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INDEX. 
313 — 316. manner of dressing — roasted locusts eaten by the 
Arabs, 317. 
Lump-Sucker. See Sucking Fish. 
M. 
Mackrel described, ii. 169. visits our coasts at particular seasons 
of ihe year — winter within the arctic circle, 170. the course 
they pursue — esteemed by the Romans, 171. fishery — instance 
of their voracity, 171, 172. 
Mallard, i. 545. nest, eggs, and young — decoy pond, 546. man- 
ner of taking wild ducks, 547. annual driving of young ducks 
prohibited by parliament, 548. immense number caught in a 
season — duck-shooting, 549. singular method of catching ducks 
with calabashes, 550. eider duck, accouut of, 551, 552. 
Maltha. See Bitumen. 
Manati, the last link in the chain between the quadruped and 
the fish, i. 339. where found— great attachment to each other 
— their conjugal affection exemplified, 340. described, 341. 
Mancinella, a poisonous tree, and where found, iii. 255. account 
of its poison — has been exaggerated, 256. antidote, 2 57 . 
Mangrove described, iii. 143. singularity respecting the seed, 
144. oysters deposit their spat upon the stems and branches, 
145. 
Manihot, of singular importance to the natives of South America 
— described — both poisonous and nutritious, iii. 251. Cassave, 
what — how made, 252. experiments of Dr. Fermin on the poi- 
sonous juice, 253, 254. 
Marble, White, called sugar marble, iii. 369 where found — dis- 
posed alternately with granite — highly esteemed by artists, 3/0. 
Carrara marble — Flexible marble, 37 1. immense blocks of 
white marble in the kingdom of Grenada, account of, 372. mar- 
bles of Siberia, 373. Florentine marble, 374. 
Mercury, where found, iii. 549. sometimes mixed with native 
silver — Almaden, a famous mine of quicksilver described, 550. 
mines in France, where situated, 552. immense height of those 
of South America, 553. quicksilver reduced by natural cold to 
