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Haut, vii. 151. n. 158. n. 



Hearing, a difcourfe on that fenfe, ii!. 26. Is liable 16 decep- 

 tions in fome inftances, //'. Curious inftance of a deception 

 with regard to the found of a bell, 27. Of the diflferent tones 

 of found, 28. Why fome founds are more agreeable than 

 others, 31. Of the refle.5lion of founds, and the organs oC 

 hearing, 33. Of deafnefs, 34. Thofe who have bad ears, 

 and unmufical voices, hear better with one ear than the other^ 

 34. Of trumpets and funnels for aififting the hearing, 3J. 



Hedge-hog defcribed, iv. 300. The female devours her offspring 

 when confined, 302. Is a malevolent animal, it. Very ge- 

 nerally difFufed, 303. 



Herinaceus, iv. 300. n. 304. n. 



Hiam, vii. 44. 



Hippopotamus defcribed, vi. 277. Imperfectly known to the 

 ancients, 278. No precife information obtained concerning 

 him till the middle of the i6lh century, 279. His fkin is im- 

 penetrable, unlefs fteeped in w.iter, 281. Columna's defcrip- 

 tionofthis animal inferior to Zerenghi's, 285. Prodigious 

 ftrength of the hippopotamus, 293. The fpecies is not nume- 

 rous, 295'. Sometimes confounded with the fea-cow, 297. 

 The hippopotamus mentioned by Diodorus Siculus, 304. Ob- 

 fervations on the method of preparing the animal's fkin, 305^. 

 His blood employed by the Indian painters as one of their 

 colours, 314. 



Hircus, vi. 206. n. vii. 33. n. 



H*g, hng of Siam, aad wiid boar, defcribed, iii. 500. Is not a 

 dillinft fpecies from the wild boar, 501. Is approached by 

 no other fpecies of animals, ii. I he fat of the hog differs 

 from that of almolf every other animal, 509. The hog is the 

 mod rude and brutal of alf quadrupeds, 511. His f^nfe of 

 feeling is very imperfeil, infomuch that mice will fometimes 

 eat into his back without dillurbiu;^ him, 512. Is fabjeif to 

 a leprous difeafc, ik Bed method of fattening hogs, 513. 

 Wild boars never attack or devour other animals, jr8. Me- 

 thod of hunting them, 520. Hogs have multiplied greatly in 

 America, 521. The boar, by becoming domeftic, degenerates 

 in cold countries, 522. 

 Mexican hog defcribed, v. 271. Is the moft numerous and re- 

 markable of all the animals in the New World, rh. Grtes by 

 a great variety of names, iL. a. Has a remarl».bie aperture 



