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on his crupper, 272. Might eafily be rendered domeftic, 273. 

 Never intermixes with the European hogs, 275. Two diftinfl 

 ^fpecies of thefe animals nientioneJ by M. de la Borde, 276. 

 His defcriptionof them, 277. 



— Guiney-hog defcribed, viii. 239. Is domeflic and perfectly 

 tame, 240. 



Hog (lag defcribed, iv. ill. 



Hoitzlacuatzin, vii. 76. n. 



Homo duplex ; or a diiTcrtation upon the internal qualities of 

 man, iii. 264. 



Homo fylveftris, viii. 77. n. 



Hooded ferpent ; a ftone found in its head, vi. 440. 



Horfe defcribed, iii. 306. His excellent chara>fler, ib. Is rarely 

 feen in a natural ftate, 307. Is not ferocious, even when wild, 

 30S. Accounts of them by different authors, ^og. Diredions 

 for weaning foals, 314. 315. When the colts ought to bo 

 dreffed, 316. The horfe's mouth endowed with great fenfibl - 

 lity, 318. Explanation of the technical terms employed to 

 exprefs the different external parts of a horfe, 203. n. Of the 

 properties which dillinguiih a good horfe, 320. — 335. Of 

 th: propagation of horfes, 335. — 344. Of eroding the breeds 

 of horfes, 346. Of different kinds of horfes, 357. Remarkable 

 inftance of the fwiftnefs of an Eugliih race-horfc, 361. Of 

 the feeding of horfes in different countries, 385. Horfes of- 

 ten removed f;om the dominion of their mailers form the 

 link between domellic and wild ones, 394. 



Hottentots are not true Negroes, iii. 176. Kolbe's account of 

 their method of extirpating one of the tefticles of their males, 

 ib. 



Huanuca-Chama, vii. 133. n. 



Human fpecies ; varieties of it in the different countries of the 

 world, iii. 57. 



Hurricanes ; differtation on them, i. 386. 



Hyaena defcribed, v. 226. This animal confounded with the 

 jackal, the civet, the glutton and the baboon, ib. He is fo- 

 lit.ary, extremely ferocious, and can never be tamed, 23 j. 

 Tears the dead bodies of men and animals out of the earth, 

 236. More abfurditics related of the hyaena than of any 

 other quadruped, ;/;. Account of a hyaena fliewa at St Ger- 

 main, 237. Great ftrength of the hyaena, 23S. 



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