Part 71

Scriptures, dogs mentioned in the, 84, 103, 106.

Seals, their intelligence, 174-182.

Semnopithecus Entellus, an Indian monkey, 35.

Sergent and his spaniel, 196.

Shaved bear at Bristol, 61.

Shawl-goat at John Hunter's menagerie, 301.

Sheep, anecdotes of, 295-298; and goats, 295; pet, of Alex. Wood the surgeon, 299.

Shepherd dogs, 82.

Sheridan and the dog, 109; on the dog-tax, 123.

Shetland seals, 174-182.

Sidmouth, Lord, educated by the Rev. Mr Gilpin, 308.

Skins of rabbits, 223.

Sloth, Sydney Smith on, 224.

Smith, Rev. Sydney, on the differences between man and monkeys, 34, 35; his answer to Landseer, 78; remark on a dog, 88; his dislike of dogs, 124, 125; on pigs, 254; and his horses, 271-274.

Smith and the elephant, 234.

Sorrel, the horse of William III., 51.

Southey and his critics, 48; on dogs, 126; loved cats, 158-160.

Sow and swine, 238-255.

Spencer, Lord, and Rev. Sydney Smith, 124, 125.

Spermophilus Parryi, 197.

Sportsmen, exaggeration of some, 221.

Squirrel, 195.

Stags, anecdotes of, 291-293.

Stag-trench at Frankfort, 294.

Stanhope, Earl, on Jacobites calling adherents of Court "Hanover rats," 202, 203; on the poet Cowper's tastes, 220.

Stapelia, a plant at the Cape, 25.

Stirling Castle, "Lion's den" at, 162.

Stokes, Capt. Lort, on the red-necked fox-bat, 43.