Chapter XVII: Part 17

[1239] _Theatr. Ins._, p. 235. Topsel’s _Trans._, p. 1072.

[1240] _Ins. Archit._, p. 7.

[1241] Swammerdam, _Hist. of Ins._, p. 5.

[1242] Garasse, _Recherches des Recherches de M. Estiene Pasquier_, p. 357. Southey’s _Com. Place Bk._, 3d S. p. 282.

[1243] Hone’s _Ev. Day Bk._, i. 294.

[1244] _Gent. Mag._, iii. 492.

[1245] _Ibid._, xxiv. 293.

[1246] K. and S. _Introd._, ii. 415.

[1247] _Ephem. Nat. Curios._, 1673. 80.

[1248] K. and S. _Introd._, ii. 415, note.

[1249] Brand’s _Pop. Antiq._, iii. 273.

[1250] _Pers. Nar._, iv. 571.

[1251] _Ibid._, ii. 205.

[1252] _Ann. of Eng._, p. 1219.

[1253] _Voy. to C. of Good Hope_, i. 45.

[1254] _Mag. of Nat. Hist._, iv. 148-9.

[1255] _Hist. of China_, B. I. c. 18, and Churchill’s _Col. of Voy. and Trav._, i. 39.

[1256] Churchill’s _Col. of Voy. and Trav._, i. 212.

[1257] _The Mirror_, xix. 180.

[1258] Pinkertons _Col. of Voy. and Trav._, ix. 632.

[1259] _Hist. of Ins._, p. 53-4.

[1260] _Ibid._

[1261] _Hist. of Ins._, p. 197.

[1262] _Nat. Hist. of Ins._, p. 35.

[1263] _Voy. round the World_, ii. 35-7.

[1264] Thevenot’s _Travels_, Pt. I. p. 249.

[1265] _Trav. and Res. in S. Africa_, p. 48.

ERRATA.

Page 43, line 19 from the top, between the words “is it” and “plain” insert the word “not.”

Page 71, line 29, for “_Carabus chrysocephaluo_” read “_Carabus chrysocephalus_.”

Page 131, line 12, for “Mrs. A. L. Ruyter Dufour” read “Mrs. A. L. Ruter Dufour.”

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Transcriber's Notes.

Punctuation has been standardised, and obvious typographical errors have been repaired. Variations in hyphenation and obsolete or variant spelling have all been preserved.

Footnote 276 does not have a marker in the original text, and has been left unmarked.

The changes noted in the author's errata list have been applied to the text.

The following changes have also been made:

Page 83, Prechê => Prêche

Page 98, Grasshopers => Grasshoppers

Page 171, Ægytians => Ægyptians

Page 225, vicosity => viscosity

Page 327, tranferred => transferred

Page 330, fankincense => frankincense

Page 239, trowsters => throwsters

Page 380, fondess => fondness

Page 389, Paplionidæ => Papilionidæ