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crossing rivers, 291. commit great ravages — seldom quit their 
habitations in the winter, 292. reward offered in America for 
their destruction, 293. 
Stag Beetle, the largest of our British insects, ii. 263. larva de- 
scribed, 264. 
Stalactites, where found, iii, 349. how formed, 350. Stalagmite, 
what — alabaster — formerly supposed to be petrified vegetables, 
351. Grotto of Antiparos, by whom discovered, 352. particu- 
lar account of, 356 — 365. Flos ferri described, 365. Alabaster, 
account of, 366 — 368. 
Stork, — storks prepare with great exactness for their flight — as- 
semble in amazing flocks previous to their migration, i. 5ig. 
description — where found, 520. nest and young — revered by 
the antients, 521. notice of a stork shot near Sandwich, 522. 
Sturgeon, where found, ii. 229. grows to a very large size — flesh 
admired for its firmness — fishery — how caught, 230. ways of 
preserving — Indian mode of catching — caviar, a delicacy, 231. 
how prepared — description — a celebrated fish among the an- 
tients, 232. 
Sucking-fish, adheres with great tenacity to other bodies, ii. 155. 
power ascribed to them by the antients — why it takes the advan- 
tage of other bodies to assist its motion, 156. description, and 
where found — Lump-sucker, account of, 157- 
Sugar Ant. See Ant. 
Sugar Cane, where found — described, iii. 56. historical account 
of, 57. manner in which it is cultivated for commercial pur- 
poses— enemies, 59 — 6l. time when the canes are cut, 62. 
process of sugar- making described, 63 — 67. 
Sugar Maple, where found — its use to cattle during winter — • 
not injured by tapping, iii. 28 7- manner in which the juice is 
collected — mode of obtaining the sugar, 288. compared with 
the product of the sugar cane, respecting its quality, price, 
and the probable quantity that can be made of it in the United 
States — Indian mode of using the sugar when travelling, 290 
—293. 
Swallow, i. 497. a migratory bird — nest and brood, 498. anxious 
care of the parents for the preservation of the eggs — attention 
