INDEX. 



651 



Persian, 249 and n. ; Italian, D.inish, &c. 2,-,0; French, 

 described, ib. and n. ; German, ib. .; tame of Amer- 

 ica, 2.51 ; wild horses of South America, ib. n. ; of the 

 Archipelago, ib.; of Media, 252; India, ib. and ra. ; one 

 presented to our Queen, described, ib. ; of Guinea, 

 ib. ; of China, ib. ; Tartars live with their, ib. ; Gre- 

 cian, 253; English, ib.; swiftness of the, ib. ; Flying 

 Childers, ib. n. ; English hunting, 2.54 ; number of, in 

 England at different times, ib.; different breeds of 

 horses in Britain, ib. n.; coach-horse, ib. ; draught 

 horses, 2.55, n.: cavalry horses, ib.; race horse, ib.; the 

 hunter, 256, n. ; the Galloway, ib. ; the Welsh pony, 

 ib.; the Exmoor pony, 257, n.\ the Highland pony, 

 ib.; the Shetland pony, ib.; the Irish horse, ib.; in- 

 structions for purchasing horses, ib. and 258, n. ; des- 

 cription of a perfect, ib. 



Hottentots, their encounters with the lion, i. 361. 



Ifoutou, a bird of South America, ii. 166, n. 



Hoiclet, a kind of owl, ii. .55. 



Huber, his experiments on bees, ii. 516. 



Hudson, name given by Buffon to the Urson, i. 467. 



Human Semen, animalcules in, ii. 638. 



Humber, an island formed at the mouth of the, i. 56. 



Humble bee, an account of the, ii. 525; its cells, 526; fe- 

 males, ib. ; method of putting the colony into motion, 

 ib. 



Humming bird, beauty of the colours of the, ii. 165 and 

 n. ; varieties, 1 67 ; the, described, ib. and n. ; visits 

 Hewers, whether it extracts honey from them, ib. ; 

 bar-tailed humming bird, 168, .; topaz- throated 

 humming bird, 169, n.; account of its nest, ib. ; of the 

 nest in America, 170; disappears in the winter, in 

 cold climates, ib. ; note of the, ib. ; plumage, ib. 



Hunger, causes and consequences of, i. 1 84, . 



Hunting, American horses, how employed in, i. 251. 



Hurricane, description of the, i. 1 2.5. 



Huso sturgeon, account of the, ii. 285; its isinglass, ib. 



Hyaena, distinguished from the wolf, 408 and n.; its 

 fierceness, 409; cry or moan, ib.; a solitary animal, 

 410; dispositions of the, ib.; fables concerning the, ib. 

 the stripped hyena described, 408, n.; spotted hyaena 

 described, 409, /;. ; found in a fossil state in Britain, ib. 



Hydras, reptiles so called, ii. 431, n. 



Hydrostatics See Water paradoxes in, i. 71 ; metals, 

 how weighed hydrostatically, 72; laws of hydrostatics, 

 71,72. 



[tex, the, supposed by Buffon to be the source of the 

 goat, i. 303; their resemblance, ib. ; described, ib. . ; 

 Abyssinian ibex, ib. ; Caucasian ibex, ib.; -^gagrus, 

 ib. 



Ibis, venerated by the Egyptians, ii. 178 and n.; char- 

 acteristics of the genus, ib. n. ; the scarlet ibis, ib. 

 and 179, n. 



Ice, i. 69; its elasticity, 70; mountains and sheets of, at 

 the polar regions, 88; how formed, ib.; of what com- 

 posed, ib. ; mountain ice, description of, 89 ; Crantz's 

 account of the formation of, ib. 



Ichneumon, the, where found, i. 419: its size, shape, and 

 colour, ib. ; ability and courage, ib. andra.; its prey, 

 420 and . ; destroys tjie crocodile's eggs, ib. ; fables 

 concerning, ib. ; its habitudes, ib. ; physiognomy, ib. ; 

 glands, ib. ; account of one sent from Ceylon, 420; 

 veneration of the Egyptians for the, ib. 



Ichneumon fly, the, inserts its eggs into the grasshopper, 

 ii. 534, 611 ; into the caterpillar, ib. ; its formidable 

 nature, ib.; whence the name, ib.; the, described, 

 ib.; its weapon of offence, &c. ib.; manner of depos- 

 iting its eggs, ib. ; progress to the fly state, ib. ; its 

 uses, .53.5; wing of, 617. 



Ignis Fatuus, notice of the, i. 1 34, n. 



Iguana, size and description of the, ii. 402: common 

 American iguana, ib. n. ; the slate coloured iguana, 

 403, n.; the horned iguana, ib. ; the iguana fasciata, 

 ib.; how taken and killed by the Americans, ib. 



