A.Albicore. See Thunny.Alligator, description of, and use of flesh, eggs, teeth, &c.,183Ambergris, what it is, whence obtained, and uses,121Anchovy, description of, how caught, cured, and uses of,221Animals, classification of,1Antelope, description of, and uses of flesh, skin, and horns,82Apes. See Monkeys.Arctic walrus, description of, and uses of tusks, oil, skin, and tendons,21Armadillo, description of, how caught, and uses of,15Ass, uses of, and of milk, flesh, skin, and bones,106Asses-skin pocket-books, of what made,107B.Baboons. See Apes.Bacon, how cured,110Badger, description and habits of, and how caught,54,55——, uses of flesh, skin, hair, and fat,54Basse, description and use of,204Bats, description and uses of,13—— Vampire bat, use of its hair,14Bear, common, description of, and how caught,51,52—— ——, uses of skin, flesh, fat, oil, intestines, and bones,52Bear, white or polar, description of, and uses of skin, flesh, fat, and tendons,52Beaver, description of, and uses of skin, hair, castor, flesh, and teeth,59Beef,94Bees, description, uses, and management of,237Bees'-wax, what it is, how prepared, and uses of,237Bison, American, description of and uses of, flesh, tongue, tallow, horns, skin, and hair,99Bittern, description of, and uses of flesh and claws,164Blackbird,135Black game,155Bleak, description and uses of,224Blistering plasters, of what made,230Bloodhound, description and uses of,29Blood, uses of,96Boa, great,185Bonito, description and use of,206Botargue, or botargo, of what and how made,204,206Brawn, what it is, and how prepared,110Brill, description and use of,199Bristles of swine, uses of,111Buck-skin, what it is, and uses of,80Buffalo, description of, and uses of milk, flesh, skin, and horns,100——, Cape, description of, and uses of flesh and hide,100Buff leather, what it is,100Bulfinch,135Bull-dog, description and use of,30Burbot, description of, how caught, and use of,197Bustard, description and uses of, and particulars respecting,161Butter, how made, uses of, and impositions respecting,94Buttermilk, uses of,94C.Cachalot, blunt-headed, description and uses of,119Callo, what it is,204Calve's skins, uses of,95Camblets, what they are,86Camel, Arabian, description and uses of,65——, uses of milk, flesh, tongue, and heels,68——, Bactrian, or two-bunched, description and uses of,68Canary-bird, description of, whence obtained, &c.,137Cantharides, what they are, how collected and prepared, and uses of,230Capelan, description of, how caught, cured, and uses of,193Carp, description of, how bred and kept, and uses of,221Cat, wild, description, habits, &c. of,36——, domestic, uses of, and of skin, flesh, and intestines,37Cat-gut, what it is, and uses of,38,88Cattle, uses of, and of milk, flesh, &c.,91——, Devonshire, and Holderness or Dutch,96——, Lancashire or long-horned, Alderney, and Highland or Kyloe,97Caviar, what it is, and how made,205,206Chagreen, of what made, uses of, and how imitated,227Chamois, description of, and how hunted,81——, uses of flesh, skin, horns, and blood,82Charr, description, preparation, and uses of,212Cheese, Stilton, how made,92——, Cheshire, Wiltshire, and Gloucestershire,92Cheese, Chedder, Cottenham, Bath, York, Lincolnshire, Dunlop, Parmesan, Gouda, Gruyere, Dutch, and green Swiss,93Chinchilla, description of, and uses of fur,60Civet, description of, how obtained, and uses of,41Coal-fish, description of, how caught, and use of,194Cochineal, description of, how obtained, value, and uses of,233Cod, common, description of, fishery, and modes of curing,189——, use of air-bladder or sounds, tongue, liver, roes, &c.190Conger, description and uses of,187Coral, description of, how obtained, value, and uses of,253——, white, red, and seed,254Cordovan leather, what it is, and uses of,65Corn-crake, description of, and particulars respecting,170Corvorants,177Crab, common, how caught, and uses of,239——, land, description and uses of,240Craw-fish, sea, description and use of,241——, common or fresh-water, description of, how caught, and use of,242Cream, uses of,94Crocodile, description of, and uses of flesh, eggs, teeth, &c.,183Cuckoo, bee, description and uses of,132Curlew, description and use of,165Cuttle-fish, description and uses of,254Cygnets, what they are, and use of,172D.Dab, description and use of,199Doe-skin, what it is, and uses of,80Dog-fish, description of, and use of skin, &c.,226Dog, description and uses of,23——, uses of skin, hair, and