INDEX. 
599 
Opossum, its singular form, i. 248. young, born blind — their re- 
treat— undergo as it were a second birth — excessive attach- 
ment of the female to her young — manners of the animal de- 
scribed, 249. 
Ostrich, i. 460. description, 46l. how their nests are discovered 
— the eggs, 462. attached to their young, 463. Hottentots’ 
method of dressing the eggs, 464. voracity of the ostrich ex- 
emplified, 465,466. manners — are great enemies to the farmers, 
46y. their swiftness — hunted by the Arabians, 468. are able to 
bear a considerable burthen, 469. 
Otter, his haunts — old ones not easily taken alive — their number 
at a litter, i. 261. their retreat and manner of taking the young 
ones, 262. way in which the otter is trained to fish — tame ones 
attached to their masters, 263. description, and where found, 
264. Sea otter, description and manners — their flesh hard and 
tough — skins very valuable, 264, 265. 
Ourang Outang, i. 145. where found — description and habits — is 
gentle and obedient when domesticated— history of one that had 
been trained, 146. interesting account of another by Vosmaer, 
147. 
Owl, Great-eared, his haunts, i. 408. where found — his food, 409. 
instance of the care these birds take of their young, 4 10. occa- 
sionally used by falconers to deceive the kite, 411. owls shun 
the light, 412. are persecuted if they appear in the day-time, 
413. white owl an object of superstition, 414. venerated by the 
Mogul and Kalmuc Tartars — are of great service to tire farmer, 
415. the little owl, anecdote of, 416. 
Ox, still found wild in some parts of Europe, i. 12. large herds 
of oxen formerly kept in several parts o'f England and Scot- 
land — their form described — are very bold, 13. manner in 
which they were hunted, 14. their native wildness exem- 
plified in a young calf, 15. origin of the name of Turnbull — ■ 
varieties of domestic cattle sprung from the wild stock, very 
numerous — those of Holstein and Jutland the most famous in 
Europe, 16. the numerous benefits derived from cattle, 17. su- 
perstitious notions of the Gentoos respecting these animals, 18. 
