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Leone; to which is added; An Account of the prefent State of Me-
dicine among them. By Thomas Winterbottom, M. D. 2 vol. 8vo.

Select Views of London and its Environs, a Periodical Work in
Monthly Numbers, containing Three exquifitely engraved Plates, by
Storrer and Greig, with appropriate Defcriptions, 4to.

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VETERINARY ART.

A new Syftem of Farriery, including the improved Mode of Treat-
ment recommended by the Veterinary College in Difeafes of dificult
Management; with Plates, thewing the exact Proportions of a Blood-
Horfe, and a Defcription of all the Defects that tend to impede Vck-
city; with Directions for afcertaining the exact Age of a Horie, and
the Method of Curing the Epidemic Difeafes to which Cows, Sheep,"
&c. are fubject. By John Feron, Veterinary Surgecat the 13th Re-
giment of Dragoons, 4to.

A Treatife on the Cavaly and Saddle Horfe; with Remarks on
Facing and Leaping, Obfervatio.s on Breeding, &c. By George On,
Efq. late of the Fencible Cavalry, 2mo.

The Veterinarian's Pocket Manual; a Treatife on the Difeafes of
Horfes, particularly the Glanders. Tranflated from the Fre ch of La
Foffe.

INDEX

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Africa, Mahometan inhabitants of, contrafted with the Pagan, p. 359.
Agen, account of a shower of ftones near, 390.

Agnefi, Donna, Du Broffe's account of a converfation with, 492-
contents, &c. of her Analytical Inftitutions, 404.

Air, fixed, experiments relating to, by Dr Black, 14.
Allodial, probable etymology of the word, 364.

Amadis de Gaul, inquiry who was the original author of, 110-profe
Amadis of Lobeira probably preceded by a metrical romance, 111
-the work originally in French, 112-fketch of the story of, 124
--remarks on the characters in, 131.

Argument, new, for the immortality of the foul, 95.

Ark of Noah, the prototype of naval architecture, 426-description
of, 428.

Athenæus, what his profeffed objects in his work, entitled, The Deip-
nofophifts, 181-fome particulars of his life, 182-only a single
copy of, efcaped the ravages of time, &c. 183-editions of, 184-
fpecimens of Schweighaufer's emendations on, 187.

Auftralafia, limits affigned to, by Mr Pinkerton, 75.

Authors, German, M. Lichtenberg's defcription of a certain class of,
348.

-, principal, confulted by the writers of the Anglo-Saxon period

of English hiftory, 360.

B

Baffin's Bay, existence of, doubtful, 79.

Balance of trade, remarks on the theory of, 236.

Barclay, Dr, general outline of his plan of anatomical nomenclature,

105.

Baudry's Voyage à Louifiane, general character of, 81-his plan for
improving the French Weft India colonies examined, 87.
Benares, fhower of ftones in the neighbourhood of, 391.

Black, Dr Jofeph, fome account of, 3-commencement of his ac-
quaintance with Profeffor Robifon, ib.-fketch of his character,

-of his merits as a lecturer, 7-prominent feature in his character, §
-his death, 10-importance of his difcoveries, II-extract from
his hiftory of the difcovery of fixed air, 14-from his concluding
difcourfe on heat, 15-merits of his lectures confidered, 16-at-
tempts to rob him of the fame of his difcoveries, 19.

Brochant, M. taik he has undertaken in his Traité de Mineralogie, 495
-of his character as a writer, 497.

Brunanburgh, inquiry concerning the fcene of the battle of, 367.

C

Cambridge, Richard Owen, his character as an author, 57-sketch of
his life, ib.-fpecimens of his poetry, 59.

Charader of Louis XVI. 224-of fome of his minifters, 489-of the
Abbé Sieyes, ib.-of Mirabeau, 490.

Chemiflry, first principles of, far from being known, 17-advantages
expected from the application of the principles of, to medical science,

411.

Clarke's Progrefs of Maritime Discovery, summary of the contents of,
433.

Coin, British, committee appointed to investigate the state of, 452-
refult of their experiments, 453.

Commerce, foreign, what the nature of, according to Mr Wheatley,

240.

Compafs, mariner's, known to Noah, 427.

Cotton, animal, how produced, 89.

Courtesy, barbarous, inftance of, 357.

Cretins, found only in Tibet and Switzerland, 79.

1

Crimea, great decrease in the population of, 48-Tartar inhabitants
of, how divided, 149-productions, 150-impediments to the pro-
fperity of, 15-irregularity of the feafons in, ib.-manufactures,

&c. 152.

Cromwell, remarks on the conduct of, 171.

Cufb, migrations of the family of, after the dispersion, 429.
Gynocephali, who they were, 431.

D

Danes, their numerous fleets at an early period, 362-fize of their vef
fels, ib.-motive of their invafion of England in the time of Alfred,
363.

Debt, national, effects of paying it off at once, 473.

Diabetes mellitus, cafes of, 412-propofitions of Meffrs Nicholas and
Gueudeville concerning, 414-examined, 45-their method of treat-
ing, 420.

Directions for writing hiftory, 488,

Dort, great inundation at, 71.

