INDEX. 343 



uppearance and fmell, 428. M. dc la BorJe's account 

 of three tame opoflums, 429. The opotTum is not the fame 

 with the Eafl India animal called coefcoes, 430. Murine o- 

 poffum defcribed, 435'. The birth of the young in this fpecies 

 dill more premature than in the former, 436. Mexican o- 

 pofTum defcribed, 438. Have an ugly afpedl, 440. 



Orang-outang defcribed, viii. 77. The fame with the pongo 

 and jocko, ib. Have the greateft rcfemblance to man of all 

 the apes, 78. Bontius's account of them, ib. This account 

 fufpicious, 80. Dr Tyfon's defcription, ib. Accounts by 

 other authors, 8 [. BufFon's account of one which he faw, 

 86. Of the natural inltinfts of thefe animals, diftinguiihed 

 from what they acquire by education, 89. Comparifon of 



• the body of the orang-outang with a human body, 95. Has 

 a greater refemblance to man than to baboons and monkeys, 

 97. Tyfon's account of him criticifed, 10 1. 



Organic matter defined, ii. 36. How diftinguifhed from brute 

 matter, /i. By means of organic matter Nature forms orga- 

 nized bodies, 37. 



Ortohula, vli. 306. n. 



OiTa, V. 406. n. 



Otter defcribed, iv. 232. The young otters lefs handfome than 

 the old ones, 233. Isofafavage difpolition, and cannot be 

 tamed, 234. The fpecies probably extend over all temperate 

 climates, 235. Cayenne otters defcribed, 236. Sea otters 

 defcribed, vii 321. Canadian otter defcribed, 324. 



Ouanderou defcribed, viii. 133. 



Ouarine and alouate defcribed, viii. 176. Exceed the largeft 

 monkeys in fize, and approach to that of the baboons, ih. 

 Marcgrave's account of their oratory, 177. Remarkable in- 

 ftances of their fagacity, iSa. 



Ouaikare, vii. 151. n. 



Ovis, iii. 462. n. vii. 133. n. 



Ouiftiti, or rtriated monkey defcribed, viii. 29j. Might be 

 multiplied in the fouthern countries of Europe, 207. 



Ounce defcribed, v. 167. Taught by the PerGans and others to 

 hunt, 179. 182. 



Ox defcribed, iii. 423. The word, in common acceptation, de- 

 notes black cattle in general, without regard to fex, ib. n. 

 The cow may beufed in ploughing, 435. Of caftrating black 

 cattle, 436. The copulation or contadt of oxen produces 



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