Illusions, meteoric, i. 1 39, 1 40. 



fmaiio or_/?;/ state of insects, ii. 613. 



Incubation of birds, account of the, ii. 7. 



Indians, American, how they palliate hunger, i. 186; 

 their method of charming serpents, described by 

 Philostratus, ii. 415. 



Indicator or honey-guide cuckoo, ii. 1 1 3, n. 



Indus, tides at the mouth of the, i. 92. 



Infancy of man, history of the, i. 160; sensations during, 

 161; vivacity of negroes during, ib.; infants when 

 newly born, their appearance, ib.; their voracity, 162; 

 endurance of hunger, ib.; their life precarious, ib.; 

 their growth, 163; progress of their understanding, 

 163, 164. 



Infusions for production of animalcules, ii. 624. 



Infusoria, fossil, ii. 593. 



Insects, Blumenbach's description of, ii. 436 438, n.; 

 Swarnmerdam's notions of their dignity, 437; their 

 real imperfection in formation, 438; instincts, ib. ; 

 utility, ib.; their numbers uninstructible, ib.; defini- 

 tion of insects, 439 ; numerous distinctions among, ib. ; 

 similitudes among, ib.; classification of, 440; sketch 

 of the history of, 440 442, n ; Lamarck's classifica- 

 tion of, 442 447, n. ; fossil remains of, ii. 593; struc- 

 ture and transformation of insects, 607 ; their eggs, ib. ; 

 microscopical insects, 620. 



Instinct, discovered in the incubation of birds, ii. 1 2. 



Inundation of rivers, different effects of, i. 81 ; diurnal, 

 ib. ; of the sea, S9. 



Isatis, the, compared with the dog and fox, i. 408; cli- 

 mates in which found, ib.; change of colour with the 

 year, ib. 



Isinglass, from what kind of sturgeon furnished, ii. 274, 

 285; its uses, 285; how prepared, ib. ; commerce in, 

 ib. 



Islands, new, i. 53; islands formed by rivers, 56; disap- 

 peared, ib. 



Ivory, the commerce in, an account of the, i. 527. 



Jabiru, a large bird of the crane kind, ii. 179; the Jabirn 

 guacu. discriminated, i 80 and n. 



Jackal, a species widely diffused, i. 406; its habits, 407 ; 

 packs of the, ib. ; manner of hunting, ib. ; followed by 

 beasts of prey, ib. ; its antipathy to the dog. ib. ; cry 

 of the jackal, described, 408, n. 



Jackdaw, account of the, ii. 93. 



Jaculus of America, a swift serpent, ii. 423. 



Jaguar of America, distinguished from the panther, i. 

 374, n.; description of the, ib. 



Jamaica, earthquake in, 1692, i. 50; meteoric phenom- 

 ena there, 1 35. 



Japan, volcanoes in, 44; Japanese tribe, described, 21 1. 



Jaw, human, motion of the upper, and under, i. 170; 

 position of the under in different ages and nations, 

 ib. 



Jay, description of the, ii. 98; common jay, ib. n.; red- 

 billed jay, ib. ; blue jay, ib. 



Je/ery, little, a dwarf, i. 220. 



Jenisca, river in Tartary, i. 77. 



Jenkins, his longevity, i. 206. 



Jerboa, an animal between the kangaroo arid rat, ac- 

 count of the, i. 455, n. and 559, 560. 



Jevraska, the marmout in'Siberia, i. 444. 



Jucatan, a peninsula, left by the sea, i. 98. 



Juffular fisli t what, ii. 294; prickly-filmed, 295; soft-fin- 

 ned, 300. 



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Kabassou, kind of armadillo, i. 471. 



Kangaroo, discovered by Sir Joseph Banks, in New 

 South Wales, i. 560; description of the, ib. n. 



Kermes, the insect, where produced, ii. 551 ; female des- 

 cribed, ib. ; the male, ib. ; how prepared, ib. 



Kerona genus of infusoria, ii. 634 



Kettering stone, examination of, ii. 592. 



KestrU, a species of falcon, ii. 4.5, n. 



Kevel, a kind of gazelle, i. 308. 



King-fisher, its appetites and beauty, ii. 237 and n. ; the 

 bird described, ib. ; its rapacity and activity in 

 seizing its prey, ib ; fables and poems with respect 

 to its power of allaying a storm, ib. ; nest of the bird, 

 described, 238 ; female and young, 238, 239. 



Kite, the, a kind of hawk, ii. 48; localities and habita, 

 ib., n., and 49. 



