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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1813 Excerpt: ... EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. Fig. 1. 1. Part of the Tongue of a Dog; the under Side turned upwards, to shew the Worm in Situ. 2. The Worm, as it appears through the Cuticle. 3. Its Communication, with the marginal Line of the Tongue. Fig. 2. 1. The Tongue dissected. 2. The Cuticle separated and laid back, to shew the Muscle wherein the Worm lies. 3. The Worm raised from its Situation, with its At tachment to the Muscle. Fig. 3. 1. The Worm taken out. '2. The tendonous Part. 3. The ligamentous. 4. The ligamentous running out, to a Point, but which unites and mixes with the muscular Fibres, so as to be lost among them. A. Ptgl Abercorn, Marquis, Burial-place of, 505--606 ABERDEENSHIRE, Fish of, 4-19--450 ABOYNE, Earl, extensive Forests of, 450 ACCIDENTS from incautious Use of Fire-Arms 653 ACCOUNTS, curious Mode of keeping 615 ACTORS SALARIES, Observations on 299 ADAM, W. Esq. Plantations of, 495 his Estate diminished 1200i. a Year, by the Transversion of a Salmon-fishery, 495--496 ADVERTISEMENT, curious, for the Destruction of Game, . 602 AGAR, Captain, pedestrian Exertion of, 713 AIR-GUNS, Observation on, 637 AIRSHIRE, Rivers of, 435 ALE, AND PORTER, Quantity of, brewed in the Metropo-lis 143-144 ALFRED THE GREAT, buried at Little Driffield 418 _____ Inscription on, 419 AMERICA, Consumption of Spirits in 156 note AMERICAN Riflemen, excellent Shots of, 651 Sporting, Anecdotes of, 690--693 ANGLERS, Simile of, to Lovers, 69 note, poetical Expostulation with 72--73 note, Dress of, 82 ANGLESEA, Island, Lakes and Fishes of, 422, Copper Mines of, 429 ANGLING, Catalogue of Books on, with Extracts, 1--29-, Objections to, 82 fV ANGLING, Objection or, answered, 83--84, be-t Hours of the Day for, 86--87, Prescription for a Bait, 88, Pleasures of, 8!), Instructions fo...