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INDEX. 



Sabra, the, or Trachipterus, notice of the fish, ii. 298. 



Safety-lamp, account of Davy's, i. 28, . 



Sayoins, a genus of monkeys, i. 508. 



Sai, or <Ae Bewailer, a kind of monkey, i. 508". 



Sajou, kind of monkey, i. 508. 



Saki, or Fox-tailed Monkey, i. 508. 



Salad-oil, a cure for the viper's bite, ii. 420. 



Salamander, ancient notion of the, ii. 399; description 

 of the, ib., .; its appearance, 400; habits, ib.; whe- 

 ther venomous, ib. ; gekko and black-water newt spe- 

 cies, ib. ; internal formation, ib. ; viviparous, ib. ; pro- 

 duces fifty at a time, 401; amphibious, ib.; changes 

 its skin often, ib. ; tenacity of life, ib. ; the gigantic 

 salamander, 400, n. 



Salmon, the, characterised, ii. 301 ; its habits described, 

 ib., n.; how angled for, 322, .; parr, or samlet, 301, 

 302, n., 321, n. [The parr is now proved to be, con- 

 trary to what is stated in the note, the young of sal- 

 mon in its second season.] Salmon trout described, 

 302, 303, . 



Salt, scarcity of, in some countries, i. 86,72.; bay and 

 common, i. 87; rock-salt, description of, ib., n. ; uses 

 of salt, ib. 



Saltness of the ocean, opinions concerning the, i. 85; of 

 lakes, ib. ; attempts to deprive sea-water of its salt- 

 ness, 86; advantages of the, 88; another effect of the, 



Salt Water, why fishes that live in it will expire in fresh, 

 ii. 309. 



Samari Monkey, i. 508. 



Sanderlinys, account of the, ii. 1 92, n. 



Sand-piper, the green, described, ii. 1 93, n. 



Sand-storm of Africa, description of the, i. 126. 



Sanlorin, a new island appeared at, 1707, i. 53. 



Sarcophatji, or Stone coffins, described, i. 227, n. 



Savages, their barbarous treatment of women, i. 166; 

 their confined aims, ib. ; their attention to finery and 

 dress, 173, 174. 



Scales and pores of the human skin, ii. 604; method of view- 

 ing them under the microscope, 605. 



Scales of fishes, ii. 605 ; of an eel, ib. ; of a carp, ib. ; hy- 

 pothesis relating thereto, ib. 



Scales on t/te ivinys of butteiflies, ii. 617, 618; varieties, 

 618, 619; disposition on the wing, 619. 



Scallop, the, remarkable for its manner of motion, ii. 

 369. 



Scaimts Marcus, his exhibition of crocodiles to the Ro- 

 mans, ii. 399. 



Scicena, the, fish noticed, ii. 298. 



Scolopendra of t/te East Indies, described, ii. 466, 467, 

 i and . 



Scooper, a name of the avosetta, ii. 1 89. 



Scorpion, account of the, ii. 462 466, and n. ; the black 

 scorpion, 466, . ; the African scorpion, ib. 



Scotchman, one in the Tower, his endurance of hunger, 



Scotland, great floods in, in 1829, i. 127, .; red and fal- 

 low deer in, 323, 324, n. ; capercailzie, or cock of the 

 wood, once plentiful in Scotland, now extinct, ii. 78 

 and n. ; endeavours to restore it, 79, n. 



Sea. See Ocean. 



Sea-bream, a prickly finned fish, ii. 297. 



Sea-breezes, i. 1 23. 



Seal, the parts of its body described, i. 481 ; its size and 

 colour, ib. ; characters of the varieties, 482 and n. ; 

 size of its brain, 482 ; its tongue, ib.; foramen ovale, 

 ib.; habitation and food, 483; legs, ib. ; a social ani- 

 mal, ib.; easily tamed, ib. n.; actions in fine weather 

 and a storm, 484; migrates, ib. ; propagation of the, 

 ib. ; manner of taking seals in Scotland, 485, n. ; cry, 

 485; combats, ib. ; method of pursuing fish, ib., 486; 

 how caught by Europeans, ib. ; by Greenlanders, ib., 

 and 484, n.; its skin and oil, 486; flesh, ib.; varieties 

 of the, ib. : the ursine described, ib. ; habits and affec- 

 tion, ib. ; fights for its station, ib. ; and for the female, 

 ib. ; the hooded, described, ib. ; the bottle-nosed, ib. ; 

 food, ib.; gregarious habits, ib.; sluggishness, ib.; 

 those seen by Lord Anson's people, ib. ; their flesh, 

 ib. ; where found, ib. 



Sea-larks, account of the, ii. 192, n. 



Sea-purses, molluscous animals so called, ii. 376, n. 



Sea-weeds, microscopic examination of, ii. 601; singular 

 species, ib. 



Seeds of plants, and their appendages, ii. 598; how to be 

 microscopically examined, ib. ; varieties, ib., 599. 



Semen of animals, animalcules in, ii. 638, a seq. 



