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To the REMARKABLE PASSAGES in this. Volume.
N. B. To find any particular Book, or Pamphlet, see the
Table of Contents, prefixed to the Volume.

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Agriculture, the high price of its
produce the cause of national
prosperity, 320. Remedies
for agricultural distress, 322.
324. Causes of, 377. 434.
Alexander, Emperor of Russia,
anecdotes of, 223.

His por-
trait drawn by Napoleon, 238.
Alps, verses on a hunter in, 440.
Alsatia, in White Friars, account

of that sanctuary in the reign
of James I., 183.

Alva, Duke of, his cruel charac-
ter, 468. Anecdote of his
being out-generaled by the
Countess of Schwartzburg,
469.
Ambassadors, remarks on their
conforming to the customs of
foreign courts, 483.
Americans, unfavorable charac-
ter of, 427. Incivility of ta-
vern-keepers and servants, ib.
Angers, in Brittany, description
of, 269.

Angina Pectoris, case of, 420.
Apoplexia Cephalica, memoir on,

416.

Apprentices of London, in the

17th century, their manners
and habits, 182.
Archer, Dr., on paracentesis of
the thorax, 414.
Archipelago, Indian, See Raffles.
Arm, on a disease of, 423.

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Barlow, Mr., on the rates of
chronometers, 307.

Barry, Dr., on intestinal worms,
423.

Beaver, account of fossil re-

mains of, 135.

Bell, Mr., on the nerves, 294.
Benevento, account of, 156.
Beroe, on the British species of,

141.

Bishops, bench of, n 1751, cha-

racterized by Lord Orford, 5.
Black, Dr., on diseases of the
brain, 422.

Bolingbroke, Lord, character of,
by Lord Orford, 8.
Bonaparte, speech of Mr. Grat-
tan on a war with, after his
return from Elba, 124. Anec-
dotes of, from his own con-
Na
versation

versation with Mr. O'Meara,
and his opinions of various
eminent men, 229-239. Son-
net to, 258. See also Napoleon.
Botany, uses of that science,
146. Its rise and progress in
England, 147.
Bottomry, that contract ex-
plained, 397.

Brain, on diseases of, 422.
Brewster, Dr., on the forms and
refraction of crystals, 129.141.
Brinkley, Dr., on parallax and
aberration, 305.

Bruce, the Scotish poet, lines by,
96.

Burmhan empire, particulars of
a mission to, 50.
Butler, Mr., on the plumage of
birds, 135.
Buxbaumia Aphylla, remarks on,

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Castlereagh, Lord, said by Bona-
parte to have made a very bad
peace for England, 232.
Cat, new species of, 134.
Catania, antiquities and present
state of, 508.

Catherine, Empress of Russia,
anecdotes of, 222.
Catholics of Ireland, opinion of
Napoleon Bonaparte on their
emancipation, 231.

Caudine Forks, account of the
scite of that stratagem, 156.
Character, individual, essay on,

389.

Charles, Prince, the Pretender,
obs. on his character, 42.
Charles V., his retirement from
worldly grandeur, 460. His
remark on the discordance of
clocks and watches, ib. Un-
graciously treated by his son,
461.

Chateau Gontier, neatness, clean-
liness, and order of that town,
on the banks of the Mayenne,
268.
Chesnut-trees, prodigious, in Si-
cily, account of, 509.
Chlorine and Carbon, on a new

compound of, 293.
Christianity, on the diffusion of
its blessings in Africa, 197.
Chronometers, on the rates of,
367.

Climate of England, remarks on,
28.

Coal-fields, obs. on, 132.
Coal-tar, on a substance pro-
duced by the decomposition
of, 291.
Collinson, Mr., his correspond-
ence with Linnæus, 27.
Constipation, case of, 415.
Consumption, productive and un-

productive, obs. on, 17.
Cope, Sir John, account of his

defeat at Preston Pans, 38.
Cork, on the mineralogy of the

neighbourhood of, 130.
Corn, obs. on the price of, 435.
Corpses, dried, in the Capuchin
convent in Sicily, 502.

