INDEX. 315 



Caby-bara, vii. 64. n. 



Cagui, viii. 201. n. 205. n. 209. n. 211. n. 214. n. 



Cajeta ; a mountain- curioufly fplit by an earthquake near that 

 place, i. 455. 



Caitaia, viii. 199. n. 



Calicut, formerly a celebrated city, now decayed, and moftly 

 covered with the fea, i. 495. The women there have feme- 

 ■times ten hulbands, iii. 99. The inhabitants lengthen their 

 ears to fuch a degree, that they fometimes hang down below 

 their flioulders, ib. Their legs fometimes as thick as the 

 body of p- ordinary man, ;'/;. People with fuch thick legs 

 alfo found in other places, i®o. 



Callitrix, or Green Monkey, defcribed, viii. 160. ; found in Mau- 

 ritania and the territories of ancient Carthage, ib. 



Calmar ; Needham's obfervations on the milt of that filh, \\. 

 62. 186. Animalcules in it of an extraordinary fize, 186. 



■ Some bodies difcovered in it like fpiral fprings, ib. Particu- 

 lar defcription of thefe bodies, 187. 188. 



Calmiick Tartars defcribed, iii. 68. 



Camel defcribed, vi. 118. Two fpecies of that animal, ib. n. 

 The Perfians have feveral kinds, 120. n. The Perfian Am- 

 baffador's account of the camel to M. Conftance, 122. n. 

 The whole fpecies limited to a zone of three or four hundred 

 leagues in breadth, 123. A native of Arabia, ib. Camels 

 can live feveral days without drink, 1 24. Are of vaft ufe to 

 the Arabs, 126. Can travel 50 leagues in one day, 127, 

 Camels can fmell water at the diftance of half a league, 131. 

 Why they can live fo long without drinking, 134. Their 

 nature confiderably changed by conftraint, flavery, and la- 



■ bour, 135. Exift no where in a natural (late, 138. Are 

 puided by the found of the human voice, or fome inftrument, 

 139. Become furious during the rutting feafon, 149. Are 

 more valuable than elephants, 145. Method of preferving 

 their flefh for food, 146. n. Their dung makes excellent fewel, 

 147. Might be made to live and be ufeful in other coun- 

 tries, 148. 



Camelus, vi. 118. n. 119. n. 122. n. vii. 133. n. 



Camelopard defcribed, vii. 109. One of the largefl and moft 

 beautiful of quadrupeds, ib. The fpecies confined to the 

 deferts of ^Ethiopia, and fome provinces in thefouth of Africa 

 and India, 1 10. Belon's defcription of the Camelopard, 112. 



Gillius's 



