INDEX. 3»7 



Carmcl ; fome curious petrefaftions found on that mount,!. 



207. 

 Carnivorous anim?ls. See Animals. 



Calpian Sea is a real lake, and communicates with no other fea 

 in the world, i. 37. Is reprcfented as nearly round in ancient 

 charts, 253. 

 Caftor, V. 21. n. 260. n. 261. n. 



Caltoreum, a fubftance found in the body of the beaver, and 

 ufed in medicine, V. 43. Hatha very offenfive fmell, 270. 

 Cat defcribed, iv. 49. Is extremely amorous, and the female 

 more fo than the male, 51. The male has an inclinaiion to 

 devour the young, ih. ; which the female will fometimes do, 

 52. In Cyprus, the cats were trained to hunt ferpents, /^. 

 Phyfical caufe of the cat's watch ng, 53. Thefe animals 

 cannot be entirely tamed, ib. Are extremely hardy and vi- 

 vacious, 55. Wild cat defcribed, ib. Wild cats found in all 

 countries of the world, 56. Pietro della Valle's defcription 

 of a fpecies of Perfian cats, ib. Have a perfeft refemblance 

 to the cat of Angora, ^7. Whence the beauty of thefe cats 

 proceeds, ib. Father Tertre's defcription of American cats, 

 5g. Cats fotietimes deep fo profoundly, that they can fcarce 

 be avfaked, 63. Sometimes their breath hath an odour of 

 muflc, 64. Chinefe cats have pendulous ears, ib. Some cats 

 obfervcd in France with pencils of hair at their ears, 6^. De- 

 fcription of the lion by the niime oi cot, &c. v. 64. n. 

 Catanea deftroyed by an earthquake in 1683, i. 41 1. 

 Cataraift. See ChefMeu. 

 Catus, iv. 49. n. 



Caverns ; diifertatlon on them, i. 442. Are in a manner pecu- 

 liar to mountains, 450. Frequent in the Archipelago Iflands, 

 ib. Defcription of the cavern in Derbylhive, called the 

 Devil's Hole, ^S I. Of the cavern in Antiparos, the cave of 

 Trophonius, and feveral others, 452. 453. Caverns are fre- 

 quent in all countries infeiled with volcanoes and earthquakes, 

 454. The labyrinth of Crete is a natural cavern augmented 

 by art, ib, 

 Cavia, iv. 296. n. v. 392. n. vii. 83. n. 

 Cavy a name for the Guiney-pig, iv. 296. n. Long nofed 



Cavy, See Agouti. Spotted Cavy. See Paca. 

 Cay, viii. J 96. n. 

 Caymiri, viii. 199, n. 



Cayopollio, 



