Civet-Cat, is a Beaver in Miniature, Clove, grows on a tree of the fame name, Part ii. Page 221 ii. 294 i. 121, 122 Cocoa-tree, Plantations of thefe of great Value, ii. 293 Cod-fijh, their great Rendezvous is before Newfoundland. Prodigioufly numerous there, Vaftly fond of Whitings, ii. 229 ii. 293 Coffee, a little Berry gathered from a Tree in Arabia Felix, Cones of Silk-worms, ----- Useful on several Occafions, ---Produce near 20co Feet of Thread in length each, no more than two Grains and a half, Conftellations, ii. 300, & feq. ibid 297. Corn, may be preferved an hundred Years, ii. 295. How preferved, ibid. 296. Advantage of storing it, Corruption of a Body, what, Cotton-trees, of three Kinds. Their Fruit, Country, every one ftored with Remedies for the Distempers to it, Crabs, their Eyes and Shell. Caft the latter once a Year, Cranes, the Manner of their Flight, Crocodile, ii. 244. Seldom above twenty-five Feet long. Curiofity, a laudable Principle when well regulated, D. DECOY of Birds, an agreeable Sport, Deity, his Power, i. 10 ii. 287 incident ii. 291 i. 151 ibid. ii. 195 Defcribed. Deluge, (Univerfal) the whole Earth covered with indelible Monu ments of it i. 154 Dog, a curious one, ii. 206. His various Paffions, 207. Sorrow, Joy, Friendship, ibid. Courage, good Qualities of various Dogs, ibid. The Terrier, Greyhound, Setting-Dog, --How taught to diftinguish Cards, Dragon-fly, Description of it, ibid. 208 ii. 206 i. 134 Drones, the fecond Species of Bees. They contribute nothing to the common Stock, have no ftings, i. 86. Are only fo many Stallions, 88. Moft of them expelled the Hive at the Approach of Winter, Manner of the Expulfion What becomes of them afterwards, ibid. Ducklings, hatche by an Hen, great Anxiety of the Dam at their going into the Water, EAGLE, of great Advantage to a Gentleman, by catering for him, ii. 192 --Ravage they make in the Countries adjacent to their Nefs, ii. 191 ii. 194 --Thee or four of these Nefts fufficient to furnish a fplendid Table perpetually, Egg Eggs of Infects, Part i. Page 12, c. i. 14 ibid. None abandoned by the Parent to Chance, Why laid by different Animalcula in various Sorts of Subftances, i. 14, 15. Experiment of this on two Slices of Beef, Contain minute Animals. When impregnated by the Male, i. 16 11845 Of Wafps, Worms proceed from them, i. 78 Birds, ii. 163. Defcription of it, 164. E gs perform to young Birds the Office of a Breaft and Milk, ibid. Seed where the Worm refides, ibid. The Ligaments, 166. The Bird breaks the Shell, Some young ones feed themselves, others fed by the Parent, Where they get Provifions, ibid. ibid. 167 in a fresh Ced to the Number of nine Millions three Hundred and forty-four Thousand, Elephant, its great Docility, Fig-tree, ii. 231 ii. 211 Fijb, their Cloathing, the Glue, Scales, Lard. The Wisdom of Providence difplayed in thefe, 1831 ii. 225, 226 ibid. The numberlefs Sorts in the Ocean, Their Wars, Food, Generation, ii. 229, 230. Making perpetual Depredations on one another, ibid. Great Fecundity, ibid. and 231. End or Intention in it, ibid. Form or Figure, Tal, 232. Fins, great Advantage of thefe to Fish, ibid. Bladder or Bag of Air, 233. Suftains it in the Water, 234. Contracted or dilated at Pleasure, 235. Gills, a Kind of Lungs, ibid. Lobfters, Oyfters, &c. have no Occafion for thefe Bags, 237. Fins ufed as Needles, Fifbery, Pearl, the Coafts where it is carried on, unhealthy, Whale, Defcription of it, 240 i. 152 ii. 242 1.7 Fly, its Head covered with a Profufion of Gold and Pearls, common one, its Eye of a furprizing Structure, i. 114. Wings, a Packet of Sponges, great Cleanliness of the Fly, 115, &o: Trunk, a Piercer, 116. Its Ufes, 117 Flax, much of the fame Nature with Hemp, ii. 285. How gathered, ibid. Flowers, ii. 276. Their Leaves a Kind of Palifade to them, 277 Seed, Bud, ibid. Flying, Men will hardly ever be able to attain that Art, ii. 174. Advantages that would accrue from it to Man, ibid. The many greater Disadvantages, ibid. 175. An abfolute Impoffibility, ibid. Formica-leo, the most terrible Enemy to the Ant, i. 130. Defcription of it, 131. Inftruments, ibid. It walks backwards, ibid. Its Manfions, ibid. Great Dexterity in fcooping up the Earth, with which it forms a Ditch, 132. Lies in Ambufh, ibid. Its artful Attack of its Prey, and great Patience, 133. Craft, prodigious Abftinence, Abftinence, ibid. Its Tomb, 134. Apartment extremely beautiful, ibid. Its Change to a Dragon-fly of a beautiful Kind, Gentian, its Root good for Fevers, Glue of Fish, its great ufes, 135 i. 118, &c. ii, 297, 298 ii. 292 ii. 241 Gnat, fome lay their Eggs in the Water, i. 123. Their extraordinary Transformation in their three States, ibid. and 124. Their Trunk, one of the greatest Wonders in Nature; Anatomy of it, ibid. How they wound, 125. Ceafe to eat in the Winter Season, Grillotalpa, or Mole-Cricket, Defcription