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N D E X. 



J £) AN SO iV. His account of fea- 

 water being frozen, page 94 

 his obfervations with re- 

 gard to fwallows in Africa, 

 1 36, & feq. 

 AJhton t Sir Lever, fpecimens in his 

 Mufeum, 4? 8 

 Afironomer Royal, furnimes an in- 

 ftance of reaching 84% 53 

 Athenaus, citation from, with re- 

 gard to theGuiney hen, 148 



B 



Barker. His experiment with re- 

 gard to freezing fea^ water, 95 

 Bards IVeljh, hanged by Edward 



Blink of the ice, what, 33 

 Buffon, his anfwer with regard to 

 Captain Johnfon's having reached 

 88°, 42 

 Burney, Dr. gives an account to 

 the Royal Society of Crotch's 



early talents, 



3 11 



the lit, 



36 



But, four Englifh fpecies of, 165 

 — Decreate in weight whilft tor- 

 pid, 167 — Heat of in that ftate, 



168 



Bath, warm, recommended during 

 winter within the Pol r circle, 59 



Bathurjl, late Earl of, his great 

 mufical memory, 323 



BelUfle, Straits of, covered with 

 ice in June, 2,5 



Birds, height to which they rife, 

 176— Migration of, 174, & feq. 

 Canary, why they vary fo much 

 in colours, 186 — Method of 

 rearing their young, 259— Of 

 taming them, ibid, note \ — Fly 

 againlf the vyind, 1 8 1 



Camoens, citation from, about tur- 

 kies, 150 



Campbell, Dr. his information from 

 Dr. Dallie, p. 9 



Cartwrigbt, Lieut, his ingenious 

 account of the ice on the Labra- 

 dore coaft, 115, & feq. 



Cheynee, Captain, reaches North Lat. 

 82 0 , 5 



Clany, Alex, his map of the Nor- 

 thern feas, 28 



Cornifo, Mr. his experiments on 

 torpid bats, 167 



Crofs-bill, does not eat the kernels 



of apples, 221. note b Citation 



- from Matthew Paris about, ibid. 



Crotch, little, his early talents for 

 mufic, 3 1 1 — Extemporary com- 

 poijtion of, 316 



Cuckow. Some prevailing, notions 

 about this bird doubted, 245, 

 & feq.— Ariftotle, firft aiTertor 

 that they do not hatch their eggs, 

 246 — Hens of, well formed for 

 incubation, 253 — heard in win- 

 ter, 209 



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