flesh,24——, Siberian, description and uses of,25——, Newfoundland dog, shepherd's dog,26——, Water dog, spaniel,27——, Setter, pointer, hound,28——, Bloodhound, greyhound,29——, Mastiff, bull-dog,30——, Terrier, lurcher, turnspit,31Dolphin, common or true, description and habits of,122—— ——, uses of flesh, tongue, and fat,122Dorée, description and use, &c. of,197Dotterel, description and uses of, and particulars respecting,169Dromedary, description and uses of,65Duck, wild, description of, how caught, and use of,174——, tame,175——, eider, description of, and uses of down, flesh, eggs, and skin,175E.Eagle, cinereous, description of, and uses of flesh, skin, beak, and claws,125Eel, Roman, description and use of, and particulars respecting,185——, common, description of, how caught, and use of,186——, conger,186Eggs, uses, &c. of,153Eider down, how obtained and prepared, and use of,176Elephant, description and uses of, for draft and burthen, &c.,17,18——, how caught and tamed,18——, uses of tusks, flesh, blood, and proboscis,20Elk, description and use of, and of flesh, tongue, skin, and hair,72Ermine, description, habits, &c. of,47,48——, uses and value of skin,47,48F.Falcon, secretary, description and uses of,126——, gentil,126Falconry, account of the sport of,126Fallow deer, description and uses of,79Feathers, how prepared and uses of,154,173Ferret, description and uses of,46Fieldfare,134Fin-fish, description and uses of,118Flounder, description of, how caught, and use of,200Fox, common, description of, and uses of skin, and flesh,32——, arctic, description of, and uses of skin, tendons, and flesh,33——, white,33Frog, edible, description of, how obtained, kept, and use of,182——, bull,183G.Gallina, description and use of, and particulars respecting,154Galloways,103Gannet,178Gar-fish, or gore-fish, description and uses of,215Garum, pickle so called, of what made,205Genet, description and uses of,42Ghee, what it is, and how made,100Gilse, description and uses of,209Glama, description and uses of,69Glue, of what and how made,59Glutton, description of, and uses of skin and flesh,53Gluts,186Goat, common, uses of milk, flesh, skin, hair, horns, and fat,83——, Angora, description and uses of,86Goldfinch,137Gold-beater's skin, what it is, and use of,96Goose, wild, description and use of,172——, tame, use of quills, feathers, &c.,172Grayling, description of, how caught and use of,213Greyhound, uses of,30Grigs,186Grous, red, particulars respecting,155——, black, how caught and uses of,155——, wood, description and uses of,157Grugru, description and use of,230Guana, description of, how caught, and uses of flesh and eggs,184Gudgeon,223Guinea-fowls, description, &c. of,154Gurnards,208H.Haddock, description of, how caught, and use of,191Hair, human, uses of, and how prepared,11Hams, how cured,110Hare, common description and uses of,61——, Alpine,63Hartshorn, from what prepared, and uses of,78——, shavings and jelly,78Hedge-hog, description and habits of,56——, flesh and skin, uses of,57Heron, common, description and use of,163Herring, description of, and account of fishery,216——, how cured, and uses of,218Hippopotamus, description of, and uses of tusks, hide, flesh, feet, and tongue,108Hog, uses of flesh, fat, blood, feet, tongue, skin, bristles, &c.,109Holibut, description of, and uses of flesh, skin, liver, &c.,198Honey, description and uses of,238Hooper, description of, and uses of flesh, eggs, skin, &c.,171Horn, how prepared, and uses of,95Horses, uses of,101——, race, hunter, hackney,102——, dray, draught, Scots, Irish, French, Dutch, Flemish, German, Hungarian,103——, Danish, Spanish, Italian,104——, uses of flesh, milk, and skin,104,105Horse-hair, uses of,105Hound, description and uses of,38House-lamb,89I.Ichneumon, description and use of,39Indian ink, of what made,244Isinglass, of what and how made,225Ivory, what it is, importation, value, and uses of,20K.Kid skins, uses of,84L.Lac, description of, how obtained, and uses of,232——, stick, seed, and shell,232Lamprey, description and use of,228——, lesser,229Land-rail, description, &c. of,170Lap-wing, description and use of,169Lard, what it is, how prepared, and use of,110Leech, medicinal, description of, how caught, and use of,243Leopard, description and use of,35——, hunting, description and use of,35Ling, description and fishery of,196——, uses of flesh, liver, air-bladder, and tongue,196Linnet, grey,138Lion, description of, and uses of skin, flesh, and fat,33Llama, description and uses