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Ivionfoons. See Rivers, Little or no rain falls during the continuance of the northerly 
one in Bengal, p. 103. Different fettings of the monfoons in the gulf of Benga! ? 
and in the eaftern and northern parts of that province, p. 106, 
Mootyjyl lake. Formed by a winding of the Coflimbuzar, p. 99. 
Met ■•veau, Mr. of Dijon. The only one who has thought of afeertaining the various 
degrees of force of chemical attraction, p. 7. 
N. 
, "Negro-heads . See Smeathman. 
Nile • See Bengal. 
Norrius , Mr. (a frequent vifitor to the Coaft of Africa). Differs from Dr. Lind, eon-i 
cerning the effeds of the Harmattan. p. 54. 
NfuJJi. Defcription of, p. 3. See Forjler. 
O. 
Oak. Its long duration in water, p. 178. That near the hon. Mr. Legge’s lodge in 
Holt Foreft did not increafe above half an inch in nineteen years, p. 451. Dimenfions 
of the hollow one at Cowthorpe in Yorklhire, ibid. Comparifon of the contents 
of that with thofe of the Hampfhire and Yorklhire oaks, p. 452. 
Oil of vitriol. See Kir wan. 
■Ophidium. See Broujfmet. 
P. 
Balm-tree fnout-leetle. Eat in the Weft Indies as a delicacy, p. i68 e 
Parafol Ants. Account of, p.175. 
Peacock-pbeafants. Defcription of, p. 74. 
Pennant , Thomas, Efq. Gave the firft defcription of the Tyger-cat of any ufe in 
natural hiftory, p. 3. His account of the Turkey, p. 67. Defcription of that 
bird, p. 68. White variety, ibid. Size, manners, and notes, p. 69, Are irafcible, 
polygamous, and fwift, and love to perch high, p. 70. Are gregarious, p. 71. 
Their haunts, ibid. The flelh of the wild Turkey is faid to be fuperior ingoodnefs 
to the tame, ibid. The Indians make cloathing of the feathers, and fans of the 
tails, and the French of Louifiana ufed to make umbrellas of the latter, p, 72. Its 
ftupidity, ibid. Is a native only of America, p. 72. Opinions of different authors 
concerning it, p. 73. et feq. When firft introduced into England, p. 80. Extra- 
ordinary protuberance from the thigh bone of one, p. 81. 
— • His account of feveral earthquakes in Wales, p. 193. Miners 
or colliers not fenfible of the fhock under ground, though fufficiently violent to 
terrify the inhabitants of the furface, p. 194. 
Pigott, Edward, Efq. his account of a nebula in Coma Berenices, p. 82. Its mean 
right afcenfion for April 20, 1779, ibid. Its north declination, p. 83. 
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