Cosenza,

Cosenza, its population and pro-
ducts, 167.

Cotrone, description of, 163.
Cotton, Sir John, anecdote of,
11. note.

Country Gentlemen, English,
their character delineated,402.
Crampton, Dr., on inflammation
of the pancreas, and on drop-
sies, 420.

Cranes of Ibycus, a poem, 261.
Cromwell, that name likely to be-
come extinct in the family of
the Protector, permission
having been refused for its
descent in the female line, 248.
Particulars of Oliver Crom-
well's character and actions,
249-253. Specimen of his
eloquence, and comments on
it, 252.
Cryptogamia, account of plants
of that class, 141. Arrange-
ment of, 147.
Crystals, on the forms and re-
fraction of, 129. 141.
Currency, obs. on, 437. Govern-
ment to be the only circulators
of coin and notes, ib.
Cuticle, nails, &c., on the nutri-
tion of, 137.

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Ear, on diseases of, 422.
Earle, Mr., on the re-establish-
ment of a destroyed urethra,
293.

Earth, on the mean density of, 302.
Earthquake, at Sylla, in 1783,

its frightful destruction, 166.
Eclipse, solar, calculation of, 304.
Ellis, Mr., his correspondence
with Linnæus, 29.

England, her political situation
since the war described by
Napoleon Bonaparte, 231.
her

2 progress in arts and
commerce during the late
war, 526.

Evelyn, Sir G. Shuckburgh, See
Kater.

F

Fairy-formed Harp, a ballad, 99.
Felis, new species of, 134.
Fever, Report of the Fever Hos-
pital in Dublin, 423, 424.

Yellow, of Barcelona, his-
tory of, 519-525.
Fleming, Dr., on the mineralogy
of Cork, 130. On the Water-
rail, 135.
Fleming, Dr., on the Genus
Beroe, 141.

Foggia, account of, 158.
Fossil-skeleton, account of, 142.
France, a neat and clean town in,

"for a wonder," 268. History
of, during the period of the
Constituent Assembly, 486.
Obs.on the situation of, before
the Revolution, 487.

Nn 2 Franklin,

Franklin, Dr., story of, and obs.

on his character, 107.
Friendship, remarks on, 277.
Frizel, Dr., on a ruptured ute-
rus, 415.

Frog, common, notice of, 143.
Fucus, new species of, 141.
Fungi, supposed to be produced
from Animalcula infusoria, 29.
G

Garden, Dr., his botanical letter,
written on the day of his mar-
riage, 32.

Geognosy of East Lothian, 136.
George II., character of, by Lord
Orford, 11.

German Ocean, on the bed of, 140.
Germany, state of philosophy in,
543.

Government, on its personal and

its social character, 454.
Granite, curious appearances of,
in Shetland, 353.

Granville, Lord, account of, 9.
Grattan, Mr., memoir of, and
specimens of his speeches,
113-126.

Dr., on inflammation of
the Ear, 422.
Gravity, specific, instrument for
ascertaining, 143.
Greeks, horrid treatment of, by
the Turks, 286.

Grenada, story of a student, an
alchemist, and his daughter,
407.

Greville, Mr., on Cryptogamous
Plants, 141. On a new Fucus,
ib. On a new Potentilla, 142.
On Buxbaumia Aphylla, ib.
Grierson, Dr., on sand-stone
petrifactions, 134.
Griffiths, Mrs., her discovery of
a new Fucus, 141.
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Herculaneum, See Papyri.
Herschel, Mr., on separating iron
from other metals, 292. On
the aberrations of compound
lenses, &c. 301.
Highlanders, Scotch, their mode
of fighting, 39, 40.

Holden, Dr., on the juice of the
Papaw tree, 136.

Holm of Noss, account of, 347.
Holy Family, allegorical story
of, 532.

Home, Sir Everard, on skeletons

of the Dugong, &c. 291. On
the Manatee, 293.
Homildon, or Halidon Hill, bat-
tle of, made the subject of a
dramatic poem, 310.
Hunter, of the Higher Alps,
poetic story of, 440.
Hutton, Dr., on the mean den-
sity of the earth, 302.
Hygrometer, new, account of,

143.

