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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.

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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.

seurs.

D

Date-tree, mem. on. 506.

F

Daudin, M., on the Vulture of Farm, the appurtenances of, in-

Pondicherry, 501.

genus

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

pepper

in

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.

E

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

visit to it, 144.

Forbes, President, his exemplary
character, 275.

Ford, Dr. Simon, anecdotes of,

5-7.

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.

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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.

H

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-

racter, 273.

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

one, 222.

I

new

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.

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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.

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Lavater, his amiable character,
268.

Land, Archbishop, character of,

12.

Leblond, M. on the culture of

pepper, 503.

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

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-

menon, 121.

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,

70.

N

Napoleon, Emperor of the Gauls,
designated under the name of
Apollyon in the Revelations !
430.

Nature,

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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,

425.

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

tion, 119..

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

French Guiana, 503.

event, 136.

Remora, that fish employed to
catch turtle, 258.

Philosophy, the several periods of, Residence, country, character of,

Peter of Cortona, strictures on

his painting, 476.

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