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by the inundations of rivers, 311. Curious method of form- 

 ing an habitation for its young, 312. Does not fleep during 

 the winter, 3 '3. Frequents only cultivated countries, 314. 

 Mole of the Cape of Good Hope defcribed, 3 1 ?. Penfylvania 

 mole defcribed, 316. Raifes not the earth like the European 

 moles, ib. Siberian mole defcribed, viii. 238. 

 Mona, or varied monkey defcribed, viii. 156. Is fond of ants 



and other infe^ls, 158. 

 Monax, or marmot of Canada. See Martnof. 

 Mone, viii. 156. n. 

 Monghos, vii. 210. n. 

 Mongooz, vii. 224. n. 

 Mongous, vii. 224. n. 

 Moffhus grimmia, vii. 14. n. 

 Mofchus mofchiferus, vii. 45. n. 



Mouffettes, or (linking pole-cats defcribed, vii. 295. Have beeij 

 confounded with each other, and with animals of very diffe- 

 rent fpecies, 296. Diffufe a moll intolerable odour, 299. — 

 306. 

 Mouflon, and other fheep defcribed, vi. 205. Is the primaeval 

 (lock ofall the other Iheep, 228. Few now exift in Corlica, 229, 

 Moulds, internal ; attempt to define them, and explain genera- 

 tion by them, ii. 33. 

 Mountains ; how formed by the motion of the waters, i. 20. — 

 3<s. Tropical mountains more elev,ited than thofe of the 

 temperate climates, 231. Their figures very diiiercnt, 233. 

 Their tops at a dillance refemble the w^ves of the fea, 234. 

 The nearer we approach the Equator the higher are the 

 mountains, 237. The contours of all mountains refemble the 

 works of regular forifications, 241. Mountains have not 

 been formed by fubterraneous fires, 429. Nor by earthquakes, 

 431. Compofition of their internal parts, 461. 

 Moufe defcribed, iv 282. May be tamed to a certain degree, 

 ib. Prodigious increafe of thcfe animals, 283. Why fome 

 people have a horror at them, ib. White and red mice found 

 in different countries, 284. 

 Mules; (liflert^tion on them, viii. I. Differences between the 

 mules produced by a jack afs and a marc, and thofe produ- 

 ced by a horfe and a female afs, ib. Remaiks on the mules 

 produced by a he goat and ewes, 4. On thofe produced ht- 

 ^weeu a dog and wolf, 6. Ariftotle's remarks on the offspring 



