INDEX. 
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year, 445. origin of cuckoo spit, 446. origin of Jupiter cuculus 
— the African cuckoo, or honey bird, its singular manners, 
447. 
D. 
Date-tree considered by the inhabitants of the East as the most 
useful production of the vegetable kingdom — described, iii. 261. 
where found — mode of cultivating, 262. preparation of the dates 
for food — most parts of the tree useful, 2 66. marrow of the date, 
what— leaves, their use— a kind of milk collected from the tree, 
267. best dates, where from, 268. 
Death-watch, the object of superstition, ii. 265. makes a ticking 
noise, and why — difficult to be found — manner of making its 
noise, 266. description, 267. manners, 268. 
Deer, Rein. See Rein Deer. 
Deer, Virginian. See Virginian Deer. 
Diamond — an inflammable substance — crystallization, iii. 381. 
where found, 382. principal diamond mines, account of, 
3S2 — 389. principal diamonds, account of — how cut, 389 — 39I. 
may be reduced to powder in a steel mortar— their different de- 
degrees of perfection, 392. 
Dog, has a certain degree of memory, i. 165. his excellent quali- 
ties — the services we receive from dogs, 166. life of a water- 
man saved by his dog — hardly treated by the Kamtschatkans, 
&c. 168. Greenlanders use them to draw their sledges — man- 
ner of travelling in Greenland, 169. Wild dogs differ materially 
from wolves, 170. account of an Irish greyhound and a wolf 
brought up together, 171. anecdotes illustrative of sagacity in 
different dogs, 172 — 176. 
Dormouse, striped ■, called Suisse by the French, and why, i. 294. 
their dwellings described — seldom stir abroad in severe weather, 
295, 296. killed for the sake of their skins — Common dormouse , 
its habitation and nest, 297. 
Dragon. See Flying Dragon. 
Dragon-fly, great, where found, ii, 367. described, 368. its history 
traced from the egg to the perfect insect, 369, 370. wonderful 
conformation of the eye, 37 1. 
