; the car- 

 penter-bee, 526, n. ; the poppy-bee, 528, n. ; the card- 

 ing-bee, ib. 



Beetle, characteristics of the class, ii. 541 ; transmuta- 

 tions, ib., 542; cases of their wings, ib.; differences 

 in size, ib. ; dorr-beetle, (see May-bug) ; general cha- 

 racteristics, 542 547; the elephant, where found, 547; 

 general description of the class of beetles, ib.. 548. n. 



Bell. See Diving-bell. 



Belly of the Oppossum. See Pouch. 



Beluga, or White Whale, ii. 260, n. 



Beroe, a molluscous animal, described, ii. 376, n. 



Bewailer. See Sat. 



Bezoar, German, a concretion found in the t-tomach^of 

 the chamois, its supposed properties, i. 307 ; describ- 

 ed, 308, 309; oriental and occidental, 44; hog, ib. 



Birds, their adaptations, ii. 1; conformation, 2, and .; 

 feathers, ib. ; wings, ib. : head, 3 ; then 1 internal struc- 

 ture, 4, 5; incubation, 7; nest, 8; professor Vlumen- 

 bach's summary of the characteristic qualities of 

 birds, 7 10, n.\ construction of nests, 10, n.; differ- 

 ent styles of nests, 1 1 , . ; immense number of insects 

 destroyed bv birds, 12, 13, B.; migration of birds, 15, 

 16, n.; classification of. 17; according to Linnaeus, 1 8 ; 

 their use, 28; adaptation, 29; habits, 30; their fecun- 

 dity small, ib.; superiority of the female, ib.: classi- 

 fication of, ib., 31 ; of the poultry kind, their utility, 

 59; characteristics, ib.; sociability, ib.; love of eat- 

 ing, ib., 60; sensuality and infidelity, ib. ; habit of 

 dusting themselves, 61 ; of the pie kind, 86; of the 

 sparrow kind, 1 30 ; time of song of British birds, 1 32, 

 n. : voices of birds, I33,. r and 137; of the crane kind, 

 170; influence of birds ou the imagination, 239. 



