Books, list of, selected by the Earl of Chatham for his nephew at the University, 175. Basc, M. on the Sciurus capistra
tus of Carolina, 501. Bourbon, Isle of, account of, 517. Bournon, Count de, on a new spe- cies of carbonate of lime, and oxyde of iron, 67. Brahmins, their power, and their own inviolability, 153. Bridgman versus Green, obs. on the case of, 59.
Brissotins, obs. on that party, 78. 525.
Britons, antient, their early his-
tory, 417-422. Bruce, Mr., his Abyssinian details accredited, 122.
Burke, Mr., view of his character, 172.
Burr, Mr., account of, 389. Buyukdere, near Constantinople, described, 116.
Chatodon, rostrated, its mode of
catching its prey, 258. Charazmians and Moguls, dread- ful war between, 165. Chasseurs, Spanish, of Cuba, and their dogs, described, 399. Chenevix, Mr., on Palladium, 66. Children, management of, among the Africans, 283. Chimney-sweepers, their cruelty to the climbing boys, 143. Christ, divinity of, argued from the use of the Greek article,
402. Christians, advice to, 245. Churchill, the poet, obs. on his
character and writings, 382, 383. His letter to Thomas Davies, 385.
Cicero, disputed orations of, hist. of the controversy respecting, 450.
Clarendon, Lord, rem. on his writings, by Lord Grenville, 180.
Clergy of France, not yet sup- posed to have acquired tole. rance, 107. Not remarkable for learning in these days, ib. Coal pits, in Shropshire, account of, 366.
Constantinople, description of, 115. Its merits and defects, as the seat of empire, 133. Consumption, pulmonary, obs. on, 470. Country gentleman, is, or should be, a valuable character, 371. Cowper, Mr., his remarks en preaching, 244, 245. His ad- vice to Christians, 245. His love of praise acknowleged, 246. His jingling letter, ib. His verses to a Lady on her birth day, 248. His beauti- ful poem on Yardley-oak, 249. His epitaph, 252. His cha- racter of Churchill, 383. Cruelty, of the French, ascribed to their familiarity with tor- turing punishments, 362, 353. Cuba,
Cuba, chasseurs of. See Chas English, a French poet's compli ment to, for their protection of the French emigrants, 500.
Daudin, M., on the Vulture of Farm, the appurtenances of, in-
Davies, Thomas, his letter to Churchill, 385. ́Decandolle, M., on the Strophanthus, 506. De Launay, Madame. wife of the governor of the Bastile, her escape with her daughter, 363.
Delile, M., on the Lotus, 505. Desfontaines, M., on a new species of carica, 501. On rare plants,
ib. On the culture of
French Guiana, 503. On the genus Strophanthus, 506. Dissenters, not obliged to serve as Sheriffs, 61.
Dog-berry tree, yields a fine oil,
465. Domingo, St., arguments for an alliance with the Negroes of, 188-192. Its first occupa tion by the French, 513. Its trade and population in 1788. ib. Downing, Sir George, the doc- trine of Sir J. E. Wilmot, on his will, 58. Duelling, a lady's remarks on, 30. Regulations against, by the Order of Malta, 183. Dugard, Mr., on laying cattle, 369.
Dysentery cured by capsicum, 282.
Economy, reflections on the duty
of, 29. Egleston-bridge, wonders of, 209. Ellenborough, Lord, his obs. on the law of libels, 102. Endive, wild, useful hints con- cerning, 465.
compatible with a gentleman's house, 226.
Faujas. See Saint Fond. Fez, city of, described, 285. Ra- vages of the plague there, 286. Fish, fossil, mem, on, 505 Fitch, Col., his highcharacter, 398. Fleet prison, pathetic story of a
Forbes, President, his exemplary character, 275.
Ford, Dr. Simon, anecdotes of,
Fossils near Paris, mem on, 502. Fourcroy, M., on the chemical na- ture of ants, 504. On the date tree, 506. France, travelling in and in Eng- land compared, 80. Popula- tion of its principal towns, 307. Its new divisions into departments, 308. Its new measures, 309. Its extent of territory, 310. Various sta- tistical particulars relative to, 509-520.
Isles of, and of Bourbon, particulars of, 517.
Geoffroy, M., on the comparative anatomy of electric fish, 505. George III., said to consider the Union with Ireland as the happiest event of his reign, 169. Gironde. See Brissotins, Gout, unknown in Africa, 283. Grenville, Lord, publishes Lord Chatham's letters to his ne- phew, 179. His remarks on Bo- ling broke and Clarendon. 180. Grounds, John, a remarkable cha- racter, 138.
Gum trade of the French, state- ments respecting, 515. Gymnetrus, Ascanian, description of, 237.
Hall, Mr. vindicates himself from
the charge of plagiarism, 224. Haller, Miss, love-story of, 269. Hammond, Col., curious election of, as representative of Read- ing, in 1654, 6. Harmonies of the Evangelists,
remarks on, 49. Hauy, M., on Dandrada's Indico- lite, 500. On the topazes of Brazil, 504 On new varieties of sulphate of iron, 506. Herschell, Dr., on the changes in double stars, 68. Highlanders, obs. on their cha-
Hindostan, peculiar manners of the inhabitants of, 155. Homer, visit to the spot in the island of Scio where he kept his school, 123. Hydrometer, descript. of a
Jacob, the hollow in his thigh explained, 377.
Jacob and Laban, strictures on Peter of Cortona's painting of, 476. James, Mr., superintendant over the Maroons, his remarkable character, 396.
