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INDEX. 



account of a tame one, ib.; Fabcr's, of one that had 

 a taste for music, ib. ; age of the, ib. 



Penguin, characteristics of the species, ii. 215; wings, 

 216 ; legs, ib. ; power of diving, 217; Mr Bennet's des- 

 cription of penguins, 216, .; the crested penguin, 

 217, n.; description of a penguin rookery, ib. ; colour, 

 ib.; Magellanic, ib.; described ib.; food, 218; flesh, 

 ib. ; social disposition, ib.; its remarkable nest, ib.; 

 female and egg's, 219. 



Penparkliole, a cavern. Captain Sturmy's descent into, i. 



00 



oo. 



Perch, notice of the fish, ii. 298; varieties of the, ib., n. ; 

 how fished for, 321,n. 



Perfunues, i. 201. See Odours. 



Periwinkle, the shell fish so called, ii. 369, n. 



Persia, dreadful wind in, i. 125; its breed of horses des-' 

 cribed, 249. 



Pesoe, Nicola, the diver, account of from Kircher, i. 103, 

 104. 



Petrels, account of the, ii. 210 and . ; the stormy petrel, 

 211. n.', the little stormy petrel, ib. 



Petrifactions and fossil remains, ii. 593. See Fossils. 



Phalanc/er, a pouched animal, notice of, i. 512, . and 

 615, n. 



Phatagin, variety of the pangolin, described, i. 469. 



Pheasant at first artificially propagated among us, ii. 72; 

 brought from Phasis, ib.; beauty of the, ib.; the ani- 

 mal described ib.; its flesh, 73; manner of hatching. 

 ib. ; easily taken, ib.; or shot, 74; how domesticated 

 and reared, 75 ; a breed between the, and the com- 

 mon hen, ib.; varieties, ib. ; pheasants all natives of 

 Asia, 73, . ; golden pheasant of China, ib.; other 

 species noticed, iL. and 74, n. 



Philanger, a species of opossum, how distinguished, i. 

 515; habits of the, ib. 



Pholas orfilefoh, ii. 373; where found and in what 

 situation, 3/4; shell of the, ib.; the animal described, 

 ib.; power of penetrating hard substances, proved, 

 ib. ; perseverance and slowness, 375 ; numbers meet 

 in the same rock, ib. ; where found, ib. 



Physiognomy, how marked, i. 167. 



Pie land, birds of the, what class included under, ii. 86; 

 teasing and noxious, ib. ; places of building, ib.; re- 

 publican government, ib. ; archness, and capability of 

 instruction, 86, 87 ; other characteristics, 87. 



Pigeon, the, and its varieties, ii. 120 and n.; wild-rock 

 pigeon supposed to be the original of all the domestic 

 species, ib., n. : the passenger pigeon, ib. ; Audubon's 

 description of its habits and mighty flocks, 12], n. ; 

 ring pigeon or cushet, 122, . and 129; wood pigeon, 

 123, .; bisset or wild rock pigeon, ib.; management 

 of the dove cot, 124, n.; jacobine pigeon, 125, n.; col- 

 lared turtle, ib. ; ferruginous ground dove, 126, n. ; the 

 carrier pigeon, 127, .; different breeds of the com- 

 mon domesticated pigeon, 128 and 129, .; turtle 

 dove, 129. 



Pigmy of Tyson, the oran-outang, i. 491. 



Pigtail, a kind of baboon, noticed, i. 501 . 



Pihe, the, characterised, ii. 303 and n. ; its voracity des- 

 cribed, 322; mode of catching the, 321, 322, n.; saury 

 pike, 304, n. 



Pilchard, its place of resort, ii. 312; arrival, how known, 

 ib.; great quantities of the, how taken, 313; uses, 

 315; profits of the fishery of, ib.; general account of 

 the habitudes of the pilchard, 314, 315, n.; the pil- 

 chard fishery 315, 316, n. 



Pilori, a kind of musk rat, i. 454. 



Pindi, kind of monkey, i. 509. 



Pinnock or Hirling, a species of sea trout, ii. 321 , . 



Pintado or Guinea lien, its resemblance to the pheasant 

 and turkey, ii. 75; different names of the, 76; feeds in 

 flocks, ib.; the crested, and mitred, ib. 



Pipal or Surinam toad, its lothesome appearance, ii. 389; 

 eggs sent by internal canals to the back, ib; the male 

 described, 390. 



Pipe-JisJi, account of the, ii, 290; varieties of the, ib., n. 



Pipits, account of the, ii. 153, 154, n. 



Pismire. See Ant. 

 .Pistil of a flower, as seen by the microscope, ii. 598. 



Pilhvkos oftlte ajtcients, the ape, i. 497. 



Pv-ot or Jiazor-shell, ii. 369. 



