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Shufeov, 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 Bengal, 
and in the eaftern and northern parrs of that province, p. 106, 
Uootyjyl lake. Formed by a winding of the Coffimbuzar, p. 99. 
Mr. of Dijon. The only one who has thought of afcertalning the various 
degrees of force of chemical attra&ion, p, 7. 
* N. 
Negro- beads. See Smeatbman . 
Nile . See Bengal. 
Ncrriu,, Mr. (a frequent vifitor to the Coaft of Africa). Differs from Dr. Lind, con- 
cerning the effeds of the Harmattan. p. 54. 
NfuJJl. Defcription of, p. 3. See Forjler. 
O. 
° ah Its long duration in water, p. i 7 S. That near the hon. Mr. Legge’s lodge in 
Holt Foreft did not increafe above half an inch in nineteen years, p.431. Dimenfions 
of the hollow one at Cowthorpe in Yorldhire, ibid. Comparifon of the contents 
of that with thofe of the Hamplhire and Yorldhire oaks, p. 452. 
Oil of 'vitriol. See Kir wan, 
' Ophidium . See Broujffhnet . 
P. 
Palm-tree fnout-heetle. Eat in the Weft Indies as a delicacy, p. 168. 
Parafol Ants. Account of, p.175. 
Beacock-pheafants. Defcription of, p. 74. 
Pennant, Thomas, Efq. Gave the firft defcription of the Tyger-cat of any ufe in 
natural h.ftory, 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 fwifr, and love to perch high, p. 70. Are gregarious, p. 7,. 
eir aunts, ibid. The flelh of the wild Turkey is faid to be fuperior in goodnefs 
to the tame, ibid. The Indians make cloathing of the feathers, and fans of the 
tai s, and the French of Louifiana ufed to make umbrellas of the latter, p. 72. Its 
p ty, ibid. Is a native only of America, p. 72. Opinions of different authors 
concerning it, p. 73. e t feq. When firft introduced into England, p. So. Extra- 
ordinary protuberance from the thigh bone of one, p. 81. 
7 . " ‘ H,s account feveral earthquakes in Wales, p. 103. Miners 
or colliers not fenfible of the Ihock under ground, though fufficiently violent to 
terrify the inhabitants of the furface, p. 194. 
f f\ hh p CCOant of a "*bula in Coma Berenices, p. 82. Its mean 
ght afeenfion .or April 2©, 1779, ibid. It, north declination, p. 83. 
Pigott, 