of,68——, uses of skin, hair, and flesh,69Lobster, how caught, how chosen, &c.,240——, spiny,241Locust, description of, and particulars respecting,231Lurcher, description and use of,31Lynx, description of, and use of skin,38M.Mackrel, description of, how caught, and use of,205Maids,228Manis, long and short-tailed, description and use of,14Martin, description and uses of,43Mastiff, description and use of,30Mead, of what made,238Milk, of goat, uses of,83——, of sheep,87——, of cow,92Mole, uses of skins and flesh, habits of, and how caught,55Monkeys, description of, and uses of, for food,12Moose deer. See Elk.Moroc, description and uses of,132Morocco leather, of what and how made, and how imitated,84Morse, great. See Article Walrus.Mother of pearl, what it is, and uses of,247Mule, description and uses of,107Mullet, white, description of, how caught, and uses of,216Muscle, oriental pearl, description and uses of,246——, common or edible,248Musk, description of, how procured and imported, and uses of,71Mutton,87Mya, pearl-bearing,245N.Nacre, what it is, and uses of,247Narwal, description of, and uses of oil, flesh, intestines, tendons, and horns,112Neat's-foot oil, what it is, and use of,96Nightingale, particulars respecting,141O.Opossum, Virginian, description and uses of,55Ortolan, description and use of,136Ostrich, description of, and uses of feathers, fat, flesh, eggs, and skins,161Otter, common, description and uses of,48——, trained to catch fish,49——, sea, description of, and uses and value of skin,50Ounce, description and use of,35Owls, use of,127Ox. See Cattle.——, musk, description of, and uses of flesh, wool, hair, and skin,98——, grunting, description and use of,98Oysters, how caught, and uses, &c. of,249P.Palm-tree grub, description and use of,230Panther, description and use of,35Paradise, bird of, description and use of,131Parchment, of what made,87Partridge, particulars and use of,158Peacock, description and uses of,150Pearls, how obtained and prepared, use and value of,246,247——, how formed by artificial perforations,245——, artificial, how made,224Pee-wit, description and use of,169Pelecan, white,178Penguins, description and use of,177Perch, description of, how caught, and use of,203Pheasant, common, particulars and use of,151——, argus, description and use of,152Pigeon, wild,143——, domestic,146——, carrier and crowned,147——, passenger,148Pike or Jack, description of, how caught, and use of,214——, sea,215Pilchard, description, fishery, and use of,219Piltocks, description of, how caught, and use of,154Pintado, particulars respecting the,154Plaise, description and use of,198Plovers,170Pointer, description and use of,28Pollack, description of, how caught, and use of,195Porcupine, common, description and habits of,57——, uses of, quills and flesh,57Pork, what it is, value of, and how cured,109Porpesse, description of, and uses of oil, flesh, fat, entrails, and skin,123Poultry, domestic, particulars respecting,153Prawns, description of, how caught, and use of,242,243Ptarmigan, description and uses of,156Puffin, description and use of,176Q.Quail, description and use of, and particulars respecting,159Quills, how obtained and prepared, and uses of,173R.Rabbit, wild, description and uses of,63——, modes of catching,64——, warrens,63——, tame,65Raccoon, description of, and uses of fur, skin, and flesh,53,54Rattle-snake,184Raven, description of, and uses of flesh, skin, beak, claws, and quills,128Red-game,155Redbreast,143Red deer. See Stag.Reeve. See Ruff.Rein deer, description, uses, and value of,74——, uses of milk, flesh, blood, fat, skin, horns, bones, tendons, &c.76——, how hunted,77Rinoceros, description of, and uses of skin, flesh, horns, blood, hoofs, and teeth,16Ringdove,147River-horse. See Hippopotamus.Roe, or Roe-buck, description and use of,80Rook, description and use of,129Ruff and Reeve, particulars respecting, and use of,167S.Sable, description of, and how hunted,43,44——, uses and value of fur, and modes of imitating,43,44Sagri, or Shagreen, of what made,107Salmon, common, description, fishery, and uses of,208Sand-eel, or sand-launce, description of, and how caught,187Sea-unicorn. See Narwal.Sea-lion. See Seal, leonine.Seal, common, description of, and how killed,22—— ——, uses of flesh, skin, fat, tendons, bones, fur, &c.22——, leonine, description and uses of,22Serpents,184Setter, description and uses of,28Sewen,210Shad, description of, and particulars respecting,219Shagreen, of what