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INDEX 



Ray, 171, 219 

 Rhinoceros, horn of, 164 

 viper, 213 

 Rock-badger, 194 

 Rooks attacked by falcons, 



97 



Royal antelope, 26 

 Ruffed grouse, 31 

 Russell's viper, 214 



Sacer falcon, 102 

 Saiiba ants, 79 

 Saw-fish, 178 

 Scorpion, 222 

 Sea Lion, 192 



slug, 178, 219 



unicorn, 162 

 Seal, 192 



Sepia, 68, 145, 177, 201 

 Sha, 46 

 Shagreen, 144 

 Shammy-leather, 144 

 Shanghai sheep, 53 

 Sheep, 36, 45, 53, 165 

 Shrike, 40 

 Shrove Tuesday and cock 



fights, 39 



Silk-worm, 141, 151 

 Size, 143 



Skate, 68, 171, 185 

 Skink, 66 

 Skunk, 156, 174 

 Sloth, 193 

 Slow-worm, 66 

 Snails, 70, 142, 153, 202 



Snakes, 22, 23, 66, 80, 140, 

 148, 157, 200, 205 



Snake stone, 210 



Some curious sheep of 

 foreign lands, 45 



Soothsayers, 33 



Sparrow-hawk, 103 



Spermaceti, 149 



Spiders, 157, 220, 221, 222 



Spiny ant-eater, 54 



mice, 170 

 Sponges, 83, 84, 155 

 Springhaas, 190 

 Squirrel, nest of, 132 



dormouse, 130 

 Starling, 81 



Stick insects, eggs of, 55 

 Sticklebacks, 171 

 Sting bull, 218 



ray, 219 

 Stoat, nest of, 132 

 Sword-fibil, 178 



T 



Tallow, Russian, 45 

 Tambreet, 58 

 Tarantula, 157, 221 

 Thorn moth, eggs of, 55 

 Thresher shark, 174 

 Tinamou, 30, 56 

 Toads, 20, 67, 176, 216 

 Torpedo, 184 

 Tortoise, 65, 80, 81, 148 

 Tortoiseshell, 150 

 Tree-kangaroos, 245 

 Triton shells, 154 



