INDEX. 311 



ing men and cattle, without waking them, 289. Tlieir flefli 

 talles like that of the hare, 291. The foregoing deft-nplion, 

 according to M. de la Nux, is exaggerated, 291. His ac- 

 count of ihem, 292. Are not carnivorous, 300. Senegal 

 bat defcribed, 302. Bull dog bat, 303. Bearded bat, 305. 

 Striped bat, 306. Javelin bat, yii. 234. 



Bear defcVibed, V. i. Two kinds, the land and fea bear, or 

 the while bear of the frozen fea, //>. Tlie land bears dilUn- 

 guifhed into the brown and black, 2. Brown bear defcribed, 

 2. Black bears are not carnivorous, '3. A red kind of bears 

 are as carnivorous and voracious as wolves, 4. Three kinds 

 of bears in Norway, ib. One of thefc fpecies faiJ to feed on 

 ants, 5. Bears are found in ail rude and defert countries, 6. 

 Are favage and folitary animals, 7. Are not torpid during 

 the winter, though they pafs part of that time widiout pro- 

 vifions, ;i. The males of the brown fpecies devour the cubs, 

 8. In the northern countries, the bears are faid to be intoxi- 

 cated by throwing ardent fpirits on honey, after which they 

 are eafily taken, 11. In Cauada and Louifiana they live in 

 decayed trees, and have their habitations 30 or 40 feet high, 

 ib. Method ot purifying their greafe, i 2. Bears are excellent 

 fwimmers, 13. Enjoy, in an exqulfite manner, the fenfes of 

 feeing, hearing, and feeling, 14. Have fome grofs refeni- 

 blances to man, ib. Accounts of fome domeftic bears, 15. 

 Cannot endure each other's fovlety, iinlefs brought up toge 

 iher from their earlieft infancy, 17. Difference between an 

 European and American bear, 19. White or Polar bear de- 

 j'cribed, vili. 216. Is falfely fald to be more dangerous than 

 the other kind, 221. Feeds commonly on feals, 223. Has the 

 bones of the head fo hard, that no blow of a club can brin"- 

 him to the ground, 224. 



Beaver defcribed, v. 21. Is faid to be among quadrupeds what 

 the bee is among Infeai, 22. Has no preteniions to rationa- 

 lity, 24.; on the contrary, he is conliderably Infciior to fome 

 animals, 26. 27. Account of their method of operating and 

 building their huts, 28. When a fociety is ruined by hunt- 

 ers, the rell difperfe and become vagabond, 36. Some of 

 Ihefe creatures are folitary, of which kind are all the Euro- 

 pean beavers, 39. It hath been falfely alfertcd, lliat the bea- 

 ver cannot live upon laud wiihout wiUer, 41. Accounts of 



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