made, and how manufactured,107Shammoy leather, what it is, and uses of,82Sharks, description and uses of,226Sheep, common, uses of wool, skin, flesh, fat, milk, intestines, and bones,86——, Leicester, Lincolnshire, Southdown, and Ryeland or Hereford, account of,88——, Cheviot, Shetland, Dorsetshire, Heath,89——, Merino, broad-tailed,90——, Tartarian, or fat-rumped,91Shelties,103Shrimps and prawns, how caught, and uses of,241Shrike, great or cinereous, description and uses of,128Silk, value, uses, and other particulars of,235——, Tusseh, and Arrindy,237Silkworms, description of, how bred, &c.,235Skate, description and use of,227Skunk, description and habits of,40——, flesh and skins, uses of,40Skylark, how caught, &c.,140Smelt, description and use of,213Snail, edible, description of, how kept, use of, &c.,252Snigs,186Snipe, common, description, particulars, and use of,167Sole, description of, how caught, and use of,200Song thrush,134Spaniel, description and uses of,27Spanish fly, description and use of,230Sparling, description and use of,213Sparrow, common, use of,139Spermaceti, what it is, how obtained, and use of,118Sponge, description of, how obtained, and use of,254Sprat, description and use of,220Squirrel, grey, description and use of,60——, black,61Stag, description and uses of,77Stock dove,145Stork, common or white, description and use of,162Sturgeon, common, description, and fishery of,225——, uses of flesh, roes, bones, and skin,225Suet,87Surmullet, red and striped, description, particulars, and use of,207Swallows in general,144Swallow, esculent, use, &c. of its nest,144Swan, wild, description of, and uses of flesh, eggs, and skin,171——, tame,172Swift,144Sword-fish, description of, how killed, and use of,188T.Tallow, what it is, how prepared, and use of,96Teal,175Tench, description and uses of,223Terrier, description and use of,31Thornback,228Throstle,134Thunny, description, fishery, value, and use of,205Tiger, description of, and uses of skin and flesh,34Torsk, description of, how caught, and use of,192Tortoise, Greek, description of, and uses of blood, eggs, &c.,179——, round,180—— shell, what it is, how prepared, use, and value of,180Toucan, red-bellied, description and uses of,121Train-oil, what it is, and uses of,114Trout, salmon or sea, description and use of,210——, fresh-water, description of, how caught, use of, &c.,211Turbot, description of, fishery, &c.,201Turkey, wild, how caught, use of, &c.,149——, domestic, particulars respecting,149Turnspit, description and use of,31Turtle, common or green, description of, how procured, and uses of,181——, hawk's bill, description of, and uses of flesh, eggs, and shell,180Tusseh dooties, what they are, and use of,237U.Umber, description of, how caught, and uses of,213Urchin. See Hedge-hog.V.Veal,95Vellum, of what made, and uses,95Venison,79Vicuna, description and uses of,70Viper, common, uses of,185Vulture, Aquiline or Egyptian, description and uses of,124——, carrion,125W.Wax, bees and white, what it is, how prepared, and uses,238Weasel, striated. See Skunk.Westphalia hams, how cured,110Whale, great or Greenland, description of; and uses of oil, whalebone, tongue, skin, fins, flesh, intestines, bones, &c.,113, &c.—— ——, fishery, account of,114—— ——, fin-backed, description of, and uses of oil, spermaceti, flesh, skin, intestines, tendons, teeth, bones, &c.,118, &c.Whalebone, what it is, and uses of,114,117Wheat-ear, description of, how caught, and use of,142White-game,156White-rump, description of, how caught, and uses of,142Whiting, description of, how caught, and use of,193——, pout, description and use of,192Wigeon,175Wolf, description and history of,32——, use of skin,32Woodcock, description and use of, and particulars respecting,165Woodlark,141Woodpeckers, description and uses of,132Wool, uses and manufacture of,24,27,85,86Wreckle, description of, how caught, and use of,187Y.Yak, description and use of,98
A.
Albicore. See Thunny.
Alligator, description of, and use of flesh, eggs, teeth, &c.,183
Ambergris, what it is, whence obtained, and uses,121
Anchovy, description of, how caught, cured, and uses of,221
Animals, classification of,1
Antelope, description of, and uses of flesh, skin, and horns,82
Apes. See Monkeys.
Arctic walrus, description of, and uses of tusks, oil, skin, and tendons,21
Armadillo, description of, how caught, and uses of,15
Ass, uses of, and of milk, flesh, skin, and bones,106
Asses-skin pocket-books, of what made,107
B.
