Beaver defcrib'd. 271. A counter Poifon, (Caftoreum) produced by it, 272. Ufes of its Down, Skin, Tools, &c. ibid. An Architect from its Nativity,273 Their curious Manfions, Bagnio, Caufey or Dyke, Stories, ibid. &c. They cut Poles or Stakes, and Clay, 273. Cells, 273. Build Houfes on dry Land. 275 Demenfions of them, Affocate to the Number of ten or twelve: ib. Four hundred of them have lodged together, ibid. Beavers called Terriers, ibid. 276. Provifions 277. Storehoufes, ibid. They hew, and pile up Wood very dextroully. ib. How taken by the Hunters, 278. Bee, its Sting feen in a Microscope, Bees, Page 106. Three forts of Bees the Plebeians, the Drones, and the Monarch or Queen, 108. Her State when he goes her Progrefs, 1 10. A general Joy thro all her Dominions at that Seafon, ibid. Her prodigious Fecundity, 111. Their Form, Jaws, Trunk, 114. Defcription of this latter and Ufefulness, ibid. Farther Description of it, 115. The Breaît, 116. Belly confifts of four Parts, viz. the Inteftines, Bag of Honey, Bag of Poifon, Sting: Each of thefe defcribed, 116, 117. How affembled in one Hive, 117, 118, &c. The young Bees go in queft of a new Habitation,
Live much longer than Wafps, ibid. A wife precaution taken by them with Refpect to the Ledge, at the Entrance into their Lodges, 122, 123. Their Habitations become ftronger by Time, and for what Reafon, 123, 124. Two forts of Wax made by them, and a Defcription of each," 127. How employed by them, 128. The Difpofition of the Cells, 129 In what manner they collect and employ their Wax, 130, 131. &c.Inftances of their Oeconomy, 132. Their Social Spirit and other good Qualities, 134, 135. -Go fometimes four or fix Miles to fuck the Flowers, Bills of Birds, a great Disparity in their Sizes, Bees (wild)a particular Account of them. 136, 137, &c. Bird, its Flight very afstonishing, 198. All fly in a different manner, ibid. entertaining Account of the different Materials and Structures of their Neft, 200, 201. &c. Particularly the Swallow's Neft, 204. The furprising Change of their natural Difpofitions during their Incubation, 205. The Affiduity of the
the Male on tending on his Mate during that Period, The Manner of 205. their rearing their Young.. 209,210,211,c. The Form of a Bird, 215 The Crop, Gizzard, and Structure of the Bones,and their excellent Accommodation to the Ani- mal's Flight, ibid. The fine Difpofition of the Plumage,
Nipple; and filled with Oil, C
Amel, its valuable Qualities, Page 265.
with which the Bird anoints and dreffes its Feathers,217, Great Wisdom in the Play of the Wings and Tail,218. The Tail ferves as a Rudder, ibid. Birds of Prey, how trained up, 237, &c. -Their Journies cross Seas very extraordinary, 238. Birds of the Night fond of - Gloom. 249 Their Noife 7 doleful, Form hideous, and Cruelty very great, ibid, Haunts. Parallel between them and malignant Dæ-- mons, ib. Attacked by the other Birds,
250. Boats built with the Bones of
Whales, 250, Ufed by the Greenlanders, ibid. 301. Botany, a very agreeable Study,
372. Butterflies, a beautiful Deferip- tion of their Production from Caterpillars,
43, 44. All Kinds of Butterflies painted in a Box, 45: -(Owl) Butterflies that appear only in the Night,ib. Butterflies that appear in the Day, 47.
