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Dingo, the, 126.

Dinornis Giganteus. See Moa.

Dion, 77.

Dog, the, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154.

Dog-fish, the, 255.

Dog, the Mimic or Getulian, 150, 151.

Dolphin, the, 242, 243.

Dordogne, Palæolithic remains in caves at, 39.

Dormouse, the, 67.

Draco, 64.

Dracontopides. See Dragons.

Dragon, the, 158, 162, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311.

Drake, Sir Francis, 177.

Du Bartas, 74, 168, 169, 179, 185, 186, 200, 202, 225, 230, 231, 243, 319.

Duck, the, 70; four-footed, 203.

Dugong, the, 213.

Duret, Claude, 166.

Dwarfs, with no mouth, 19; mentioned in the Bible, 26; Homer and the pygmies--battle with the Cranes, 26, 27, 28; only twenty-seven inches high, 28; their age, 28; Spurious pygmies, 28; Northern dwarfs, 29; in America, 29, 30, 31; African dwarfs, 31, 32; their acuteness, 33.

Eagle, the, 69, 70.

Eale, the, 159, 160.

Echeneis, the. See Remora.

Edmund, St., 139, 140.

Eels, thirty feet long, 18.

Egede, Hans, 270.

Egemon, 280.

Egg, Remarkable, 179, 180.

Ehannum. See Lamia.

Eigi-einhamir. See Were Wolves.

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