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