This Coral, which is described as being brought from Syria, was probably that of the Red Sea, where the Coral abounds, and where it attains the greatest perfection.
INDEX.
A. PAGE
Addax, [171]-173
Adder, [628]
Ant, [671]
agricultural, [672]
habits of, [674]
cocoon, [675]
Aoudad, [212]-215
Ape, [387]
brought by Solomon, [389]
worshipped in India, [390]-395
Apis, [145]
Ass, [315]
domesticated, [315]
royal, [316]
treatment of, [319]
saddle, [321]
in Cairo, [323]
uses of, [326]
wild, [328]
B.
Badger, [96]
skins for tabernacle, [96]-112
skins for robes and sandals, [97]
nocturnal in habits, [100]
Barbel, long-headed, [639]
Bat, [401]
Bear, Syrian, [103]
omnivorous, [106]
a dangerous enemy, [108]
robbed of whelps, [110]
mode of fighting, [110]
Beden, [233]-237
Bee, [664]
banded, [664]
hives, [667]
honey, [667]
Behemoth, [372]
food, [376]
hunted, [380]
Bison, [160]
Bittern, [536]
haunts waste places, [538]
cry, [538]
nest, [540]
Blue thrush, [481]
Boer hunting the lion, [36]-41
Bottles, skin, [221]-225
Bubale, [173]-175
Buffalo, [149]
Bull, [142]
wild, [152]
hunted with nets, [153]
C.
Calf, [134]
fatted, [135]
worshipped, [146], [148]
Camel, [248]
Arabian, [248]
Bactrian, [248], [286]-290
milk of, [251]
power of carrying water, [252]
flesh, [254]
as beast of burden, [255]-258
riding, [259]-268
speed, [269]
malice of, [273]
food, [277]-280
foot, [280]
hair and skin, [283]
needle's eye, [284]
Caspian emys, [580]
hibernates, [581]
terror to horses, [581]
legends, [582]
Cattle, [132]
Cerastes, [624]
Chameleon, [602]
strength of grasp, [607]
eyes, [607]
change of color, [608]
Chamois, [211]
Chariots, [300]-311
Chetah, [42]
Cobra di capello, [616]
Cockatrice, [628]
Coney, [366]
ruminant, [368]
watchful, [370]
Coral, [695]
Cormorant, [563]
fishing, [564]
voracious, [565]
in China, [565]
nests, [566]
Coryphene, [641]
Crane, [549]
Crocodile, [585]
description in Job, [586]
worshipped by Egyptians, [589]
seizing its prey, [592]
eggs, [595]
hunting, [598]
Cuckoo, [487]
great spotted, [488]
Cyprius, [602]
D.
Deer, [238]
hunted, [244]
watchfulness of, [244]-246
Deloul, [268]
Dhubb, [583]
Dishon, [171]
Dove, [489]
turtle, [489], [496]
Noah's, [490]
in sacrifice, [491]
carrier, [493]
blue rock, [495]
collared turtle, [497]
palm, [497]
Barbary, [497]
E.
Eagle, [430]
golden, [433]
short-toed, [434]
Egret, [548]
Egyptian mastigure, [583]
Elephant, [349]
ivory, [349]
in war, [352]
in hunting, [362]
F.
Falcon, peregrine, [445]
lanner, [445]
Fallow deer, [173]-175
Field-mouse, [121]-124
Fishes, [635]-648
apostolic fishermen, [635]
as food, [637]
manner of catching, [643]
as symbols, [646]
Flea, [688]
Flies, [683]
god of, [684]
Frogs, [630]
plague of, [631]
green, [632]
edible, [632]
Fox, [76]
plentiful in Palestine, [77]
feeds upon the slain, [78]
Samson's foxes, [78]-85
G.
Gazelle, [163]
mode of defence, [165]
manner of capture, [166]
chase of, [166]-170
Gecko, [605]
Gier-eagle, [419]
Gnats, [685]
Goad, [137]
Goat, [217]
as food, [217]-219
milking-scene, [220]
hair for clothing, [220]
skin bottles, [221]-225
kneading-troughs, [225]
scapegoat, [226]
intractable, [227]
separated from sheep, [227]-229
H.
Hamster, [124]
Hare, [126]
not a ruminant, [127]
two species in Palestine, [131]
Hart, [255]
Hawk, [447]
sparrow, [448]
harrier, [451]
white, [453]
dove, [453]
blue, [453]
ring-tailed, [453]
night, [462]
Herdsmen, [144]
Arab, [177]
Heron, [542]
as food, [542]
sociable, [544]
flight, [546]
nest, [547]
Hind, [255]
Hippopotamus, [374]
Honey, [667]
Hoopoe, [476]
legend of, [477]
Hornet, [669]
Horse, [291]
Arab, [291]
hoofs, [295]
sale of Arab, [296]-300
chariots, [300]
Horse-leech, [693]
House-top, [480]
Hyacinthine gallinule, [560]
Hyæna, [85]
as scavenger, [86]-88
haunting graves, [88]
odour of, [89]
superstitions concerning, [90]
Hyrax, [366]
I.
