Monkey, See Simia. Montagu, Mr., on a species of Delphinus, 129. Moral discipline, inquiry con- cerning, 273. 279. Moreau, General, characterized by Napoleon, 237. Moscow, the burning of, de- scribed by Bonaparte, 230. Motives essential to moral habits, inquiry respecting, 273. Murat, Joachim, character of, by Napoleon, 238. Murray, Mr., on the luminosity of the sea, 143.
N Naphtha Lake, account of, 507. Naphthaline, obs. on, 291. Naples, Southern, travels in, 156 --169. The late successes of the Austrians in that kingdom explained, 219. Napoleon, verses on his death, 187.
Navy, English, suggestions re- specting, 216.
Necker, Mr., his situation as minister of France, in the early periods of the Revolution, 491. Neill, Mr., on fossil remains of
the beaver, 135.
Nepaul, new plants from, 142. Nerves, experiments on, 294. Nicholls, Dr., on the use of tur- pentine, 419. On Angina Pectoris, 420. Nile, particulars respecting that river, 194.
North Sea, on the bed of, 140. 0
O'Brien, Dr., on inflammation of the Brain, 422. Medical Re- port, 424. O'Hanlon, Mr., an Irish magis- trate, his unjust treatment, 80. Opinions, obs. on the freedom of, 386.
Oran Outang, anatomy of, 127. Ordnance, new method of dis-
charging, 143, 144. Otranto, Castle of, described,
P Palagonian or Naphtha Lake, in Sicily, account of, 507. Palermo, description of, 501. Pancreas, cases of inflammation of, 420.
Papaw-tree, on the juice of, 136. Papyri, found in Herculaneum, experiments on, 289. Paracentesis of the thorax, case of, 414.
Parallax and aberration, obs. on, 305.
Paul, Emperor of Russia, ac- count of, 223. Peel, Mr., his obs. on Catholic emancipation, 77.
On the effects of his bill for cash-payments, 214. Pendulum, vibration of, 297. Percival, Mr., on sarcoma of the colon, 420. On inflam- mation of the pancreas, ib. Petrifactions of trees, account of, 134.
Phænogamous plants, arrange- ment of, 149.
Philip II., King of Spain, sketch of his history and character, 459-473.
Phillips, Mr., on a new com- pound of chlorine and car- bon, 293. Philosophers of Germany enu- merated, and their tenets stated, 543.
Picus, obs. on that genus, 139. Pitt, Mr., his character as a
statesman depreciated in a speech by Mr. Nicholls, 392. Plants, cryptogamous, account of, 141. 147. Phænogamous, arrangement of, 149. New, from Nepaul, account of, 142. Rare, natives of Scotland, account of, 139.
Plumage of birds, change of, 135. Plunkett, Mr., his remarks on
the enmity of Catholics to the Establishment, 76.79. Poetry, of this country, recent alterations in, 185.
Political offences, remarks on the nature of, and on the punishment of them by death, 450-458. Population of Benevento, 157. Of Foggia, 158. Of Barletta, 159. Of Bari, ib. Of Lecce, 160. Of Taranto, 161. Of Cassano, 162. Of Squillace, Terra-nova, and Scylla, 165. Of Montellone and Cosenza, 167. Of Timbuctoo, 193. Potentilla, new species of, 142. Presbyterian and churchman, poetic dialogue between, 327. Preston Pans, account of the battle of, 38.
Psoas abscess, case of, 415. R
Raffles, Sir T.S., his remarks on the islands of the Indian Ar- chipelago, and on European intercourse with them, 242. Rance, description of a sail up that river, 266. Rangoon river, in the kingdom of Ava, account of a voyage down, 52.
Reason, definition of, 541. Rebellion of 1745, obs. on, 41. Reformation, its advantages, and merits of the great Reformers, 516, 517.
Religion, zeal for, its effects in the 16th and 17th centuries, 514.
Rent of land, remarks on the
increase and decrease of, 20. Rocks, on the composition of,
339. 343. See also Jameson. Rousseau, J. J., his letter to Lin- næus, 35.
Rumker, Mr., on a solar eclipse, 304.
Russia, anecdotes of sovereigns of, 223. Of a Russian mer- chant, 224.
S Sabine, Capt., on the vibration
of the pendulum, 297. St. Bernard, the Great, verses on contemplating, 439.
Salamanca, story of a student of, 407.
Sandside, on the rocks of, 135. Santa Cruz, Mr. Jackson's re- ception at, 195.
Sarcoma in the colon, case of, 420. Scale of being, obs. on, 137. Scandinavia, antient fort in, 345. Schiller, specimens of poems by, translated into English, 260. Schwartzburg, Countess of, her
summary treatment of the Duke of Alva, 469.
Sea, on the luminosity of, 143. Sea-weed, sonnet to, 259. Secker, Dr., account of, by Lord Orford, 6.
Segesta, antient temple at, 503. Sheep, Mountain, of the Ameri- cans, obs. on, 139. Shetland isles, scientific and mis- cellaneous particulars relative to, 338-354.
Sicily, various particulars rela- tive to, 500-511.
Sick Poor Institution, medical report of, 424.
Sieyes, Abbé, his conduct and character during the Revolu- tion, 493.
Simia Sagulata, description of, 134.
Siroc, the hot wind of Sicily, de- scribed, 500.
Smith, Sir J. E., his obs. on a last letter to him from Sir Joseph Banks, 35.
Dr. Adam, hypercriti- cisms on, by a French political economist, 474. Smugglers, English, said by
Bonaparte to have been very useful to him during the war, 236.
Stone, mass of, floated away in a body of ice, 137. Stratification, essay on, 338. Sun, poetic address to, 188. Swainson, Mr., on the genus Picus, 139.
Swisserland, new division of its cantons, and the military quota of each, 95. Sylla, account of, 165.
Earth- quake there, in 1783, 166. Sympiesometer, account of, 143. Syracuse, sad declension of its grad eur, 507.
Taranto, account of, 161. Taxa on, the effects of, 213. 371
Thunder, extraordinary effect of, 350.
Tighe, Mrs., author of the poem of Psyche, her benevolent ap- propriation of the profits of its sale, 221. Timbuctoo, description of, 192. Traill, Dr., on the Oran Ou- tang, 127. On the Simia Sa- gulata, and on a new species of Felis, 134. On the Lutra vittata, 142. Trees, on the attachment of landed gentlemen to fine park trees and scenery, 405. Ches- nuts, in Sicily, of prodigious size, 509.
Trinity, obs. on the doctrine of, 515.
Tumour in the neck, case of, 419. Turkey, and Russia, Bonaparte's opinion respecting a contest between, 234.
Turks, their barbarizing govern- ment, and horrid cruelties to- wards the Greeks, 285-289. Turpentine, on the use of, 419.. Tythes, in Ireland, bad effects of, 64.
U and V. Value, that term in political
economy considered, 477. Varix, obs. on, 422.
Udal tenures, in Shetland, ac- count of, 344.
Unicorn, said to be in fact a rhinoceros, 292.
Unst, Sunday-scene in that island, 350.
Volcanos, of mud, in Sicily, de- scription of, 505.
Urethra, destroyed, account of its re-establishment, 293. Uterus, ruptured, case of, 415. W Wages, for agricultural labor, obs. on the increase and de- pression of, 380.
Walpole, Horace, Earl of Or-
ford, character of his writ- ings, 3. His own portrait of himself, ibid.
Sir Robert, and Si: John Cotton, anecdote of, li.,
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