Part 32

— decomposition of, 89.

Pollarding trees, 267.

Polypi of the coral, 15.

Poor, employment of the, 18.

Poplar tree, 57.

Potato, culture of the, 26

— sorts, 27

— profits, 28

— effects of, on soils, 30

— history of, ibid.

— value of, as food, 35.

Prognostications of wind and weather. See Wind and Weather.

Providence, inattention to, 234.

Puff, the gray, 87

— the turreted, 93

— the stellated, 94.

Rapacious birds, 171.

Rats, migration of, 101

— other particulars of, 151.

Raven, the, 125.

Redwing, 180.

Reeking of the earth, 269.

Robin, the, 115.

Roman encampment, 9

— roads, 10.

Rook, the, 128

— its affection, 129

— sagacity, 130