I and J

James I., his character well
drawn in the Fortunes of
Nigel,' 171. Scene between
him and Nigel in Greenwich
Park, 173. At the council-
board, 176.

Jameson, Professor, on the rocks
of Sandside, 135. On the geo-
gnosy of East Lothian, 136.
On the rocky mountain-sheep,
139. Various notices by, 144.
Java, origin of the Dutch settle-
ment there, 241.

Ibycus, cranes of, a poem, 261.
Jersey, account of that island,
265.

Iliad, opinions of French and
English critics on the argu-
ment of, 356.
Illinois-country, statements re-
specting, 426-494.
Impressment, remarks on, 217.
Insurrection-act, in Ireland, obs.
on, 67.

Johnstone, Chev. his adventures
after the battle of Culloden, 44.
Joseph, the carpenter, story of,
532.
Ireland, view of the causes of the
present distress and distur-
bances in, 58-82. Speech of
Mr. Grattan on Irish Rights,
117. Particulars of the dis-
tress in, 379., note.

Iron, on the separation of, from
other métals, 292. Masses of,
their effect on chronometers,
307.

Italy, its scenery and topogra-

phy described in verse and in
prose, 438. 446.
Justice, natural and legal, obs.
on, 455.

Justices of the Peace, in Ireland,
obs. on the character and func-
tions of, 73.

K

Kater, Capt., on a re-measure-
ment of the cube, &c. of Sir G.
S. Evelyn, respecting a stand-
ard of weights and measures,
304.

Kidd, Dr., on Naphthaline, 291.
L

Labor, in Ireland, too scantily
paid, 59.

Lambert, Mr., on new plants.
from Nepaul, 142.
Landlords, in Ireland, not suf-
ficiently attentive to their te-
nants, 62.
Landlords, See Rent.
Land-owners, of England, their
impolitic conductin late years,

212.
Lasnes, Marshal, character of,
by Bonaparte, 237.
Lenses, compound, on aberra-
tions of, 301.
Lesbia, lines of Catullus to,
translated, 335.
Liberty and Necessity, remarks
on the doctrines of, 208.
Linnæus, anecdotes and corre-
spondence of, 27. et seq.
Liverpool, Lord, extract from his
speech on the state of the
country, 16. note.
Loefling, Peter, his multifarious
duties as an explorer of na-
tural history in Spain, 34.
London,statement of diseases and
comparative healthiness of, at
different periods, 200-203.
London Museum, lines on see-
ing, 333.

Lothian, East, geognosy of, 136.
Love in a Rose-bud's Breast, a
ballad, 99.

of God, on the motives to,

275.
Louis XVI., his amiable conduct
in the early part of the Re-
volution, 490. (note.) His in-
terview with the Poissardes,
499.

XVIII., said by Bonaparte
to have applied to him for the
restoration of his throne, 235.
Luttra Vittata, account of, 142.
Lyttelton, Lord, character of, by
Lord Orford, 7.

M

Macknight, Dr., his mineralogi-
cal notices, 131.
Magnetic phænomena, farther
researches on, 296.
Malagrowther, Sir Mungo, his
interview with Nigel in the
Tower, 177.

Mal-aria, remarks on, 159.
Malays, obs. on those people,
and their probable advance-
ment, 243. Specimen of
Malay Annals, 245.
Malthus, Mr., remarks on his
doctrines, by a French writer,
481.

Manatee, on the peculiarities of
that animal, 293.
Manners, Lord, his opinion of
Orange Associations, 80.
Massena, Marshal, his character
by Bonaparte, 237.
Meat, made tender by the juice
of the Papaw-tree, 136.
Medina, Duke de, commander of
the Spanish Armada, his ship-
wreck and treatment at Shet-
land, 341.
Metternich, Prince, opinion of
him by Napoleon, 239.
Mineralogy, See Fleming, See
Macknight.

Mirabeau, obs, on his character
and conduct, 493.
Money, remarks on the desire
of, 280.

Monkey,

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