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INDEX. 



swimming, 458, it. : use of the mole, ib. ; habits of the, 

 459, n. ; shrew-mole, 461, , 



Molecules of matter, their activity, ii. 591. 



Mollusca, account of the, ii. 375, 376, ., 578 585. 



Mono,, a monkey, described, i. 506 and-??. 



Monad genus of infusoria, ii. 626. 



Monax, the marmout, in Canada, i. 444. 



Mongoz, a kind of monkey, i. 51 0, 51 1 , n. 



Monitor, a species of crocodile, ii. 393, n. 



Monkey kind, animals of the, their characteristics, i. 489 

 491, and n ; varieties in the class, 491; ape, ib.; 

 baboon, ib.; monkey, ib.; opossum, ib.; monkey, va- 

 rieties of the, numerous, 501 ; their numbers in tro- 

 pical climates, 502; dispositions, ib.; pests of other 

 animals, ib. ; contests with the serpent tribe, ib. ; en- 

 mity to mankind, 503; with difficulty caught, ib.; 

 pleasure of the Negroes on seeing them killed, ib. ; 

 how they injure corn. &c. , ib. ; and escape pursuit, 

 ib.; discipline of the, ib. ; cry, ib. ; food, 504; propa- 

 gation and care of the young, ib.; amusing when 

 tame, ib. ; Sir Thomas More's, defended rabbits from 

 a weasel, ib. ; their care of Father Carli, ib., 505 : 

 those of Africa the most entertaining, ib. ; the red of 

 Pennant, its peculiar colour and description, ib. n.; 

 collared white eyelid monkey, 506, n. ; the striated 

 monkey, 508, n. ; the Entellus monkey, ib. ; monkey 

 tribes of India held in veneration, 509, n. 



Monoculus, or Water-flea, described, ii. 4h'3; the cancroid 

 monoculus, ib., n. ; the four-horned monoculus, ib., 

 620; its eye, ib. 



Monsters, what, described, i. 218; causes of malforma- 

 tion, ib., n.; account of one by Malebranch, 219; 

 dwarfs, 220; giants, 222. 



Moon, her effect in producing tides, i. 90. 



Moose-deer, American name for the elk, its size, i. 3,33; 

 the gray, ib.; the black, ib.; largest of the family of 

 deer, ib., n. ; manner of shooting the, 334, . See Elk. 



Mormyrus, account of the fish, ii. 306. 



Morse, the, its description, i. 487; habits, ib.; numbers 

 decreased, ib.; value of their teeth, ib. ; great num- 

 bers killed by the Greenlanders, ib. 



Mosses, microscopic examination of,ii. 600; leaf of bog- 

 moss, 600. 



Mother-of-pearl SJiells, composition of, ii. 96; whence 

 obtained, 98. 



Mot/is, account of butterflies and moths, ii. 499 50.5, 

 and n. 



Moufflon, the sheep in a wild state, its character, i. 287, 

 297. See Musmon and A rgali. 



Mouldiness, plants of, as seen by the microscope, ii. 601. 



Moulting season of birds, account of the, ii. 5. 



Mountains, inequality of their size, i. 57; theories con- 

 cerning, ib., 58; uses of, 58; appearance of, 59 and n. ; 

 some remarkable, 61 ; the highest, 62; disruptions of, 

 63; snowslips on, 64 ; swallowed by earthquakes, ib. ; 

 height of, how determined by the barometer, 107. 

 Mouse, its dispositions, i. 451 ; timidity and enemies, 

 ib. ; extraordinary increase of mice in the royal forests, 

 ib., .; propagation, ib.; fecundity, 452; varieties, ib. ; 

 the long-tailed field, described, ib. ; short-tailed field, 

 ib.; white mice, ib., n.; harvest mouse, ib., w.; the 

 shrew, described, 453. 



Moustoc, or White-nosed Monkey, i. 507. 



Mouth, its expression, i. 170. 



Mulberry leaves, the best food for the silkworm, ii. 



510. 



Mules, account of, i. 263 and ., 264. 

 Mullet, its method of escaping from the seal, i. 486: no- 

 tice of the, 299, 321, 

 Mullus, the fish discriminated, ii. 298. 

 Multivalve, shell-fish, ii. 373 



conjectures concerning, 229. 



Muscardin, a kind of dormouse, i. 453. 



Muscles, human, their strength, i. 177; microscopic ex- 

 iiniinntion of, 602. 



Music, how produced, i. 196; pleasures of, 197; strange 

 instances of the effects of, ib. : case of madness pro- 

 duced by, ib., 198, n.; cured by, ib. ; bite of the 

 tarantula said to be cured by, 198. 