Jamrosade. See Thouin. Idea, curious definition of that term, 484.
Jefferson, Mr. on the mould. board of a plough, 504. Immortality, ode to, 496. Imprisonment for debt, mischie vous effects of, 146. India, antient government of, obs.
on, 152. Discussion of the rival trade of France and Eng- land to that country, 518. Indicolite. See Hauy. John 21, 25, critical note on, 49. Jonah, remarks on the whale, and on the gourd, 411. Jones, Sir William, his letter te Sir J. Eardley Wilmot, 56. Ireland, state and people of, va- rious observations respecting, 212-215. Observations on the present state of, 324. Pea- santry of, their manners and customs, 442.
Iron, oxyde of, new species of, 67. Sulphate of, new varieties of, 506.
Israelites, comment on their de- parture from Egypt, 375. Julian, Count, ode on his re- markable vengeance, 105. The story doubted, ib. Juno, of the Capitol, rem. on that statue, 478. Justice, its administration in France, specimen of, 77.
Lavater, his amiable character, 268.
Land, Archbishop, character of,
Leblond, M. on the culture of
Lee Boo, inquiries after him by the inhabitants of the Pelew islands, 24. The manner of their receiving the news of his death, 25.
Le Grice. Mr. author of the trans- lation of Daphnis and Chloe, 448. Lethargy, common and fatal a- mong the Africans, 281. Lewis XVI. supposed not to be the author of all the letters pub- lished under his name by Miss Williams, 314. His epistolary style characterized, ibid. His manly conduct at his trial, 529. His hopes of being only exiled, 530. His character, ib. Libels, obs. on the law of, 102. Life-boat, remarkable instance of its efficacy, 221.
Lime, carbonate of, new species of, 67.
Line, amusement of the sailors on crossing it, 47.
Lloyd, bishop, anecdotes of, 5. Locke's definition of feeling com troverted, 482.
London, John, his dilapidating visit to the monastery of Read- ing, 9.
Lotus, obs. on, 505. Louisiana, obs. respecting, 334- 514.
M'Cluer, Captain, quits his com-
mand and settles on the Pelew Islands, 26. Is glad to leave them after 15 months expe- rience, 27. Is lost, with his crew, ib.
Mackrel, description of, 260. Magi, star of, remarks on, 412. Mahmud, emperor of Gazna, his incursions into India, 161.
Malta, its antient and modern
names, 182-183. Not the island on which St. Paul was shipwrecked, 183. Regula- tions of the order of Malta against duelling, ib. Other par- ticulars respecting, ib,-187. Manners, in France, curious trait of, 76.
Markham sick-mess,
account of that institution on board of ship, 193. Maroons, in Jamaica, origin of, 393. History of the war with, ib. 401. Marriages in Malta, description of,-184,
Martin, anecdote of one recovered from a drowned state, 468. Mussachussets, people of, their resolutions on the restoration of Charles II. 346.
Matter, metaphysical, obs. on, 487. Mecca, procession of the sacred carpet, 122.
Medicine, its state in France, 74. Memory, obs. on that faculty, 484. Meridian, arc of, measured by
Major Mudge, 70.
Mines of Turffa, mem. on, 506. Mirage, account of that phæno-
Mole catcher, curious character of one, 138. Monasteries, rem. on, 134-135. Money, in antient times, stamped with the representation of the objects of barter, 151. Me- tallic and paper, disquisition respecting, 320, 436. Morocco, present emperor of, ac- count of, 286.
Mossop, the actor, mem. of, 386. Mudge, Major, on the measure- ment of an arc of the Meridian,
Napoleon, Emperor of the Gauls, designated under the name of Apollyon in the Revelations ! 430.
Palm-tree, mode of procuring
wine from, 83. Paris, expences of a journey to and from, 36p. Account of its theatres, 361. Reflections on the Place de Grêve, 362. Parmenides, his equivocal use of terms in philosophy, 523. Patmos, description of, 118. Peace, its return, poetically hail
ed, 33. Pelew Islands, farther particulars respecting, 23-27. Pentateuch, obs. on that book, 373,374.
Pier, an astonishing one, built by the natives of Pelew, 26. Pitt, Mr. account of his resigna tion, 172. Serious address to, on his late political conduct, 214.
Place de Greve, at Paris, reflec- tions on, 362.
Plague, facts and obs. rel. to, 124. Ravages of, 286. Supposed
not to arise from want of clean- liness, 326.
Planting, remarks on, 234. Plough-boy poetically described, Plough. See Jefferson,
Population of the principal cities of France, 307. Of England, 311. Vague conjectures of au- thors on that subject, 510. Position of a house, rules for, 354-. Preaching, remarks on, 244, 245. Priestley, Dr. his character, 444- 447.
Proportion, comparative, to be ob- served in building, 230.
Q Quakers, obs. on marriages a- mong, 431. Tracts rel. to, 440. Quarrel, Mr. brings the Spanish Chasseurs to Jamaica, 398. In- adequately recompensed, 401.
R Raby Castle, remarkable oven there, 209.
Raia Torpedo, &c. See Geoffroy. Rambouillet, Marquise de, sketch of, 541.
Kamla, monks of, their supersti
Reading, town, historical parti- culars respecting, 1—13. Red-water, trial by, among the Africans, 87.
Pepper, on the cultivation of, in Reformation, the, remarks on that
Remora, that fish employed to catch turtle, 258.
Philosophy, the several periods of, Residence, country, character of,
Peter of Cortona, strictures on
should be appropriate to the
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