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