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about the rocks of St. Kilda, 563. nest, eggs, and young — 
dried gannets occasionally brought to the London markets — in- 
habitants of St. Kilda hazard their lives in pursuit of them, 
563, 564. fowling from above, 565. fowling from below, 566. 
Garden Spider. See Spider. 
Garnet, varies more than any other gem, iii. 402. Carbuncle what 
— where, found — black garnets met with in different situations, 
403. workshops in Bohemia and in Brisgaw for cutting gar- 
nets, 404. 
Giraffe, the tallest animal in the world, i. 42. described, 43. con- 
stitutes a particular and solitary genus — Buffon’s account of the 
Giraffe, 44. his food and manner of feeding — his figure repre- 
sented on the Prenestine pavement, 45. 
Glimmer-chafer, a common inhabitant of our brooks and rivers, 
ii. 269. eggs — larva described, 270. 
Glow-worm, male and female very opposite — described — light in 
the tail phosphoric — its use, ii. 287- 
Gnat, passes through three different states — larva common in 
stagnant water, ii. 470. eggs, larva, chrysalis, and fly, 47 1. 
wonderful formation of the trunk, 472. its uses — passes the 
winter in caves and holes, 472, 473. Musquito, history of the, 
474,, 475. 
Goat-sucker, i. 50g. its habits and singular note — very common 
in the mountainous parts of America, 510. Indians consider it 
as ominous — European species supposed to have originated from 
America— its note, 511. 
Goat. See Wild Goat. 
Goose, wild geese, their flight, i. 535. where found — in some 
places are wild in summer, and domestic in winter, 536. fea- 
thers a great article of traffic — order observed with the geese in 
Lincolnshire and Somersetshire, 537- plucking a cruel opera- 
tion, 538. cagmags, what, and why so called — Canada goose ac- 
count of, 539. Snow goose , the ridiculous manner of catching, 
540. exceeded by the method by which the Kamtschatkans 
take the perroquet hawk, 541 
Goose, Bernacle See Bernacle Goose. 
