INDEX

TO THE

SEVENTEENTH VOLUME OF THE QUARTERLY REVIEW.

A.

Abbaye, poetical description of the, 220-and of the massacres there in
September, 1792, 221.

Abyssinia, first explored by the Portuguese, 331-account of their
embassy thither, 332-misconduct of the Portuguese missionaries,
332, 333.

Africa, northern coast of, anciently well known, 302-but not the
interior, ib.-irruption of the Saracens, 302-establishment of the
kingdom of Ghana, ib.-traditionary accounts of Tumbuctoo, 303-
Battel the first Englishman who visited the interior of Africa, 304-
his account of the Jagas, or Giagas, a predatory tribe, ib.-lying
legends of the Capuchin fathers, 305-exploratory voyage of Thom-
son, 306-and Jobson, ib. 307-Vermuyden, 307-Captain Stibbs,
308-Harrison, 309-establishment of the African Society, 310-
notice of the exploratory voyages of Ledyard, 310-312-of Lucas,
312-313-of Major Houghton, 314-of Mr. Park, 815-of Mr.
Browne, 316-of Horneman, 317-of Captain Smith, 317-319-
of Mr. Nicholls, 320-of Roentgen, 321-323-of Burchardt, 324-
of Captain Light, 324-of Captain Tuckey, 325-of Major Peddie
and Captain Campbell, 326-of the servants of the African Company,
327-sketch of the discoveries of the Portuguese, in Africa, 327—

338.

African Association instituted, 316.

African Company, notice of their efforts, in exploring the interior of
Africa, 327.

Alacananda, a branch of the Ganges, junction of, with the Bhaghirat'hi,

410.

America, increase of population in, accounted for, 372, 373-character
and habits of the English settlers in North America, 535, 536-their
situation at the time of their shaking off their connexion with England,
536, 537.-See South America.

Amherst (Lord), interview of, with the Chinese imperial legate, 466-
arrives with his suit at Tien-sing, 467-refuses to perform the cere-
mony of prostration, 467-negotiation with the mandarins, 468-
his embarrassing situation, 469-has another interview with another
legate, and refuses to prostrate himself, 471-ungenerous treatment
of Lord Amherst and the gentlemen of the embassy, 473, 474-the
embassy ordered to depart, 475-remarks on the conduct of the Chi-
nese government, 477, 478-Lord Amherst's embassy contrasted with
that of Lord Macartney, 479.

Angoulême (Dutchess of), beautiful apostrophe to, 223, 224.

Apocalypse (convent of), 188-valuable MSS. there, 189.
Arabian horses, peculiarity of, 171, 172.

Architecture, oriental, origin of, considered, 162.

Athens (modern), account of, 194, 195-notice of the Parthenon, and
other ancient remains, 196.

Athos (Mount), notice of, 212-vindication of the monks resident there,
ib. 213.

B.

Bacon (Lord), character of, by Mr. Stewart, 46-48-remarks thereon,
48-54.

Bampton Lectures, observations on, 338, 339.

Batavia, mortality of, 78.

Bath (Chinese), notice of, 481.

Battel (Andrew), adventures of, in the interior of Africa, 304, 305.
Battle of Platæa, site of, 205.

Belsham (Mr.), remarks on the bold assertions of, 341, 342.

Bemoy, an African prince, adventures of, 328 329.

Bhadrinath, notice of a temple at, 413-ceremonies and pilgrimages
thither, 414.

Bhaghirathi river, the main branch of the Ganges, 407-manners of
the inhabitants on its banks, ib.-curious trident discoveries there,
407, 408-its junction with the Alacananda, another branch of the
Ganges, 410.

Bible, perspicuity of, demonstrated, 446, 447.

Birds' nests, edible, of Java, account of, 79.

Boa Constricter, account of one feeding, 504, 505.

Bolivar (General), progress of, in South America, 555, 556—his humane
prohibition of putting Spanish prisoners to death, 554.

Bottle (empty), experiment on, in the sea, 233-its phemomenon accounted
for, ib.

Boulevards of Paris, poetical description of, 225.

Bounties on population, not only unnecessary, but ultimately injurious,

1382.

Bowes (Sir Jerom), anecdote of the intrepid conduct of, 476, 477.
Bridge, remarkable, at Carna-prayaga, 412.

British fishermen, hospitality of, to French navigators, 235, 236.

Browne (Mr.), notice of his explanatory travels in Africa, 316-assassinated
in Persia, ib.

Bruce (Mr.), veracity of, established, 168.

Budh (religion of), observations on, 423, 424.

Buenos Ayres, notice of the revolution in, 558, 559.

