elpenninck, Mrs, her fondness for dogs, 121.

Scott, Sir Walter, when a boy, saw Burns, 84;
his fondness for his dogs, 122;
on a fox, 138;
visit to the Black Dwarf, 157.

"Scratcher" of Sydney Smith, 311.

Scriptures, dogs mentioned in the, 84, 103, 106.

Seals, their intelligence, 174-182.

_Semnopithecus Entellus_, an Indian monkey, 35.

Sergent and his spaniel, 196.

Shaved bear at Bristol, 61.

Shawl-goat at John Hunter's menagerie, 301.

Sheep, anecdotes of, 295-298;
and goats, 295;
pet, of Alex. Wood the surgeon, 299.

Shepherd dogs, 82.

Sheridan and the dog, 109;
on the dog-tax, 123.

Shetland seals, 174-182.

Sidmouth, Lord, educated by the Rev. Mr Gilpin, 308.

Skins of rabbits, 223.

Sloth, Sydney Smith on, 224.

Smith, Rev. Sydney, on the differences between man and monkeys, 34, 35;
his answer to Landseer, 78;
remark on a dog, 88;
his dislike of dogs, 124, 125;
on pigs, 254;
and his horses, 271-274.

Smith and the elephant, 234.

Sorrel, the horse of William III., 51.

Southey and his critics, 48;
on dogs, 126;
loved cats, 158-160.

Sow and swine, 238-255.

Spencer, Lord, and Rev. Sydney Smith, 124, 125.

_Spermophilus Parryi_, 197.

Sportsmen, exaggeration of some, 221.

Squirrel, 195.

Stags, anecdotes of, 291-293.

Stag-trench at Frankfort, 294.

Stanhope, Earl, on Jacobites calling adherents of Court "Hanover rats," 202, 203;
on the poet Cowper's tastes, 220.

Stapelia, a plant at the Cape, 25.

Stirling Castle, "Lion's den" at, 162.

Stokes, Capt. Lort, on the red-necked fox-bat, 43.

Story, Judge, names he gave his horses, 274.

Sturge and the pigs, 255.

Surgeon, an enthusiastic fox-hunting, 138.

Swinton, origin of name, 241.

Sykes, Colonel, on the flesh of a fox-bat, 45.

Syria, wild boar in, 244.

Tail, short-tailed and long-tailed horses, 275.

Tailor and the elephant, 235.

_Tamandua_, or ant-eater, 226.

Tennyson, lines on man, and modern systems, 10;
lines describing tropical bats, 39.

Thackeray on the Egyptian donkey, 285.

_Thalassarctos maritimus_--the polar bear, 61-70.

_Thylacinus Harrisii_, 191.

Tibetan mastiff, 86, 87.

Tiger and lion, 161.

Tigers' claws and whiskers regarded as charms, 165.

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