Baboons. See Apes.
Bacon, how cured,110
Badger, description and habits of, and how caught,54,55
——, uses of flesh, skin, hair, and fat,54
Basse, description and use of,204
Bats, description and uses of,13
—— Vampire bat, use of its hair,14
Bear, common, description of, and how caught,51,52
—— ——, uses of skin, flesh, fat, oil, intestines, and bones,52
Bear, white or polar, description of, and uses of skin, flesh, fat, and tendons,52
Beaver, description of, and uses of skin, hair, castor, flesh, and teeth,59
Beef,94
Bees, description, uses, and management of,237
Bees'-wax, what it is, how prepared, and uses of,237
Bison, American, description of and uses of, flesh, tongue, tallow, horns, skin, and hair,99
Bittern, description of, and uses of flesh and claws,164
Blackbird,135
Black game,155
Bleak, description and uses of,224
Blistering plasters, of what made,230
Bloodhound, description and uses of,29
Blood, uses of,96
Boa, great,185
Bonito, description and use of,206
Botargue, or botargo, of what and how made,204,206
Brawn, what it is, and how prepared,110
Brill, description and use of,199
Bristles of swine, uses of,111
Buck-skin, what it is, and uses of,80
Buffalo, description of, and uses of milk, flesh, skin, and horns,100
——, Cape, description of, and uses of flesh and hide,100
Buff leather, what it is,100
Bulfinch,135
Bull-dog, description and use of,30
Burbot, description of, how caught, and use of,197
Bustard, description and uses of, and particulars respecting,161
Butter, how made, uses of, and impositions respecting,94
Buttermilk, uses of,94
C.
Cachalot, blunt-headed, description and uses of,119
Callo, what it is,204
Calve's skins, uses of,95
Camblets, what they are,86
Camel, Arabian, description and uses of,65
——, uses of milk, flesh, tongue, and heels,68
——, Bactrian, or two-bunched, description and uses of,68
Canary-bird, description of, whence obtained, &c.,137
Cantharides, what they are, how collected and prepared, and uses of,230
Capelan, description of, how caught, cured, and uses of,193
Carp, description of, how bred and kept, and uses of,221
Cat, wild, description, habits, &c. of,36
——, domestic, uses of, and of skin, flesh, and intestines,37
Cat-gut, what it is, and uses of,38,88
Cattle, uses of, and of milk, flesh, &c.,91
——, Devonshire, and Holderness or Dutch,96
——, Lancashire or long-horned, Alderney, and Highland or Kyloe,97
Caviar, what it is, and how made,205,206
Chagreen, of what made, uses of, and how imitated,227
Chamois, description of, and how hunted,81
——, uses of flesh, skin, horns, and blood,82
Charr, description, preparation, and uses of,212
Cheese, Stilton, how made,92
——, Cheshire, Wiltshire, and Gloucestershire,92
Cheese, Chedder, Cottenham, Bath, York, Lincolnshire, Dunlop, Parmesan, Gouda, Gruyere, Dutch, and green Swiss,93
Chinchilla, description of, and uses of fur,60
Civet, description of, how obtained, and uses of,41
Coal-fish, description of, how caught, and use of,194
Cochineal, description of, how obtained, value, and uses of,233
Cod, common, description of, fishery, and modes of curing,189
——, use of air-bladder or sounds, tongue, liver, roes, &c.190
Conger, description and uses of,187
Coral, description of, how obtained, value, and uses of,253
——, white, red, and seed,254
Cordovan leather, what it is, and uses of,65
Corn-crake, description of, and particulars respecting,170
Corvorants,177
Crab, common, how caught, and uses of,239
——, land, description and uses of,240
Craw-fish, sea, description and use of,241
——, common or fresh-water, description of, how caught, and use of,242
Cream, uses of,94
Crocodile, description of, and uses of flesh, eggs, teeth, &c.,183
Cuckoo, bee, description and uses of,132
Curlew, description and use of,165
Cuttle-fish, description and uses of,254
Cygnets, what they are, and use of,172
D.
Dab, description and use of,199
Doe-skin, what it is, and uses of,80
Dog-fish, description of, and use of skin, &c.,226
Dog, description and uses of,23
——, uses of skin, hair, and flesh,24
——, Siberian, description and uses of,25
——, Newfoundland dog, shepherd's dog,26
——, Water dog, spaniel,27
——, Setter, pointer, hound,28
——, Bloodhound, greyhound,29
——, Mastiff, bull-dog,30
——, Terrier, lurcher, turnspit,31
Dolphin, common or true, description and habits of,122
—— ——, uses of flesh, tongue, and fat,122
Dorée, description and use, &c. of,197
Dotterel, description and uses of, and particulars respecting,169
Dromedary, description and uses of,65
Duck, wild, description of, how caught, and use of,174
——, tame,175
——, eider, description of, and uses of down, flesh, eggs, and skin,175
E.