Semnopithecus genus of Monkeys, its remarkable charac- 

 ters, i. 508. ' 



Seneyal River, in Africa, i. 78; how far navigable, ib. ; 

 inundations of, prejudicial, 80. 



Sensations of a man newly brought into existence, de- 

 scribed by Buffon, i. 202204. 



Senses of man, their comparative extent, i. 200 (see 

 Hearing, &c.); mutual aids, ib.; combination of ob- 

 jects of, ib. 



Seps, a venomous viper, ii. 423 and n. 



Sepulchres, Egyptian, described, i. 226, 227 ; one in 

 France described, 228. 



Serpents, general characteristics of, ii. 407, .; why held 

 in detestation, 407; operation of the poison of, 408; 

 uses of the, ib. ; where most abundant, ib.; ancient 

 devastations wrought by some not improbable, ib., 

 409; harmlessness with us, 409; distinguishing marks, 

 ib. ; swallow, ib. ; organs, ib. ; internal parts, 410; 

 number of joints in the back bone, ib.; the ribs, ib. ; 

 skin, ib.; scales, ib.; distinctions in size, 411 ; size of 

 some, ib. ; torpidity after feeding, ib. ; track of the, 

 ib. ; indiscriminate prey, ib. ; contests for water, 412; 

 capability of abstinence, ib.; voices, ib.; motions, ib., 

 413; amphibious in fresh water only, 413; foster, by 

 what possessed, 408, 413; distinguished as viviparous 

 or oviparous, 414; as venomous or not, ib. ; their de- 

 fence from their poisonous qualities, ib. ; enemies, ib. ; 

 means to destroy and charm them, ib., 415; by what 

 nations adored, and how, 415; classification, ib. ; in- 

 cantation of serpents, ib., n. ; venom, 416; (see Venom- 

 ous Serpents); those without venom, characteristics 

 of, 426 ; their bite, ib. ; manner of attack, ib., 427 ; 

 varieties, 427, 433, n. ; serpents in South Africa, 42-J, 

 425, n. ; serpents in Demerara, 426, n. 



Serpent, Sea, the, or Slops, noticed, ii. 299. 



Serpent-stone, account of the, ii. 426; how it produces its 

 effects, if any, ib. 



Sernal, described, i. 381 ; its resemblance to the caracal, 

 383. 



Sexes, state of the, in different countries,!. 165, 181. 



Shagreen, leather from the skin of the wild ass, i. 260. 



Shape of man, i. 167; of woman, ib. 



Shark, the, its varieties, ii. 269 and n.; the blue shark, 

 269, .; the basking shark, 270, n. ; the angel shark, 

 ib.; the great white, its voracity, 270 ; the, described. 

 271; fins, ib.; eyes, ib. ; swiftness, ib. ; how it seizes 

 its prey, ib. ; depredations, ib. ; instance of one biting 

 off a man's leg, ib. ; devouring persons let down into 

 the sea, ib.; enmity to man, ib. ; how taken by bait, 

 272; harpooned, ib.; killed by the negroes, ib.; the 

 sucking fish, or shark's pilot, ib.; young of the, ib.; 

 flesh, 273; oil, ib. 



Shaving, practice of, in different ages, i. 1 72, n. 



Sheath-fish, or Silurus, notice of the, ii. 299. 



Sheep kind, animals of the, i. 286; nearly allied to the 

 goat, ib., n. ; distinguished from the goat, 286, 287 ; 

 qualities and disposition of sheep, 287, 288, and n. ; 

 habits when tamed, 288; on the continent, follow 

 the shepherd, ib.; their fleece, 289 ; teeth, 290; their 

 young, ib. ; where found in their noblest state, 291 ; 

 effects of climate on, 293 ; different kinds of, out of 

 Europe, Iceland, ib. ; Merino sheep, account of, 289, 

 .; varieties of British sheep, 291, n.; long-woolled 

 British sheep, the old and new Leicester, the Tees- 

 water, the Devonshire nots, the Exmoor and the Heath 

 sheep, ib.; short-woolled sheep, the Dorsetshire, the 

 Wiltshire, the Herefordshire, the South Down, the 

 Norfolk, the Cheviot, &c., ib., and 292, .; Herdwick 

 sheep, dun-faced breed, Hebridean and Zetland sheep, 



the primitive race of, ib.; the umsmon, 298 and n. 

 Shell, the, of testaceous fishes, its substance, ii. 347 ; ac- 

 count of the formation of that of the garden snail, 

 348; whether formed of the slime of the animal's 

 body, 349; colouring of the, how accounted f or j^.. 

 convolutions of the, depend entirely on t] ie animal" 

 ib.; collections of shells, how polished, 350; pleasures 

 of the occupation, ib. ; birds that eat them, 351 ; shells 

 serve as abodes to other animals, 352 ; classification 

 of, ib. ; Lamarck's synoptical table of, 354 358, n. ; 

 various places where found, 352, 353 ; pelagii, or those 

 confined to the ocean, 355; littorales, or those cast 