Buonaparte (Napoleon), manœuvres of, to keep himself alive in the
recollection of Europe, 506-anecdote of him, when on board the
Northumberland, 509, 510-denies that he ever professed Maho-
metanism in Egypt, 511-convicted of falsehood by his own pro-
clamations, 512-proof that he poisoned his sick men at Jaffa, 512—
515-and put to death the garrison of El Arish, 516-518-his
excuse for murdering Captain Wright, 519-proof that that murder
was committed by his order, 520, 521-his palliations of the murder

of the Duke d'Enghien, 521-contradicted by an authentic statement
of facts, 522-527-remarks on the conduct of Buonaparte, 529.
Buonaparte (Joseph) ridiculous pretensions of, to the throne of Spanish
America, 543.

Burchardt (Mr.), notice of his travels in Africa, 324.

Burney (Captain James) Chronological History of Voyages and Discoveries
in the South Sea, 1-character of this work, ib.

Cairo, notice of, 167.

C.

Campbell (Captain), death of, in the interior of Africa, 326.
Caracas, earthquake in, 555-progress of the revolution there, ib.
Caulaincourt (General), privy to the murder of the Duke d'Enghien,

529.

Ceres, statue of, removed from Eleusis, 203.

Chalmers (Dr.), on the Evidence and Authority of the Christian Revelation,
451-the prevalence of Christianity considered, 452-Dr. Chalmers's
view of internal evidence, 453, 454-strictures on it, 454—457—
and on the severity of ratiocination required by him in studying the
evidences of Christianity, 458, 459-remarks on the rejection of mi-
racles, because they are Christian, 460-their rejection by the Jews
considered, 460-462-strictures on the execution of Dr. Chalmers's
work, 463.

Chili, progress of the revolution in, 559, 560.

Chinese settlers at Java, account of, 82-noble instance of generosity in
a Chinese merchant, 485-account of the treatment of Lord Amherst
and his suit by the Chinese government, 466-471-473-474-478
-specimen of Chinese falsehood, 472-filthy habits of the Chinese,
481-their diet, 482-instances of their orderly conduct, 482, 483-
the Chinese deficient in fellow-feeling towards each other, 483, 484-
account of the Chinese mandarins, 485, 486-state of the female sex
in China, 487, 488-remarks on the population of China, 488, 439–
dramatic entertainments of the Chinese, 489, 490-notice of their mi-
litary force, 490-state of religion among them, 490, 491-notice of
Chinese Jews, 492-Roman Catholic missionaries, why unsuccessful
among the Chinese, 493—the real state of their domestic society still
unknown, 494.

Circumcision practised by the Tonga islanders, 37.

Civil servants of the East India Company, important functions of, 118,
119-the actual state of their qualifications before the establishment of
the college at Calcutta, 120-what education necessary for them, 122,
123-126, 127-in what way the requisite qualifications may be best
procured, 133, 134.

Clarke (Dr. D. E.), Travels in various Countries of Europe, &c. vols. III.
and IV. 160-general character of the volume, ib.-death of Djezzar
Pasha, ib. 161-Dr. Clarke's opinion on the oriental origin of Gothic
architecture, 162-singular phenomenon in the Mediterranean Sea,
163-state of the French prisoners on board the ship in which the
author sailed, 164-effects of the Etesian winds on the current of the