Eagle, cinereous, description of, and uses of flesh, skin, beak, and claws,125
Eel, Roman, description and use of, and particulars respecting,185
——, common, description of, how caught, and use of,186
——, conger,186
Eggs, uses, &c. of,153
Eider down, how obtained and prepared, and use of,176
Elephant, description and uses of, for draft and burthen, &c.,17,18
——, how caught and tamed,18
——, uses of tusks, flesh, blood, and proboscis,20
Elk, description and use of, and of flesh, tongue, skin, and hair,72
Ermine, description, habits, &c. of,47,48
——, uses and value of skin,47,48
F.
Falcon, secretary, description and uses of,126
——, gentil,126
Falconry, account of the sport of,126
Fallow deer, description and uses of,79
Feathers, how prepared and uses of,154,173
Ferret, description and uses of,46
Fieldfare,134
Fin-fish, description and uses of,118
Flounder, description of, how caught, and use of,200
Fox, common, description of, and uses of skin, and flesh,32
——, arctic, description of, and uses of skin, tendons, and flesh,33
——, white,33
Frog, edible, description of, how obtained, kept, and use of,182
——, bull,183
G.
Gallina, description and use of, and particulars respecting,154
Galloways,103
Gannet,178
Gar-fish, or gore-fish, description and uses of,215
Garum, pickle so called, of what made,205
Genet, description and uses of,42
Ghee, what it is, and how made,100
Gilse, description and uses of,209
Glama, description and uses of,69
Glue, of what and how made,59
Glutton, description of, and uses of skin and flesh,53
Gluts,186
Goat, common, uses of milk, flesh, skin, hair, horns, and fat,83
——, Angora, description and uses of,86
Goldfinch,137
Gold-beater's skin, what it is, and use of,96
Goose, wild, description and use of,172
——, tame, use of quills, feathers, &c.,172
Grayling, description of, how caught and use of,213
Greyhound, uses of,30
Grigs,186
Grous, red, particulars respecting,155
——, black, how caught and uses of,155
——, wood, description and uses of,157
Grugru, description and use of,230
Guana, description of, how caught, and uses of flesh and eggs,184
Gudgeon,223
Guinea-fowls, description, &c. of,154
Gurnards,208
H.
Haddock, description of, how caught, and use of,191
Hair, human, uses of, and how prepared,11
Hams, how cured,110
Hare, common description and uses of,61
——, Alpine,63
Hartshorn, from what prepared, and uses of,78
——, shavings and jelly,78
Hedge-hog, description and habits of,56
——, flesh and skin, uses of,57
Heron, common, description and use of,163
Herring, description of, and account of fishery,216
——, how cured, and uses of,218
Hippopotamus, description of, and uses of tusks, hide, flesh, feet, and tongue,108
Hog, uses of flesh, fat, blood, feet, tongue, skin, bristles, &c.,109
Holibut, description of, and uses of flesh, skin, liver, &c.,198
Honey, description and uses of,238
Hooper, description of, and uses of flesh, eggs, skin, &c.,171
Horn, how prepared, and uses of,95
Horses, uses of,101
——, race, hunter, hackney,102
——, dray, draught, Scots, Irish, French, Dutch, Flemish, German, Hungarian,103
——, Danish, Spanish, Italian,104
——, uses of flesh, milk, and skin,104,105
Horse-hair, uses of,105
Hound, description and uses of,38
House-lamb,89
I.
Ichneumon, description and use of,39
Indian ink, of what made,244
Isinglass, of what and how made,225
Ivory, what it is, importation, value, and uses of,20
K.
Kid skins, uses of,84
L.
Lac, description of, how obtained, and uses of,232
——, stick, seed, and shell,232
Lamprey, description and use of,228
——, lesser,229
Land-rail, description, &c. of,170
Lap-wing, description and use of,169
Lard, what it is, how prepared, and use of,110
Leech, medicinal, description of, how caught, and use of,243
Leopard, description and use of,35
——, hunting, description and use of,35
Ling, description and fishery of,196
——, uses of flesh, liver, air-bladder, and tongue,196
Linnet, grey,138
Lion, description of, and uses of skin, flesh, and fat,33
Llama, description and uses of,68
——, uses of skin, hair, and flesh,69
Lobster, how caught, how chosen, &c.,240
——, spiny,241
Locust, description of, and particulars respecting,231
Lurcher, description and use of,31
Lynx, description of, and use of skin,38
M.