Musk animal, description of, i. 316, n., 318; musk, how 

 obtained, ib., n. ; quantity exported from Asia, ib., 

 and 317, n.\ its virtues, ib.; Thebetian musk, 318, .; 



Indian musk, ib.; Guinea musk, ib.; Ceylon musk, 

 ib.; Brazilian musk, ib. 



Musk Bull, account of the, i. 281, n. 



Musk, pigmy, i. 31 1 . 



Musmon, a kind of wild sheep, described, i. 297, 298, n. 



Musqtiito Fly, where common, ii. 555 and n. 



Mussel, the fish and shell, described, ii. 365, n., 366; 

 generation, 367; eggs, ib. ; fecundity, ib. ; multitudes, 

 ib. ; enemies, ib. ; afraid of storms, ib. ; attaches it- 

 self to rocks by filaments, ib. ; its instrument of mo- 

 tion, ib.; its furrow in the sand, ib. ; mussels some- 

 times poisonous, 368, . 



N 



Nails, human, their properties, i. 176. 



Nanvlicd, or Sea-Unicorn, its size, ii. 3b'0; its remarkable 

 projecting tooth, ib.; a skull in the Stadhouse having 

 two, ib. ; how it uses the tooth, ib. ; whether a horn 

 or tusk, ib.; its peaceable disposition, 261 ; associates 

 with the whale, ib.; distinguished from it, ib.; value 

 of the ivory of its tooth, ib. ; the fossil, has given ori- 

 gin to the stories of the unicorn, 262. 



Natural world, minute formations and phenomena of, ii. 

 587-622. 



Nautilus, a kind of sea-snail, ii. 364 and n.\ two kinds, 

 from the colour of the shell, ib.; the shell described, 

 ib.; disengages itself from the shell, ib.; the appear- 

 ance of the, sailing in the Mediterranean, 364, 365; 

 object of its flight, 365. 



Nazareth, bird of, whether the dodo be the, ii. 27. 



Neck, the, its use, i. 1 74. 



Needle-fish, described, ii. 290, n. 



Negroes, vivacity of their infants, 5. 1 61 ; their treatment 

 of women, 165; of Africa, described, 212; darkness of 

 complexion, 215; some, with white skins, 217. 



Ness, river, near Bruges, phenomena of its mouth, i. 99. 



Nests of birds, their structure, ii. 10 12, and n. ; of the 

 sparrow, jay, wren, &c., 10; hanging,, of the wood- 

 pecker, described, 104 117. 



Nettles, sea, star-fish, or anemones, why so called, ii. 561. 



Newt, black water, its class, ii. 152; not inconsumable, 

 ib. ; absurd remark on the, in the Philosophical Trans- 

 actions, ib. 



Niagara, falls of, on the St Lawrence, i. 81, n., 82. 



Nictitating membrane on the eyes of birds, what it is, ii. 3. 



Nieper, its course, i. 77. 



Niger, account of the, i. 78, n. 



Night, an African, described, i. 239. 



Nightingale, song of the, ii. 146, 147, w.; described by 

 Pliny, 146, 147; migrations and habits, 147; its note 

 in England, 148; nest and eggs, ib.; song in confine- 

 ment, ib. ; Gesner's anecdotes of its power of talking, 

 ib.; how taken, 154; and reared, 155. 



Nile, source of the, 78, 79, and n. ; benefits of its inun- 

 dations, 79, 80; rivers received by, 80. 



Nitrogen, a component of atmospheric air, i. 109, n. 



Nose, its position and form, i. 170; peculiar to man, ib. 



Notes, i. 1 96. See Tones. 



Notonecta, or Water-fy, described, ii. 201. 



Numidia, bird of, ii. 76. See Pintado. 



Nut-hatch, a bird resembling the woodpecker, ii. 107, n.; 

 the European nut-hatch, ib., 1 08, n. 



Nyl-yhau, a species of antelope, described, i. 31 4, ., and 

 544; habits in captivity, 544; manner of fighting, ib.; 

 where indigenous, ib. 







Oakey-hote, a cavern, description of, i 33. 



Ocean, its extent, i. 83; divisions of, ib.; estimate of its 

 bulk, 84; its uses, ib., 85; parts of, claimed by na- 

 tions, 85; its bays, &c., minutely known, ib.: saltness 

 of the, ib.; why not putrefied, 86; attempts to de- 

 prive sea water of its saltness, ib. ; effects of the pu- 

 trefaction of the, ib., 89; advantages of its saltness, 

 88; freezes, ib. ; luminous appearance of its waves by 

 night, 89; tides of the, ib. ; (see Tides)', circulates 

 round the globe, 92; currents of the, ib.; (see Cur- 

 rents); its various motions, 96; its effects on the earth, 

 ib.; lands gained from the, ib., &7 : inundations of the. 