E

Edinburgh, conjectures concerning the etymology of the name, 208,
England, remarks on the Anglo-Saxon period of the hiftory of, 361,

F

Forefts, fpontaneous, of cold countries, how propagated, 359.
Foxes, Icelandic, fingular device to rob the crows nefts, 340.
French literati, their ignorance of foreign languages, 493--difingenu-
oufly avail themselves of the difcoveries of their neighbours, ib--
their method of depreciating the works of foreigners, 494,

Fund, finking, gradual operation of, 479-inaccuracy of Bishop Wat-
fon's idea of the nature of, 480.

G

Garnet, table of the analyfes of varieties of, 304.

Gaffendi, is witness of the fall of a stone from the heavens, 387.
Geddes, Dr, parentage and education of, 376-accepts the charge of
a Catholic congregation in the county of Banff, 377-caufes of his
removal from thence, ib.-is appointed chaplain to the Imperial Am-
baffador at London, 378-publishes a profpectus of his tranflation of
the Bible, 381-his death, 382-general remarks on his tranflation,
ib.-his character by Mr Good, 384.

Genitive cafe, Latin, on the ancient form of, 65.

Godwin's Life of Chaucer, expectations raised by the title of, 437-dif-
appointed on a perufal, 438-fcanty information concerning the pro-
per fubject of the work, ib.-device of the author to fwell out his
volumes, ib.-remarks on the execution of the plan, 443-of the
style, 450.

Gold, effects of different alloys in deftroying the ductility of, 453-fpe-
cific gravities of, when alloyed with different metals, 454-changes
produced in the bulk of, by different mixtures, ib.--general conclu-
fions, ib.-comparative effects of friction upon, 455.

Geography, attractive and popular nature of the fcience of, 67-little
cultivated on the Continent, ib.

German literature feldom fairly appreciated in our country, 343-caufes
which formerly obftructed its progrefs, 344.

Giants' Causeway, M. Pictet's defcription of, 291.

Gibbon the hiftorian, defects of his ftyle, 373.

Gmelin, route of his journey through the Ruffian Empire, 147.
Government, upon what principles founded, 176.

-, republican, in what circumstances of a ftate it is most fuit-
able, 169.
Guldenflaedt, route of his travels through the Ruffian dominions, 147.

H

Happiness, method of measuring the quantity of, enjoyed, 293.
Haly, M. his inveftigation of the rhomboidal figure of the fragments
of calcareous fpar, 45-his diftribution of minerals, 49-innovations
in the nomenclature, &c. of mineralogy, 50-inducements to, ex-
amined, 5-general character of his work, 56.

Heat, latent, a difcovery of De-Black's, unjustly claimed by De
Luc, 21.

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Hernia, Dr Monro's definition of, 138.

Hiftory, English, remarks on the Anglo-Saxon period of, 361.
modern, directions for writing, 488.

Holland, progreffive geography of, 71.

Humour, Profeffor Millar's definition of, 179-why not productive of
the fame degree of refpect to the poffeffor as wit, 180-to what the
great exuberance of humour in English writers is to be ascribed, ib.
Hunter, Dr, fpecimens of his talents for annotation, 61-differtation on
the ancient form of the Latin genitive case, 65.

I

Iceland, anciently a feat of learning, 335-temperature of the weather,
ib.difcafes, 336-houses, ib.-food of the inhabitants, 337-em-
ployments and amufements, 338-grand natural fcenery, 339-cu-
rious device of the foxes to rob the crows nefts, 340-general cha
racter of the inhabitants, 341-agriculture, ib.-decay of popula-
tion, 342.

Idiots, formerly kept by great men for the fake of diverfion, 179.
Ilverevalle, or roaring mountain, a natural curiosity in Iceland, 341.
Infanity, notional, nature of, 282.

Iron, account of the defcent of a mass of, from the heavens, in the Eaft
Indies, 397-part of it forged into a fabre, &c. ib.

K

Karamfin, Mr, one of the clafs of fentimental travellers, 321-curfory
fketch of his tour, 322-reflection on a mad philofopher, 326.
Keir, Mr, firft obferves the rhomboidal figure of the fragments of cal-
careous fpar, 45-

L

Labour, mechanical, effects of the fubdivision of, 175.
Lally, Tolendal, M. anecdote of, 58.

Language, change in that of any fcience when rendered neceffary, 99.
Lavoifier, M. conduct of, towards Dr Black, 21-objections to his
doctrine concerning the extrication of light and heat, &c. 24.
Laws in the infant age of fociety teach economics, 338-exemplified
in the Icelanders, ib.

Learning once cultivated in Iceland, 335.

Levè, a ftupendous work of antiquity in France, defcribed, 77.
Lichtenberg, M. fome account of, 346-his defcription of a certain clafs

of German authors, 348-fentiments with regard to phyfiognomy,
349 on the German mode of education, 351-on the philosophy
of Kant, 352.

Lisle, M. le Abbé de, inquiry into his merit as a poet, 26—in what
refpects he has deviated from the common ftyle of French poetry, 28
of his Malheur et Pitić,' 31-extracts from, 33.

Loans, Government, negociated at a disadvantage, 478.

Lopetchin, route by which he travelled through the Ruffian dominions,

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