INDEX. 325 



Hymen ; whether that membrane exillsor not, ii. 415. 

 Hyftrix.vii. 6f. n. 76. n. 83. n. 



Jackal defcribed, vii. 25:5. Varies every where in fize, 256. Dif- 

 fufed all over Afia, from Armenia to Malabar, 250. The 

 fame with the T/mj of the ancients, 263. Dig up the bodies 

 of men though buried ever'fo deep, 264. Will eat leather, 

 Ikius, tallow, and even excrements, 265. More troublefome 

 than the hyaena, ib. 



Jaguar defcribed, v. 187. Tiie mofl cruel and formidable ani- 

 mal in America, 188. Is faid to attack favages rather than 

 Europeans, i 89. Account of one fent to France from New- 

 Spain, 193. Manoncour's remarks on the jaguars of Guiana, 

 194. Is fometirnes killed by the ant eater, 196. 



Jaguara, v. 188. n. 



Jaguarete,v. 94. n. 



Jarff, vii. 274. 



Javelin Bat. See Bat. 



Ibex, vi. 363 n. 394. n. 



Ichneumon defcribed, vii. 210. Is domeRic in Egypt like the 

 cat in Europe, i/>. Hunts and eats every living creature, 21 1. 

 Deftroys the eggs of the crocodile, and the young crocodiles 

 themfelves, 212. There are no diftinifl fpecies of ichneumons, 

 213. Hallclquift's defcription cenfured, 214. Ichneumon 

 cannot be eafily reared intemperate climates, 217. 



Jgnavus, vii. 151- n. 



Jerboas defcribed, vii. 201. Four diftimfl fpecies of them, ik 

 Cannot walk, but advance by leaping, 207. M. Gmelin's re- 

 marks on its internal ftrudure, 207. 



Indian Walrus. See Walrus. 



Infancy ; difqourfe on it, ii. 269. 



Infibulatio*. ; how performed, ii. 403. 



Jocko defcribed, viii. 77. SttOrang Outang, 



Ifatis, or Ardic dog defcribed, vii. 268. Is peculiar to the nor- 

 thern regions, 27a. Why called the Crofs Fox, 271. Mr Co- 

 linfon's remarks on this auimal by the name of Cojac, 172. 



Iflands ; 



