1 N U E X. 555 



D 



Dallie,T)i\ reaches 88° N. Latitude, 



9, & feq. 



Luc, Mr. of opinion that the ice 

 of the Glacieres is always increa- - 

 ling, 91, note m . 

 Deluge, Noah's, obfervations on, 



326, & feq. 

 Bucks, do not lit in the Ealt Indies, 



141 



Dutch, early difputes of with the 

 Englilh about the Greenland 

 filhery, 17 — Several reach high 

 Northern Latitudes,, 81, & feq. 



£ 



Earth, fuppofed meaning of this 

 term in Genelis, 335, & feq. 



Elk-, American, larger than the. 

 European, 160. 



Ellis, Governor, his argument againlt 

 aperpetual barrierof iceat8c4 5 9i 



Englijh zvriters, compared with the 

 French, 433, & feq. 



Equilibre of the Southern or Nor- 

 thern Hemifpheres, 28 



Equipment of Ihips for a Polar 



voyage 



57, & feq. 



Fijh, fpawn in the fame place, 



240, note d 



Freezing point, upon a mountain, 29 

 French writers, compared with the 

 Englilh, 433, & feq. 



Geefe, 'wild, fly higher than other 



birds, 176, note d 

 Geography of the 9th Century il- 



luftrated, 453, & feq. 



Goulden, Captain, reaches 89°N.Lat. 



19, & feq. 



Greafe, capons of, 131 



Grey, Mr. his anfwers to certain 

 Polar queries, 1 5 



Guiney hens, whether the Meleagris, 

 144 — Brought to Tunis from 

 Italy,- 147, note n . 



G-ivedir Family, memoirs of, 343, 



- & feq. 



Hakluyt, rides 200 miles to hear the 

 narrative of Thomas Butts, 15, 



note 111 . 



Haver-deer, never drop their horns, 



159, note K 



Hen of Carthage, 147, note n . 



Hen birds, their tail feathers often 

 Ihorterthan the males, 1 9 1, note m . 



Height of a bird in the air, how to 

 be determined, j 77 



Hernandcs, citation from, 128 



Higgins, Dr. his many ingenious ex- 

 periments on freezing fea-water, 

 97, Sc feq. 



Iachzcr, a Wellh antiquary, 40 1 

 Ice, floating.- Bouvet meets with in 

 53° S. Lat. 18. Sudden accumu- 

 lation of, 24. Not eafily formed in 

 falt-water, 92, &feq. Ice illands, 

 their formation, 1 1 5. Icebergs, 

 ibid. Different kinds of, 32, 



note z . 



Jcehoufe, temperature of, 193 

 India, what country fo called in the 

 15th century, 135, & feq. 



higo Jones, fome anecdotes with re- 

 gard to, 34 .r 



B Infctls, 



