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the Samoieds — immense herds kept by the Koreki, a nation 
of Kamtschatka, 55. The Esquimaux and Greenlanders totally 
unacquainted with their use in the sledge — feed on their flesh, 
and make their tendons into bow-strings and thread, 56 . de- 
scription of the rein deer, 57 - is found only in very high lati- 
tudes, 58. are tormented in the summer by insects, and seek 
protection on the mountains, 59. dig for their food in the 
snow — continue to give milk for some months after they bring 
forth — are very fond of their young — the Laplander’s task de- 
scribed, 60. manner of travelling in a sledge — swiftness of the 
rein deer — dangerous mode of travelling, 62. length of the rein 
deer’s life, and the manner in which the Laplanders kill them, 
63. 
Rhinoceros, a clumsy brutish animal, i. 81. is provided with a 
very formidable horn, the terror of the tiger-— general de- 
scription of his form — feeds on the branches of trees, 82. is 
provided with a singular lip for the purpose— account of the 
rhinoceros which was brought to London in the year 1739, 83. 
roughness of the tongue exaggerated — fights with the elephant, 
84. skin hard enough to resist a musket-ball — account of the 
rhinoceros brought to England in tire year 1790, 85. Two- 
horned rhinoceros described, 87. is swift in proportion to his 
size and unwieldiness — his great strength in passing through a 
wood exemplified, 88. is very furious when wounded, 89. 
method of hunting the rhinoceros in Abyssinia, 90. loves to wal- 
low in the mud — requires a grear quantity of water to satisfy his 
thirst — is tormented by a fly, 91. his flesh esteemed in Abys- 
sinia, 92. 
Rose-louse, infects our rose-tree, ii. 328. account of, 329. honey- 
dew, what, 33 1 . sometimes very injurious to the husbandman 
— not readily destroyed by water, 333. but killed by tobacco- 
smoke, 334. their enemies — principal cause of the blight of 
plants, 334, 335. a shower of aphides observed by Mr. White, 
336. Hop-grounds frequently suffer by these insects, 337. 
Rostrated Chaetodon, its most singular manner of shooting flies, 
ii. 163. described, 166. 
Ruby, all coloured hard stones in the East India mines so called. 