Ibex, [233]-236
Ibis, white or sacred, [562]
Ichneumon, [596]
Insects, [657]
Ivory, [349]-352
J.
Jackal, [76]
Jerboa, [125]
K.
Kestrel, [449]
Kite, [440]
red, [441]
black, [442]
Kneading-troughs, [225]
L.
Lämmergeier, [411]
food, [414]
bone-breaker, [414]
Lapwing, [476]
Leviathan, [585]
Lizard, [602]
Locust, [657]
swarms, [658]
plague of, [660]
as food, [661]
Louse, [686]
Lump-fish, [641]
M.
Mole, [114]
hard to capture, [116]
frequents ruins, [117]
food, [118]
Molluscs, [648]
Monitor, [605]
Nilotic, [610]
land, [610]
Monkey, [387]
Mosquito, [686]
Mouflon, [215]
Mouse, [119]
voracity, [119]
Mule, [333]
ridden by kings, [335]
perverse, [336]
Muræna, [639]
Moth, clothes, [678]
silkworm, [680]
N.
Night-hawk, [462]
Nightjar, [462]
cry, [464]
Nile-perch, [647]
Nineveh, sculptures of, [34]
O.
Oryx, [154]-156
Osprey, [436]
fishing, [436]
flight, [438]
Ossifrage, [411]
Ostrich, [523]
neglect of young, [526]-528
nest in sand, [526]
chase, [529]
scent, [530]
speed, [531]
as food, [532]
eggs, [534]
cry, [531]
Ounce, [42]
Owl, [454]
use in bird-catching, [455]
little, [455]
barn, [455]
screech, [456]
great, [456]
Egyptian eagle, [458]
European eagle, [458]
Virginian eared, [458]
Ox, [133]
stalled, [133]
yoke, [136]
plough, [136]
goad, [137]
threshing, [138]
cart, [139]
pasturage, [141]
worshipped, [148]
P.
Palestine, [470]
Partridge, [505]
desert, [507]
Passover, [204]
Samaritan, [205]-210
Peacock, [501]
Pearl, [653]
Pelican, [567]
pouch, [569]
feeding young, [570]
legends, [570]
flight, [572]
crested, [573]
Pigeon, [489]
Plough, [136]
Porcupine, [113]
Poultry, [498]
Purple dye, [649]
Pygarg, [171]
Q.
Quail, [509]
sent to Israelites, [510]
flight, [511]
as food, [511]
mode of capture, [512]
R.
Rams' horns, [201]-203
Raven, [516]
in ark, [516]
sent to Elijah, [518]
notices of, in Talmud, [519]
ashy-necked, [520]
in Jerusalem, [520]
S.
Scheltopusic, [603]
Scorpion, [690]
Serpents, [613]
motion, [614]
poison, [615]
sluggish, [620]
anecdotes of, [620]
Sheat-fishes, [637]
Sheep, [177]
pasturage, [177]
watering, [180]
names, [186]
folds, [189]-191
dogs, [191]
broad-tailed, [194]
uses of, [197]
in sacrifice, [203]
Shepherds, [185]
sling, [185]
care of flock, [188]
Shephiphon, [624]
Silkworm, [681]
Skink, [603]
Snail, [652]
Snake, glass, [603]
dart, [616]
charmer, [617]
Sparrow, [479]
on house-tops, [480]
value of, [483]
caught with nets, [484]
nests, [485]
tree, [486]
Spider, [692]
Sponge, [694]
Star-gazer, [647]
Stork, [553]
sacred, [554]
migratory, [556]
care of young, [557]
black, [558]
Sucking-fish, [640]
Surmullet, [648]
Swallow, [466]
swift, [470], [474]
Swan, [560]
Swine, [337]
prohibited to Jews, [337]
hated, [338]
wild, [334]
T.
Threshing, [138]
Tortoise, [577]
as food, [577]
slow-motioned, [579]
Toxicoa, [627]
Tunny, [641]
U.
Unicorn, [158]
a real animal, [159]
V.
Viper, horned, [624]
sand, [627]
Vulture, Egyptian, [419]
scavengers, [421]
griffon, [423]
W.
Wanderoo, [395]-400
Weasel, [92]
fond of eggs, [94]
story of owl and weasel, [94]
Wild bull, [152]
goat, [233]
ass, [328]
boar, [344]
Wind-hover, [449]
Wolf, [69]
only mentioned symbolically, [69]
hunting in packs, [71]
fierceness of, [71]
special enemy of sheep, [72]
tamed by a monk, [75]
Wool, [199]
Worm, crimson, [676]
Y.
Yoke, [136]
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