of it, 125. ibid. Its Neft of 127 Eggs, 126. A black Animal a mortal Enemy to the Grillotalpa, ibid. Its Precaution in digging its Neft, Gums, kill Plants by stopping up all the Air-Veffels, H. HAWK, how taught to fly at Hares, wild Boars, &c. ii. 274 ii. 191 ii. 190 Hedgehog, gets Provifions by rolling himself over Apples, Grape, &c. Sleeps during the Severity of the Winter, Hemp, ii. 285. The Tow, ibid. Great Ufes of it, Hens, Advantages of them, ii. 215 286 ii. 168 Their great Tenderness of their Young, Heron, Description of it, ii. 179. How it procures Food, Herrings, their Voyages very regular, ii. 228. Motives of them, viz. to gather a Kind of Manna, 229 Hippopotamus, or River-Horse, an amphibious Animal, an Enemy to the Crocodile, Hive, Profit it brings to the Owner, Hornets. Drones, or wild Bees, i. 107, Their Nefts, ibid. Birth, ibid. Their King or Queen, 108. Progrefs of the Monarch, 109. How all are called up to Work, ibid. Their Food, ibid. Death of their Monarch, 110. A Battle, Horfe, ii. 204. Ought to be called King of the Beafts. His valuable Qualities, Beauty, Induftry, Swiftnefs, Valour, ibid. and 205. Compared to Nations who are fond of Glitter and Hurry, 213 Humming-Bird, peculiar to America, not bigger than a large Fly; its Plumage exceeding Beautiful, ii. 182, Flies with prodigious Swiftnefs, feeds on Dews, &c. 183. Combats with a large Bird, ibid I. [CHNEUMON, a Kind of Water-Rat, a great Enemy to the Crocodile, Idolatry, fome probable Caufes of it, ii. 244 ii. 244, 245 Infects, a hundred Curiofities obfervable in them. Afford us infinite Organs and Tools, ibid. 6, 7 i. 9 Origin from an Egg, or a Sced. Their firft State, fects, i. 12 i. 16 i. 18 i. 19 Laft State, or great and final Metamorphofis, Whether they really die before they undergo their feveral Metamorphofes, i. 21 Their wife Precautions and Stratagems to fecure themfelves from Birds, ---- Food, generally of one Kind, Ufe to nourish young Birds, i. 24, 25 i. 26 i. 27 Duration, only till the young Birds have no Occafion for them. Infine, Wonders of it, Instinct, K. KNOWLEDGE, fometimes mifapplied, A Medium to be obferved in our Purfuit of it, L. LEAVES of Trees, their Ufe, Their Fall. Cause of it, Letter, on the Advantage and Pleasure of the Study of Phyfics, and Lure, Defcription of it, ii. 189. Birds of Prey, how taught to fly at it, M. ii. 190 MAN, humbled by the Destruction which the meanest Animals bring upon him, i. 27, 28 Manna, a Suger or Species of natural Honey, that flows from the Leaves of a Tree, iil 291 ibid. & feq. Metamorphofes, (Ovid's) the Ufe that ought to be made of them, i. 17 1. 2 Moon, has no Influence over Plants, ii. 291, &c. Whence it was fuppofed to have an Influence, 300 ii. 274 Mofs, kills Plants by clofing all their Air Veffels, Moth, it's Habitation in Stuffs. Defcription of it. Manner of Feeding, i. 35. Changes to a Nymph, and then into a Butterfly. Prefervatives against Moths, 36 Moufe, (Field) ii. 217. His very commodious Habitation under Ground. Provifion, ibid. Muscle Mufcle (Sea) i. 137, Spins. ibid. Tongue. Motion, 138, 139 The Thread, it's Mechanism, of the large Kinds, fpins exceeding fine Silk, The Shell of fome above two Feet long, Mushroom, has Seed, N. 139, 140 i. 140 i. 150 ii. 250 NARVAL, it's Teeth more esteemed than those of the Ele-. phant, Nature, the View of it enchanting, ii. 241 i. 9 i. 15 It's Wisdom in giving Weapons offenfive and defenfive, to all Animals, Not to be found fault with by Man, The nobleft of all Studies, Nothing in all it's Works is loft or defective, i. 24, 25 ii. 311, 312 i. 8 Needle, it's Point viewed in a Microscope, Nefts (Birds) perfect Similitude in all thofe of the fame Species, and Difference between thofe of various Species, ii. 159, & feq. Nefts built in an Aviary, 160. The Purveyors, ibid. Expedient when a Bird wanted Materials for building one, 161. Nests of various Sorts, 162 Nightingale, his exquifite Mufic, ii. 186. Delightful to hear him Description of it, -Those that arife from Wafps, O. 187 i. 18 i. 34, 46 i. 76 OCEAN, filled with innumerable Inhabitants, ii. 224. Wonders in the Nature of it's Waters, 225. A Religious Reflection, 226 Oftrich, one of the largest Birds in the World, ii. 184. Great Height. It's Form. It's Eggs as big as an Infant's Head, ibid. Neglect their Eggs, ibid. Their Stupidity when purfued. Swallow Iron. Ufes of their Feathers, Oyfters, thofe the most delicate which have feweft Pearls by the Sea, 154. P. PALM-wine, extracted from a Tree by a little Reed, ibid. ii. 271 Peacock, the fame to the Eye as the Nightingale to the Ear, ii. 187. Extraordinary Beauty of his Plu nage, 188. Perfections, ibid. Pearls in Oysters, probably owe their Formation to Oysters having the Gravel, i. 150 Pheasants, the great Benefit Mankind reap from them, ii. 161. Their Philofophers cannot be too plain in their Applications, |