3S6 INDEX. 



Inlands; a difcourfe on the origin of new ones, I. 442. Art 

 either produced fuddenly by the operation of fubterraneous 

 fires, or accumulated by the fediment of the waters, ib. Ac- 

 counts of the rifing of m.my new iflands, 443. et feq. New 

 iflands never appear but in the neighbourhood of old ones, 

 449. Why there are few iflands in open feas, ih. 



Ifthnius of Suez ; would produce a great inundation if cut, t. 

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Kebos, viii. 156. n. 



Kevel, or flat horned antilope, defcribed, vi. 400. 



Krietfch, vii. 178. n- 



Kumrah; a creature begot between anafs and a cow, viii. j^i 



Lacerta, v. 356. n. 



Lacertus, v. 355. n. 



Lakes, a dilTertation on them, i. 290. Wherein they diflFer frJin 

 mediterranean feas, 352. Diffcrrent kinds of lakes defcribed, 

 330. 331. How fiilt lakes mny be produced, ib. Enumera- 

 tion of fomc of the moft remarkable lakes, 333. Account 

 ofalakein Bohemia, from whence often iflue Violent winds, 



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Lama dcfcribed, vii. 133. No exaft hiftory of this animal hither- 

 to given, 135. This animal m.acioii_'d by Gifaer under the 

 name oi Allocamehs, 136. ; and by Mitthiolus under that of 

 Elaphocamelus, ib. Peru is their n.i'-ive country, 138. Are 

 extremely lafcivious, yet copulate with diiliciilty, 141. Cannot 

 be made to quicken their pace, ib. n. When wild, they will 

 clrmb the highell rocks, X43. 



Lamantin, vii. 375. n. 



Laud ; a general view of it, i. 10. Was fonnerly covered with 

 the ocean, 12. — 17. In what manntr it emerged from under 

 the ocean, 30. Rtiifous for fuppofmg the dry land and the 

 •cean to change plates with each other, 41. 32. InftanceR- 



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