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INDEX. 
E. 
Eagle, i. 380. where found — description 383. superiority, 3S4. 
strength, 385. nest, 385, 386. Sea eagle, 387. scarce species 
mentioned by Du Pratz, 388. Bearded eagle a formidable bird, 
38Q. Bruce’s account of one, 3QO—3Q3. eagle taken in New 
South Wales, account of, 394. 
Earwig not injurious to mankind, it. 296. remarkable structure of 
the wings — female attached to her young, 297. an instance, 
298. very destructive to our fruit, 2 99. 
Edible Frog. See Frog. 
Eel, wanders in the meadows in the night — descend to the sea to 
bring forth their young, ii. 134. power to climb exemplified, 
135, 136. method of catching in severe weather, 136. quantity 
caught, 137. 
Elastic Bitumen. See Bitumen. 
Electrical Gymnote, where found, ii. 138. its electric power ex- 
emplified, 139, Dr. Garden’s experiments to prove its electric 
property, 140 — 142. 
Elk, strange opinions of the Indians respecting the, 4 7. elk and 
moose-deer the same animal — described, 48. feed on the boughs 
of trees and water-plants — are hunted in the winter, the chase 
described, 49. different modes of hunting them, 50. flesh of the 
elk much esteemed — superstitious notion of the Indians — uses to 
which the skin is applied, 51. when taken young may be easily 
tamed — anecdote of one, 5 2. 
Elephant, an animal of superior intellects, i. 103. inhabits Africa 
and Asia— goes with young nearly two years, 104. described, 
105, 106. antient manner of taking elephants, 107. manner of 
catching elephants as practised at present in India, 108—128. 
interesting account of a domestic elephant which escaped, and 
was afterwards retaken, 129. another account by Mr. Corse, 
131. The Abyssinian method of destroying the elephant, 133. 
instance of the strong affection of a young elephant for its 
mother, 148. splendid hunting party of the late Nawab, Asuf- 
ud-Dowlah, 139. death of an elephant, 140. instances of grati- 
