Useful Knowledge: Volume 3. Animals: Or, a familiar account of the various productions of natureBingley, William
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Useful Knowledge: Volume 3. Animals: Or, a familiar account of the various productions of nature
Bingley, William
Commercial products; Natural history; Zoology -- Popular works
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
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