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from the captain’s care foon became obvious, ibid. The voyage of three years an J 
eighteen days performed with the lofs of one man only by difeafe, and three by ac 
c:Jent, p. 4 c (n tatraft of a letter from capt. Cook concerning the rob of lemons 
and oranges bc.ng fnrntihed in fea.voyages, ibid. Smoak and ftrc purify a fltip much 
better than vinegar, ibid. * 
rlcart, opinion of the ancients concerning a vital fire in it, p. Z28. 
Heart 3nd IungS ° f a do 3 ’ ke P c in motion with a pair of double bellows, p. 416 417 ~ 
lhath > a remarkable fpecies of, in the fouthern part of Africa, p. 299. ’ / * 
HeaVy bodteS ' an ex P erime ntal examination of the quantity and proportion of mechanic 
power neceffary to be employed in giving diffesent degrees of velocity to, from a 
Rate of reft, p. 430. See Mechanic Power. 
Hemp mixed with tobacco, Hottentots foad of it, p. 290. 
Jrlen/j, Mr. William, his experiments and obfervations on a new apparatus, called a 
machine for exhibiting perpetual eledlricity, p. 513— 522. 
Hew/en, Mr. his opinion concerning air in the blood, p. 236, 237. 
Hippocrates, his opinion concerning air, p. 228. 
Hippopotami, frequent the river Garmons, in the fouthern part of Africa, p. 293. 
Hippopotamus amphibius, ftill to be found in the Berg Rivier, in the fouthern part of Afri* 
ca ) P> 278. 1 rohibited to fhoot any of them, ibid. Nearly destroyed for their flefh 
and hides, p. 279. 292. Almoft deftroyed in Zee-Koe Rivier, p. 291. Manner of 
catching them, p. 292. 
Hogs, killed by eating of fome poifonous flelh in the South Seas, p. 552. 
Horn fiver, its quality, and of what compofed, p. 613, 614. Experiments on it, p. 613. 
— 618. 
Horn mercury, an account of it, p. 618. Experiments on it, p. 618, 619. 
Horfe , an account of one killed by lightning, p. 300. The parts covered with white 
• hair effected in an extraordinary manner, p. 301. 
Hor/ey, Rev. Dr. his abridged ftate of the weather at London for one year, commenc- 
ing with the month of March 1775, tolledled from the meteorological journal of 
the Royal Society, p. 354. See Weather. 
Hottentot Holland, in the fouthern part of Africa, an account of, 272, 273. 
Hottentot Kraal, a defcription of one, p. 273. A large one, p. 294. 
Hottentots, fond of tobacco mixed with hemp, p. 290. Their manner of catching the 
hippopotamus amphibius, p. 291. They make bread of the pith of a palm, ibid. 
They weave balkets that will hold liquor, p. 294. Bold in encountering wild bealts, 
p. 194, 293. Their method of attacking the lion, p. 393. Their dref* defcribed, 
p. 393, 296. Hottentots dreaded as murderers and thieves, p. 297. 299. 314. 
They ufe the juice of Vergift-boll to poifon their arrows, p. 277. They make 
quivers to hold their arrows from a new fpecies of aloe, p. 310. 
Hudfons Bay, fuccefs of fome attempts to freeze quickfilver there, p. 174. 
Hunter (John), Efq. his propofals for the recovery of people apparently drowned, p. 
412. See Drowned. 
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