religion, at its origin, 161. Farther obs. on, 163-165. Molusca, a new species of the ge. nus Carinaria observed, 454. Monbars, M. turns free-booter against the Spaniards, 463. Monkies, rendered useful servants to man, 160. Montagu, Lady M. W. account of the original publication of her letters, 31. Memoirs of, 32-36. Letters from, 37- 44. Verses by, 44, 45. Moon, supposed to send off stoney
substances into the earth's at- traction, 505. Morgan, the Buccanier, his pre- eminent daring and cruelty, 466.
Paris, reflections on the approach to that metropolis, 123. Parliament, British, leading mem bers of both Houses of, at the time of the American war, briefly portrayed, 141. Parr, Dr. his opinion of Sir W. Jones's book De Poesi Asiatica, 341.
Patrin, M. his new hypothesis of petrifaction, 491. Of amber, 497. Of volcanos, 499. Petersburgh. See Russia. Petrifaction, new theory of, 494. Philology, state of, in the last three centuries, 531.
Philosophy, state of, for the last three centuries, 537. Photometer, account of that new instrument, 197.
Pinus Massoniana, Taxifolia, and Microcarpa, described, 285, 286.
Pirates, or Buccaniers, their his-
tory and adventures, 460-468. Pitt and Grenville Acts, remarks
Pitt, Mr. on the culture of oats, 274. Poetry, required to be abjured by a schoolmaster in Scotland only 30 years ago, 130.
of Italy, obs. on, 274,5. remarks on, 518. Poisons, antidotes for, 496. Poivre, M. his high character, 458.
Poor-rates, their increase deeply lamented, 423.
Pope, Mr. his intercourse and quarrel with Lady M. W. Montagu, 34, 35, 39. His poetry compared with that of Voltaire, 523. Profaneness in company proposed to be treated as a personal af- front, 73.
Protheroe, Mr. on paring and burning, 273
Paring and burning, remarks on, Prudence in religious concerns
country, 297, 298. Russia, court of, said to have no partiality for the British, 185. Anecdote in illustration, 156. That anecdote contradicted, 336.
Saint Amand, M. on meteors and atmospheric stones, 503. Saint Helen's, Lord, anecdote re. lative to his embassy at St. Pe- tersburgh, 186. That story contradicted on the best autho rity, 346.
Luke, preface to his Gospel, remarks on. 378 434-
Vincent, Earl ot, his Admi- ralty Administration vindicat- ed, 201-204. Salmon, its sagacity in returning to the spot where it once spawned, 165.
Schamans, a people of Russia, ac- count of, 181.
Scheldt, reflections on the block. ade of that river, 121. Sciences, view of their progress, from to 1800, 529. 1500 Scotland, progress of luxury in,
Self-importance, remarks on, 74. Serethians, description of that people, 295.
Serval, description of that ani- mal, 158.
Sheep, breeds of, observations on,
156. Rot in, account of, 426. Shells, British, natural history of, Account of reversed 387. shells, 393. Hermaphroditi- cal amours of the helix aspersa, 395. The boring powers of the Teredo navalis, 396. Ship-building, comparative merit of the king's and the mer chants' yards, 202. Ships of England, most numerous in commerce, and most formi- dable in combat so early as the year 1315, 408.
Silesia, highlanders of, particulars of, 353. A Silesian dinner, 354.
Silver, its abundant use among
the Romans, 473. Simson, the mathematician, Bi. shop Horsley's opinion of, 61. Small-pox, subsequent to vaccina- tion, cases of, 254-256. Con- troverted, 257. Farther evi- dence, and confutation, 321- 325.
Smith, Mr., on gypsum as a ma- nure, 268.
Smut in wheat, observ. on, 154. Statistics, view of that subject, as pursued during the last three centuries, 535. Stewart, Dr. his experiments on vaccination, 323.
Stones, atmospheric, history of their fall, and hypothesis on,
5014511. Sugar made from Beet, unfavour- able report of, 351. Suicide, extremely prevalent in France, 244. Symmons, Miss, specimens of her extraordinary poetical talents, 437-439.
Traveller, observ. on his duties and his qualifications, 113. Tuke, Mr. on paring and burning, 273.
Tycho Brahe, account of his sys- tem and discoveries, 23. Tyrolian Hunter described, 294.
Vaccination. See Small-pox. Vaillant, M. errors in his account of the Cape, exposed, 3. Vanity, remarks on, 221, 222. Vavasour, Col., on breaking up grass land, 274.
Vauquelin, M. on stones fallen from the clouds, 506. Vendée, la, its royalist inhabitants highly praised, 178.
Viseo, Duke of, his great charac- ter, 409.
Virgins, neglected, alias old maids, humorous consolation for, in the hope of heavenly endearments,
Volcanos, theory of, 499. Voltaire declines a visit from Mr. (afterward Sir William) Jones, 39. Criticisms on, 5 17.523. Anecdote of, 521. Volunteers, British, their ardour poetically described, 99. Ad- dress to, 420.
W Wales, Princess of, poetical tri bute to, 103.
Walpole, Sir Robert the system of
corruption and influence pursued by that minister, the origin of the present identity between ministerialism and patriotism, op position and disaffection, 136. Washington, Gen., narrow escape of, 144.
Water, mode of procuring, where
springs are scarce, 4. Weather and Seasons, signs rela- tive to, 220. Wheat, smut in, obser. on, 154. Wheel-
Wheel carriages, remarks on their Wynne, Mr. on agriculture in Ire land, 271.
construction, 66. Wilford, Captain, on the antient Caucasus, 310.
Wilkes, Mr. on converting pas- ture-land into tillage, 267. Wolsey, Cardinal, his character vindicated, 369-372. Wrede, Mr. on the Christians of Malabar, 311. Wright, Mr. on the use of lime en land, 273.
Youle, Mr. on breaking up of grass land, 271.
Zend-Avesta, remarks on that antient book of the Persians, 165, 166.
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