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
T.
Tallow, what it is, how prepared, and use of, 96
Teal, 175
Tench, description and uses of, 223
Terrier, description and use of, 31
Thornback, 228
Throstle, 134
Thunny, description, fishery, value, and use of, 205
Tiger, description of, and uses of skin and flesh, 34
Torsk, description of, how caught, and use of, 192
Tortoise, Greek, description of, and uses of blood, eggs, &c., 179
----, round, 180
---- shell, what it is, how prepared, use, and value of, 180
Toucan, red-bellied, description and uses of, 121
Train-oil, what it is, and uses of, 114
Trout, salmon or sea, description and use of, 210
----, fresh-water, description of, how caught, use of, &c., 211
Turbot, description of, fishery, &c., 201
Turkey, wild, how caught, use of, &c., 149
----, domestic, particulars respecting, 149
Turnspit, description and use of, 31
Turtle, common or green, description of, how procured, and uses of, 181
----, hawk's bill, description of, and uses of flesh, eggs, and shell,
180
Tusseh dooties, what they are, and use of, 237
U.
Umber, description of, how caught, and uses of, 213
Urchin. See Hedge-hog.
V.
Veal, 95
Vellum, of what made, and uses, 95
Venison, 79
Vicuna, description and uses of, 70
Viper, common, uses of, 185
Vulture, Aquiline or Egyptian, description and uses of, 124
----, carrion, 125
W.
Wax, bees and white, what it is, how prepared, and uses, 238
Weasel, striated. See Skunk.
Westphalia hams, how cured, 110
Whale, great or Greenland, description of; and uses of oil, whalebone,
tongue, skin, fins, flesh, intestines, bones, &c., 113, &c.
---- ----, fishery, account of, 114
---- ----, fin-backed, description of, and uses of oil, spermaceti,
flesh, skin, intestines, tendons, teeth, bones, &c., 118, &c.
Whalebone, what it is, and uses of, 114, 117
Wheat-ear, description of, how caught, and use of, 142
White-game, 156
White-rump, description of, how caught, and uses of, 142
Whiting, description of, how caught, and use of, 193
----, pout, description and use of, 192
Wigeon, 175
Wolf, description and history of, 32
----, use of skin, 32
Woodcock, description and use of, and particulars respecting, 165
Woodlark, 141
Woodpeckers, description and uses of, 132
Wool, uses and manufacture of, 24, 27, 85, 86
Wreckle, description of, how caught, and use of, 187
Y.
Yak, description and use of, 98
THE END.
POPULAR SCHOOL BOOKS,
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WORKS of INFORMATION for YOUTH.
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