INDEX. 351 



Tucan, or Mexican fiirew, defcribed, viii. 271. The fame with 

 the red mole of Seba,' ib. Has not fagacity fufficient to dif- 

 cover its retreat, after having once left it, 272. 



' V 



Vacca, viii. 225. n. 



Vache, vii. 2. n. 



Vampire, or fpe^re, defcribed, v. 281. 



Vanfire defcribed, vii. 221. Is not a ferret, as fome have 

 thought, ib. The fame with the Java weafel of Seba, ib. Re- 

 fembles an animal called xhe nems, 223. Defcription of that 

 animal, ib. 



Vari, vii. 223. n. 



Vefpertilio, iv. 381. n. v. 281. n. vii. 234. n. 



Vefuvius ; account of its firft eruption, i. 412. 



Viper; has been faid to fuck cows, goats, and fheep, iii. 497. n. 



Virginity; its figns equivocal, ii. 417. 



Vifon defcribed, vi. 307. Has a great refemblance to the mar- 

 tin, 308. 



Viverra, iv. 252. n. v. 53. n. 240. n. 254. n. vii. 210. n. 



Unau. See Sloths.' 



Volcano's may be the caufe of confiderable earthquakes, i. 47. 

 DiiTertation on them, 408. 



TJrfus, iv. 226. n. 313. n. vi. 46. n. 53. n. 



Urus, vi. 151. n. Is the fame animal with the common bull iu 

 its wild ftate, 171. 



Vulpes, iv. 214. n. v. 46. n. ^t,. n. 406. n. vii. 268. n. 



W. 



Walrus defcribed, vii. 354. Is feldom feen but in the northern 

 feas,_357. Formerly much more difFufed than at prefent, 

 365. Can live for fome time in a temperate climate, 367. 

 Indian Walrus or dugon defcribed, 370. 



Water ; fubterraneous colleiftions of it exift, efpecially under 

 large plains, i. 54. 



Water elephant, vi. 278. 



Water-fnrew, or blind moufe defcribed, iv. 308 



Water fpouts ; account of them and their caufes, i. 398. 



Weafel defcribed, iv. 257. Rarely found in the northern coun- 

 tries, ib. Cannot be tamed, 258. This affertion contradic- 

 ted, 260. 



Whirlwinds ; account of them, i. 394. Produced by contrary 

 winds, 395. 



Whirlpools 