Mackrel, description of, how caught, and use of,205
Maids,228
Manis, long and short-tailed, description and use of,14
Martin, description and uses of,43
Mastiff, description and use of,30
Mead, of what made,238
Milk, of goat, uses of,83
——, of sheep,87
——, of cow,92
Mole, uses of skins and flesh, habits of, and how caught,55
Monkeys, description of, and uses of, for food,12
Moose deer. See Elk.
Moroc, description and uses of,132
Morocco leather, of what and how made, and how imitated,84
Morse, great. See Article Walrus.
Mother of pearl, what it is, and uses of,247
Mule, description and uses of,107
Mullet, white, description of, how caught, and uses of,216
Muscle, oriental pearl, description and uses of,246
——, common or edible,248
Musk, description of, how procured and imported, and uses of,71
Mutton,87
Mya, pearl-bearing,245
N.
Nacre, what it is, and uses of,247
Narwal, description of, and uses of oil, flesh, intestines, tendons, and horns,112
Neat's-foot oil, what it is, and use of,96
Nightingale, particulars respecting,141
O.
Opossum, Virginian, description and uses of,55
Ortolan, description and use of,136
Ostrich, description of, and uses of feathers, fat, flesh, eggs, and skins,161
Otter, common, description and uses of,48
——, trained to catch fish,49
——, sea, description of, and uses and value of skin,50
Ounce, description and use of,35
Owls, use of,127
Ox. See Cattle.
——, musk, description of, and uses of flesh, wool, hair, and skin,98
——, grunting, description and use of,98
Oysters, how caught, and uses, &c. of,249
P.
Palm-tree grub, description and use of,230
Panther, description and use of,35
Paradise, bird of, description and use of,131
Parchment, of what made,87
Partridge, particulars and use of,158
Peacock, description and uses of,150
Pearls, how obtained and prepared, use and value of,246,247
——, how formed by artificial perforations,245
——, artificial, how made,224
Pee-wit, description and use of,169
Pelecan, white,178
Penguins, description and use of,177
Perch, description of, how caught, and use of,203
Pheasant, common, particulars and use of,151
——, argus, description and use of,152
Pigeon, wild,143
——, domestic,146
——, carrier and crowned,147
——, passenger,148
Pike or Jack, description of, how caught, and use of,214
——, sea,215
Pilchard, description, fishery, and use of,219
Piltocks, description of, how caught, and use of,154
Pintado, particulars respecting the,154
Plaise, description and use of,198
Plovers,170
Pointer, description and use of,28
Pollack, description of, how caught, and use of,195
Porcupine, common, description and habits of,57
——, uses of, quills and flesh,57
Pork, what it is, value of, and how cured,109
Porpesse, description of, and uses of oil, flesh, fat, entrails, and skin,123
Poultry, domestic, particulars respecting,153
Prawns, description of, how caught, and use of,242,243
Ptarmigan, description and uses of,156
Puffin, description and use of,176
Q.
Quail, description and use of, and particulars respecting,159
Quills, how obtained and prepared, and uses of,173
R.
Rabbit, wild, description and uses of,63
——, modes of catching,64
——, warrens,63
——, tame,65
Raccoon, description of, and uses of fur, skin, and flesh,53,54
Rattle-snake,184
Raven, description of, and uses of flesh, skin, beak, claws, and quills,128
Red-game,155
Redbreast,143
Red deer. See Stag.
Reeve. See Ruff.
Rein deer, description, uses, and value of,74
——, uses of milk, flesh, blood, fat, skin, horns, bones, tendons, &c.76
——, how hunted,77
Rinoceros, description of, and uses of skin, flesh, horns, blood, hoofs, and teeth,16
Ringdove,147
River-horse. See Hippopotamus.
Roe, or Roe-buck, description and use of,80
Rook, description and use of,129
Ruff and Reeve, particulars respecting, and use of,167
S.
Sable, description of, and how hunted,43,44
——, uses and value of fur, and modes of imitating,43,44
Sagri, or Shagreen, of what made,107
Salmon, common, description, fishery, and uses of,208
Sand-eel, or sand-launce, description of, and how caught,187
Sea-unicorn. See Narwal.
Sea-lion. See Seal, leonine.
