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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,

160.

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

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.

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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.

T

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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