Plague,- how caused, i. 113; some places free from, 114; 

 that of 1316, ib. ; its progress in Kngland in 1348, ib., 

 n. ; that in London, ltiO'5, ib., 1 15. 



Plaice, flat-fish, described, ii. 301, n. 



Planets, comparative sizes of the, i. 1 , 2 and . ; account 

 of the different planetary systems, 2, 3, n. ; description 

 of the planetary bodies, 5, 6, n. 



1'lants. See Vegetables. 



J'/euronectes, the, or flat fish, ii. 299. 



Plovers, account of the, ii. 192, n.; the golden plover, ib ; 

 the dotterel plover, 1 93, n. 



Plummet, used to sound the sea, i. 1 02. 



Pluto, gulf of, a chasm, described by Aelian, i. 31. 



Poison bag of insects, ii. 620. 



Potsers rf insects, ii. 617. 



Poisonous qualities of somefislies, whence derived, ii. 324. 



Poiwns sucked out, ii. 388; by the toad, ib. See Venom, 

 41(s'. 



Polar regions, descriptions of the earth there, i. 10; 

 voyages for exploring the polar seas, ib., n.; descrip- 

 tion of the ice there, 89 ; atmospheric phenomena of 

 the, 132, 136 139; the men found round the, des- 

 cribed, 209, 210. 



Pole-cat, its size, &c. i. 415 and n.; distinguished from 

 the ferret, ib.; its fine colours, &c. described, 416; des- 

 tructive to game, ib.; residence, ib. ; infests dove- 

 houses and hives, ib.; its fur, 417; climate, ib. 



Pollen, microscopic examination of, ii. 597, 598. 



Polynemus, the fish described, ii. 299, 



Polypus, description of the, i. 1 53 ; pullulation from the, 

 ib. ; multiplied by cutting, ib. ; general account of 

 polypi, ii. 562 570 and n. 



Pompey, a lion, age of, i. 366. 



Pongo. See Oran-Outang. 



Pope or Rujf, a small fisli described, ii. 322, n. 



Porcupine, its quills described, i. 464; its figure and 

 body, ib. ; whether it darts its quills, 465, 466 and n. ; 

 its method of defence, 466; prey or food, ib. ; age, ib. ; 

 its escape from dogs, &c.,ib.; how hunted by the 

 Indians, ib.; fables concerning the, ib. ; when tamed, 

 its fretfulness, 467 ; varieties of the, ib. 



Porpoise, the, distinguished, ii. 264; its agih'ty, 265; 

 method of seeking its prey, 266; destructive to the 

 nets of fishermen in Cornwall, ib.; follows fish up 

 fresh water, ib.; seen in the Thames at London, ib.; 

 how killed there, ib.; oil from the, ib.; fishery on the 

 west shores of Scotland, ib. ; young, ib. ; age, ib. 



Portuguese-man-of-war, a small molluscous animal so 

 called, account of the, ii. 375, n. 



Pouch of the opossum land, described, i. 5)4. 



Pouched animals, or Marsitpiata, i. 511 513, n. 



Poultry kinds, their utility, ii. 59; characteristics, ib.; 

 habitudes, 59 61. 



Prawn, description of the, ii. 331, . 



Pregnancy, progress of the embryo during, i. 157 160; 

 a child wonderfully affected by an execution seen by 

 the mother, while in that state, 219. 



Prey, beasts of, their habits, i. 239, 240. 



Prince of serpents, a beautiful species In Japan, ii. 428; 

 a favourite there, ib. 



Propolis, the substance with which bees stop crannies 

 in their abodes, ii. 524; whence collected, 525; man- 

 ner of using it, ib. 



Proportions of the human body, i. 176. 



Proteus genus of infusoria, ii. 627. 



Ptarmigan or White Grouse, ii. 80, n. 



Puberty, season of.i. 165; its time in different countries, 

 ib. ; symptoms of, ib. 



Puffin, bill of the, described, ii. 220; legs,ib.; migration 

 for the purpose of hatching, 221 ; dangers undergone 

 then, ib.; enemies, ib.: dispossesses the rabbit of its 

 burrow at Priesholm, ib.; how taken there, ib.; flesh, 

 ib. ; migration, 222. 



Puma, the, called the American lion, i. 368; description 

 of the, 375, n. 



Pupa state of insects, ii. 612. 



Python, a genus of reptiles, ii. 429. n. 



Quadrupeds, classification of, i. 234,235; their rank. 

 235; utility, 236; analogies to man, 237; then: adapta- 

 tion to their stations, 238; different structures of 

 their heads, ib.; teeth, ib.; legs, ib.; stomach, ib.; 

 their hostilities, 231*; seasons of seeking prey, ib.; de- 