Seal, common, description of, and how killed,22
—— ——, uses of flesh, skin, fat, tendons, bones, fur, &c.22
——, leonine, description and uses of,22
Serpents,184
Setter, description and uses of,28
Sewen,210
Shad, description of, and particulars respecting,219
Shagreen, of what made, and how manufactured,107
Shammoy leather, what it is, and uses of,82
Sharks, description and uses of,226
Sheep, common, uses of wool, skin, flesh, fat, milk, intestines, and bones,86
——, Leicester, Lincolnshire, Southdown, and Ryeland or Hereford, account of,88
——, Cheviot, Shetland, Dorsetshire, Heath,89
——, Merino, broad-tailed,90
——, Tartarian, or fat-rumped,91
Shelties,103
Shrimps and prawns, how caught, and uses of,241
Shrike, great or cinereous, description and uses of,128
Silk, value, uses, and other particulars of,235
——, Tusseh, and Arrindy,237
Silkworms, description of, how bred, &c.,235
Skate, description and use of,227
Skunk, description and habits of,40
——, flesh and skins, uses of,40
Skylark, how caught, &c.,140
Smelt, description and use of,213
Snail, edible, description of, how kept, use of, &c.,252
Snigs,186
Snipe, common, description, particulars, and use of,167
Sole, description of, how caught, and use of,200
Song thrush,134
Spaniel, description and uses of,27
Spanish fly, description and use of,230
Sparling, description and use of,213
Sparrow, common, use of,139
Spermaceti, what it is, how obtained, and use of,118
Sponge, description of, how obtained, and use of,254
Sprat, description and use of,220
Squirrel, grey, description and use of,60
——, black,61
Stag, description and uses of,77
Stock dove,145
Stork, common or white, description and use of,162
Sturgeon, common, description, and fishery of,225
——, uses of flesh, roes, bones, and skin,225
Suet,87
Surmullet, red and striped, description, particulars, and use of,207
Swallows in general,144
Swallow, esculent, use, &c. of its nest,144
Swan, wild, description of, and uses of flesh, eggs, and skin,171
——, tame,172
Swift,144
Sword-fish, description of, how killed, and use of,188
T.
Tallow, what it is, how prepared, and use of,96
Teal,175
Tench, description and uses of,223
Terrier, description and use of,31
Thornback,228
Throstle,134
Thunny, description, fishery, value, and use of,205
Tiger, description of, and uses of skin and flesh,34
Torsk, description of, how caught, and use of,192
Tortoise, Greek, description of, and uses of blood, eggs, &c.,179
——, round,180
—— shell, what it is, how prepared, use, and value of,180
Toucan, red-bellied, description and uses of,121
Train-oil, what it is, and uses of,114
Trout, salmon or sea, description and use of,210
——, fresh-water, description of, how caught, use of, &c.,211
Turbot, description of, fishery, &c.,201
Turkey, wild, how caught, use of, &c.,149
——, domestic, particulars respecting,149
Turnspit, description and use of,31
Turtle, common or green, description of, how procured, and uses of,181
——, hawk's bill, description of, and uses of flesh, eggs, and shell,180
Tusseh dooties, what they are, and use of,237
U.
Umber, description of, how caught, and uses of,213
Urchin. See Hedge-hog.
V.
Veal,95
Vellum, of what made, and uses,95
Venison,79
Vicuna, description and uses of,70
Viper, common, uses of,185
Vulture, Aquiline or Egyptian, description and uses of,124
——, carrion,125
W.
Wax, bees and white, what it is, how prepared, and uses,238
Weasel, striated. See Skunk.
Westphalia hams, how cured,110
Whale, great or Greenland, description of; and uses of oil, whalebone, tongue, skin, fins, flesh, intestines, bones, &c.,113, &c.
—— ——, fishery, account of,114
—— ——, fin-backed, description of, and uses of oil, spermaceti, flesh, skin, intestines, tendons, teeth, bones, &c.,118, &c.
Whalebone, what it is, and uses of,114,117
Wheat-ear, description of, how caught, and use of,142
White-game,156
White-rump, description of, how caught, and uses of,142
Whiting, description of, how caught, and use of,193
——, pout, description and use of,192
Wigeon,175
Wolf, description and history of,32
——, use of skin,32
Woodcock, description and use of, and particulars respecting,165
Woodlark,141
Woodpeckers, description and uses of,132
Wool, uses and manufacture of,24,27,85,86
Wreckle, description of, how caught, and use of,187
Y.
Yak, description and use of,98
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