INDEX 



A 



Acorn barnacle, 84 

 Adder, 206 

 Albumen, 146 

 Alligator, 63 

 Ambergris, 149 

 Ammonia, 146 

 Amphisbsena, 79, 187 

 Anemones, 82, 83, 220 

 Angler fish, 83 

 Animal fights, 32 



— locomotion, 187 



— products, 137 



— sanctuaries, 105 

 Animals as prize- 

 fighters, 32 



— which give electric 



shocks, 180 



— which sham death, 19 

 Ant, 78, 79 

 Antelopes, 26, 165, 166, 



167, 193 

 Antlers, growth of, 168 

 Aphides, 78 

 Apteryx, eggs of, 56 

 Argonaut, 201 

 Armadillo, 176 

 Astrakhan, 45, 51 



Asolotl, 141 

 Aye-aye, 125 

 Azara's dog, 25 



B 



Ban dog, 41 

 Barnacle, 84 

 Barwal sheep, 49 

 Bear, 37 



— baiting, 40 



— gardens, 41 

 Beaver, 134, 157 

 Beaver-rat, 82 

 Bee, construction of 



sting, 224 

 Beetles, 78, 141, 185 

 Biltonge, 140 

 Bird-eating spider, 157, 



220 

 Birds, locomotion of, 197 



— speed of flight, 197 

 Bison, preservation of, 112, 



119 

 ■ Black buck, 86 



Bones : use in commerce, 



146 

 Budding, 54 

 247 