Nile, 165-remarks on Dr. Clarke's account of Lower Egypt, ib.-
irrigation of the Delta, 166-feelings of the author on approaching
the pyramids, 166-notice of Cairo, 167-anglo-Indian army en-
camped in its vicinity, ib.-veracity of Mr. Bruce established, 168-
visit to the pyramids of Gizeh, 169-account of the pyramids of Sak-
kara, 170-examination and refutation of Dr. Clarke's hypothesis
that some of them were erected by the Israelites, 172—178—barba-
rous treatment of Turkish prisoners by the French, 179-conjectures
respecting Pompey's Pillar, 180, 181-mistake of Dr. Clarke rectified
concerning the Serapeum, 182, 183-parallel between the massacre
of the Capudan Pasha and those of Buonaparte, 184-ignorance of
Mohammedan navigators, 185, 186-inscription on two Rhodian
ladies, 187-curious specimen of Mohammedan law, ib.-arrives at
the isle of Patmos, 188-purchases some valuable MSS. 189-speci-
men of French honesty, ib.-brief notice of the isle of Patmos, 190—
and Naxos, 191-cave of Paros, 192-and grotto of Antiparos, ib.—
arrival of Dr. Clarke at Sunium, 193-notice of the tomb of Capt.
Paget, ib. strictures on Dr. C.'s censures of Lord Elgin, 194, 195—
notice of ancient buildings now existing at Athens, 196, 197—arri-
val of Dr. C. at Nauplia, 198-present state of that place, 2.-hypo-
thesis of Dr. Clarke respecting the ruins of Tyrins, 199-bis mistake
concerning the suppers of Hecate, corrected, 200-antiquities of
Argos, 201-arrival at Eleusis, and removal of the statue of Ceres,
202, 203—account of the plain of Marathon, 204, 205-present state
of Thebes and its surrounding district, 205-description of a modern
Greek dinner party, 206-ancient superstitions of Greece still in ex-
istence, 207-visit to Parnassus, ib. 208-present appearance of the
pass of Thermopylæ, ib.-the author's arrival in Thessaly, 209-cha-
racter of the Thessalians, ib.—the situation of Tempe, discovered, 210
-notice of Ampelakie, the Manchester of Thessaly, ib.-present state
of Thessalonica, 211-Dr. Clarke's strictures on the Greek monks, cor-
rected, 212, 213-passage of the Hebrus, 214-Dr. Clarke mistaken
in saying that the ancient Greeks smoked tobacco, ib. 215—the pan-
tomime of Harlequin not originally derived from Greece, 215, 216
-arrival of the author at Constantinople, 216-concluding strictures,

217.

Colebrooke, (H. T. Esq.), on the height of the Himalaya Mountains, 403—
remarks on the data by which he endeavours to prove them superior in
height to the Andes and Cordilleras, 431–441.

Colonies, treatment of, difficult, 532, 533-on the revolution in the Spanish
South American colonies---See South America. ·

Comedy, peculiar difficulties incident to, 100-the variety of comic talent
considered, 106, 107---observations on the comedies of Bale, 249.

Congo, Christianity first planted in, by the Portuguese, 334---character of
Zingha, queen of that country, ib. 335---progress of the missionaries,
335, 336---pretended miracles there, 337---transient effects of missiona»
ry labours, 337, 338.

Corinth, present state of, 201, 202.

Corn, account of the quantities of, exported from the United States of Ame-

rica, 394---and Poland, ib.

Cos (island of,) curious usage at, 387.

Cruelty of the French to their Turkish prisoners, 178, 179.

Cudworth (Dr.), character of, 55.

D.

Daba, a town of Thibetian Tartary, account of, 422.
Daendels, (Governor), tyranny of, in Java, 73-81.

Delta, irrigation of, 166.

De Pradt (Abbé), publications of, on America, 530-observations on them,
544-specimen of his rhapsody on the naval power of England, 545,

546.

Descartes, philosophical system of, considered, 60-69.

Diego Cam, exploratory voyage of, in the interior of Africa, 329, 330-
discovers the river Zaire, 330.

Diet of the Javans, 83.

Dinner (modern Greek), described, 206.

Djezzar Pasha, death of, 160, 161.

Drama. See Comedy, Tragic Drama.

Dramatic entertainments of the Chinese, notice of, 489, 490.

Dryden's tragedies, observations on, 256, 257.

Dutch, oppressive government of, in Java, 72, 73-massacres of Javanese
by them, 287-289.

E.

East India College, tracts on, 107-review of the circumstances in India,
that led to the establishment of the college of Fort William, in India,
113—124—and of the college at Hertford, in this country, 124-what
education necessary for writers, 122, 123-the question of difference
between a school and college education considered, 124, 125, 126—
comparison between the course of instruction at the East India college
and the universities, 127, 128-the probable benefits resulting from
striet public examinations considered, 128-131-reasons against re-
lying exclusively on such a test, 131, 132-in what way the qualifica-
tions requisite for the Company's servants may be best procured, 133,
134-view of the establishment at Hertford, 135-favourable circum-
stances, under which it was instituted, 136-defect in placing the power
of expulsion in the Court of Directors, 141-benefits which have actu-
ally resulted from the East India College, 143, 144-testimonies in fa-
vour of the moral conduct of the students, 144-146-alleged state-
ments of want of discipline, considered, 147-representations of Mr.
Malthus on this subject, 148, 149-hostility of the Court of Proprietors
against the college, 150-importance of the students entertaining eleva-
ted sentiments of their future destination, 150-154.

Edgeworth (Maria), Comic Dramas of, 96-advised to turn her attention
to comedy by Mr. Sheridan, 97-fictitious narratives, why a source of
pleasure, ib.-peculiar nature of dramatic fiction, 96, 97-peculiar
difficulties incident to comedy, 100-fable of "The two Guar-
dians," with specimens, 101-104-remarks on her delineations of
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