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557 



R 



Ray. The merit of his Synopfis of 

 Britifti plants, 272 

 Rein-deer, will live out of the Arctic 

 circle, 153 — Fond of human 

 urine, 156 — Make a fnapping 

 noife with their hoofs, 157 

 Reward of 20,000 1. for difcovering 

 a communication between the 

 Pacific and Atlantic, 57 



Rhaad, bird, 



147; 



note \ 



Robin/on, Captain, reaches 82^ N. 

 Lat. 4 

 S 



Salting, Sir Charles Knowles's re- 



ceipt for, 



59, note z . 



Sea-water, not eafily frozen, 3 1 

 Snipes, breed in England, 211 

 Spain, K. of, indebted to the Royal 

 Society for fpecimens in Nat. 

 Hiftory, 276, & feq. 



South Sea Company, for nine years 

 fend mips to Greenland, 47 

 Sperlingius, citation from, with re- 

 gard to a turkey, 131 

 Spitjbergen, may be wintered in, 4. 



— Coals there, 16, note". 



Swallows, where they fir ft appear in 

 thefpring,227 — Difappear after- 

 wards for days, 226--Inftances 

 of their being found under water, 

 229, & feq. 

 Swifts, where found torpid, 238. 

 —Are weather-beaten before they 

 difappear, 242 



Turkey, bird, driven in flocks from 

 Languedoc into Spain, 130 — ■ 

 Young ones at a ferjeants feaft in 

 1555, 131 — Whether found in 

 Afia, 133 — Whether in Africa, 

 135 — Name of in moft lan- 

 guages, ibid. — Gyllius's defcrip- 

 tion of, 139 



Twites, congregate with linnets, 269 



W 



Wales, Mr. his obfervations on 

 floating ice, 115, note y. hj, 



note b . 



Watt, Captain, reaches 83 ~° North 

 Lat. \ • 7 



We/ley, Charles, account of as a 

 mufician, . 290 



— $ Samuel, account of for the 



fame talents, 298, & feq. — 

 Words of an anthem compofed 

 by him, 307 — Ballad compofed 

 by him, 309 



Whales, cannot breathe long nnder 

 the ice, 31, note y. 



Wind-boat:, propofed for paffing 

 from 8o^° to the N. Pole, 14, 



note K 



Wood. His voyage to the N. E. con- 

 fidered, 18, & feq. 



Woodcocks, occasionally build in 

 England, 2 1 3 — May be kept in an . 

 aviary, ibid.— Sleep in the day- 

 time,, 215 — Called by the Afri- 

 cans The Partridge 's a/s, 21c 



Thule. What country,. 62 

 Tcoke, Rev. Mr. of opinion that 

 the fea is open to the Pole, 28, 

 note % and 90 

 Trees, fudden decay of, and came, 



i~o, & fea. 



Tears enumerated, in which the 

 Polar feas have been open, 57 



Zacaie del Mar, a fea plant, 480 



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