-The Species ofthem that are already known amount to above three hundred, ibid, What the feveral Species have in common, vizi Rings, Feet and Thread, 30. Precipitate themselves from Trees by a gummy Thread, when in Danger. The furprifing Texture of this Thread, ibid. -Their Hair. The great
Their Policy in feizing Infects,
Others affume the Form of a little Mummy, 38, 39. Spin themselves a warm Robe for the Winter, 39, 40. Weave themfelves Beds, and fpacious Habitations, whofe Structure is de- fcribed, 40. Sometimes produce Swarms of little Flies, and from what Cause, 41, 42. An Inftance of a Caterpillar's producing a large Fly, that gives Battle to the Garden Spider, 42. A fine Defcription of the Com- bat. ibid.
Cattle, their great Benefit to Man 262. Care of their Young, 263 Fondness of the Young for their Dams ibid.
Cells of Wafps, Exceeding regular, Charity, a Motive to the Exer- cife of it, from the Genero. fity of the Bees, 125. Chocolate, 366. Of what made, 367. Chryfalis of Infects, what, 23. Cinnamon, the Bark of a Tree found only in Ceylon, 368. City, built under Ground in a grand Manner, by Wafps. Description of it, 89, &, Civet-cat, is a Beaver in Minia- 278. Clove, grows on a Tree of the fame Name, 368. Cocoa-tree, Plantations of thefe of great Value, 366. Cochineal, an Infect. How ma-
naged. Brood, 154, 135. Cod-fifb, their great Rendez- Vous before Newfound- land. Prodigioufly nume- rous there. Vaftly fond of
Agle of great advantage to
a Gentleman, by catering conry, Praife of that no-
Page 241. -Ravage they make in the Countries adjacent to their Nefts, 240. Three or four of their 'Nefts fufficient to furnish a fplendid Table perpetually, 241. 16, &c.
Eggs of Infects,
None abandon'd by the 18. -Why laid by different Animalcula in various forts
Parent to Chance,
Fern, its Seed. Fibres of Wood, their Ule.
one another, 288. Great Fe. eundity,289. End or Inten- tion in it, 290. Form-or Figure,Tail, 290,291. Fins, great Advantages of these to Fish, ibid. Bladder, or Bag of Air, 292. Suftains it in the Water, 293. Contracted or dilated at pleasure: 294. Gills, a kind of Lungs, ibid. Lobfters, Oysters, &c. have no Occafion for thefe Bags, 297. Fins used as Needles, Fibery (Pearl) Coafts where 'tis carried on, unhealthy., 193.
Fibery, (Whale) Defcription of 303. Fly, its Head covered with a Profufion of Gold and Pearls, 10.
Fly. (common one) its Eye, of a furprizing_Structure, 146. Wings, Packet of Sponges, great Cleanlinefs of the Fly, 147, &'c. I runk, a Piercer, 148. Its Ufes. ib. Flax, much of the fame Nature with Hemp,355. How gathered, ibid. Flowers, 345 Their Leaves.
a kind of Palifade to them, 347. Seed, Bud. 347, 348. Flying, Men will hardly ever be able to attain that Art. 218. Advantages that would accrue from it to Men, 219. The many greater Difadvantages, ibid. An ab folute Impoffibility, 220.
Gardens,Pleasure of eultivating them, 372, 373 Gentian, its Root good for Fe- 366. Glew of Fish, its great Uses, 302. Gnats, fome lay their Eggs in the Water, 156. Their extraordinary Transformati- ons in their three States, 157, 158. Their Trunk, one of the greatest Won- ders in Nature, Anatomy of it, 158. How they wound, ibid Ceafe to eat in the Win- ter Season, 159. Grillotalpa, or Mole Cricket. Defcription of it, 159 160 Its Neft of Eggs, 160, 161. A black Animal,ą mor- tal Enemy to the Grillotalpa, 161. Its Precaution in dig- ging its Neft, 161, 162. Gums, kill Plants by stopping up all the Air Vessels, 344. H
Formiculeo, the most terrible TTAwk, How taught to fly
Enemy to the. Ant. Defcription of it, ibid. In', ftruments, 167. In walks backward, ibid. Its Man-
at Hares, wild Boars Page 43, 44, &c. Hawking, Defcription of that Sport
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