IV 
CONTENTS. 
the Whip-snake the Asp — the Jaculus — the H'.vnioirhois — the ' 
Seps the Coral-snake — the Cobra-capella— Serpents without 
Venom— the Ringed -snake— the Blind-worm— the Amphisbonm 
—the Esculapian — the Boyuna— the Surinam Serpent— the Prince 
ot Serpents— the Greneda— the Jiboya— the Boiguacu— the De- 
l >oni * 
CHAP. XXXV. 
Oflnsectsin General.— Insects without Wings— the Spider— House, 
Garden, Wandering, Field and Martinco Spiders — the Water Spi- 
der— the Tarantula— the Flea -the Louse— the Leaf Louse— the 
Bug— the Wood Louse— the Water Flea— the Scorpion— the 
Centipes- the Gaily worm— the Leech . . 250 
CHAP. XXXVI. 
The Second Order of Insects.— The Dragon Fly— the Lion Ant— 
the Grasshopper— the Locust— the Great West Indian Locust— 
the House Cricket — the Wood Cricket — the Mole Cricket — the 
Earwig the Froth Worm — the Water Scorpion — the Ephemera 283 
CHAP. XXXVII. 
Insects of the Third order.— Caterpillars— Change to the Aurelia 
' to the Butterfly Moths Singular Cause for the Destruction of 
Caterpillars— the Silkworm— Mode of rearing it— Its Changes 303 
CHAP. XXXVIII. 
Of the Fourth Orderof Insects — The Bee— Foreign Bees— the Hum- 
ble Bee— the Wood Bee— the Mason. Bee— the Ground Bee— the 
Leaf cutting Bee— the Wall Bee— the Wasp— the Solitary Wasp 
—the Ichneumon Fly— the Ant— the white, green, and black 
Anis— the Beetle— the May Bug— the Tumble Dung— the King 
of the Beetles— the Elephant Beetle— the Glow-worm - the Can- 
tharides— the Kermes— the Cochineaf— the Gall Insect— the 
Gnat the Tipula .... 
CHAP. XXXIX. 
Of Zoophytes in general.— Worms— tlie Earth Worm— the Sea Worm 
— the White Water Worm— the Star Fish— the Cnttie Fish— the 
Polypus— the Litophytes— Different Species of Corals— Coral- 
lines — Sponges, Ac 
CHAP. XL. 
Of the Vegetable World.— Theory of Vegetation — Anatomy of Plants 
— Circulation of the Vegetable Juices — Fructification, Ac. of 
Plants — Of the Sexual System — the Science of Botany— the 
Classes, Orders, and Genera of Linnaeus — the Natural Classifica- 
tion of Vegetables— Conclusion 
