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ACHMET, SULTAN, description of the | Education and crime, on the relation | Lancaster, town and castle of, de- grand mosque of, 419. Alcantara, in Spain, account of, 336. Alhambra, historical and descriptive account of the, 355.
Alum spring at Hackfall, description
Elgin Cathedral, description of, 26. Elk, fossil, of Ireland, account of,
England, as described by an Eastern Traveller 70 years ago, 375, 422. Englishman's valuation of his life, 22. American Indians, South, huts of the, Erpingham Gateway, description of, 417.
America, observations on, 319.
Antimony, description of, 387. Apes, why cannot they talk? 267. Apologues of different countries, on the resemblance between. 286. Arabs, Bedouin, character and habits of, 492; robberies of, 497.
and biographical notice of Sir T. Erpingham, 169.
Errors and superstitions arising from false associations, 371. Evora, Roman temple at, 217; Roman aqueduct and castellum at, 233. Exchanges, Storch's theory of, 44.
Arms and supporters, English regal, Expenses, regulation of, 368.
Carracci, Annibale, notice concerning, 73.
Championship of England, account of, 11.
Chepstow Castle, notice of, 343. Chesterfield Church and its crooked spire, 111.
China, account of the cities of, 297, 317; great wall of, 332; canals of, 36; bridges of, 395; roads and triumphal arches of, 424. Cider, account of, and process of making. 271.
Chromium, description of, 416. Coach-making in Africa, 196. Cobalt, description of, 415. Cod-fishing in Labrador. 67. Collieries, modes of working and com- mercial importance of, 120, 16!. Cologne, cathedral, &c. at, account of,
Copper, description of, 5, 18. Corean repasts, 107. Cormorant-ashing in China, 76. Currency, observations on, by Storch,
DATE-PALM, descriptive account of the, 473.
Deaf and Dumb pupils at the Exeter Inst tution, answers of 21. Deaths of eminent persons of modern times, 418.
Derby, -throwing machinery at, 115: history and description of the town of, 476. Devil's Bridge, South Wales, descrip-
tion of, 313 Diana, goddess, observations on, 4. Dieppe, historical and descriptive ac- count of, 236
Distances, expediency of measuring from a common centre in London, 275.
Ducks, wild, account of and methods of catching, 49; method of catching in the Feus of Lincolnshire, 60. Durham Cathedral, bishop's throne in, described, and memoir of Bishop Hatfield, 306.
EAGLE, descriptive account of, 153: narratives relating to the great Eagle, 278.
Earl of Eldon, loss of the, by fire, 77.
Eating, ancient, anecdotes of, 324.
Gold-fish, account of, 59.
Gold, description of, 110, 142. 160, 179. Golling, waterfall of, in the Tyrol, 348. Goodrich Castle, description of, 310. Gout, treatment of the, 267. Grouse of Europe, natural history of, 321, 329.
HALLEY'S COMET, observations on, 360. Hands, right and left, observations on,
Heidelberg Castle, and memoir of the queen of Bohemia, 157. Helm-wind, in Cumberland, descrip-
Hofer, Andrew, memoir of, 259. Hogarth and his Works: the Election, plate i. 12; plate ii. 29; Gin Lane, 82; Election, plate iii. 113; plate iv. 45; Country Inn Yard, 172: March to Finchley, 193; Oratorio, 209; Calais Gate, 213; Laughing Au- dience, 216.
Honey, old method of taking from the hive. 64.
Hops, historical notice of, and mode of cultivating, 452.
Horse and the Laden Ass, fable of the. 238.
Hot springs at St. Michael's Island,
Hougoumont, historical and descrip- tive account of, 229. Humming-birds, natural history of, 135.
Hyrax, or Daman, description of, 353.
IMPROVEMENT, opposition to, 319. Indian doctor's bill, 91. Indians of North America, account of, 38,53.
Ink, mode of rendering fluid. 59. Inns of Court, historical and descrip tive account of the, 250. Intellectual pleasures, advantages of cultivating, 184. Intemperance, effects of legislative restrictions on, 231. Italy, South, recollections of Easter holidays in, 155, 175.
JFFFERSON's Ten Rules of Life, 28. Jordaens, the Four Evangelists by. 17. Jungle-fowl, natural history of, 186.
KENILWORTH CASTLE, historical and descriptive account of, 290. Kermaushah, a day at, narrative of, 404.
Kief, description of the catacombs of,
Kildare and its cathedral, account of, 265. Kingston, Jamaica, account of, 873. Knowledge, value of a little, 170. Kyrle, The Man of Ross,' character of, 347.
LAGO MAGGIORE, description of, 441, 495.
Lämmergever, or bearded vnlture, description of, 481
La Trappe, monks of, account of, 68. Lead, description of, 74,94. Life-boat, description of, 109. Lighthouse at the North Foreland, description of, 365.
Little things, observations on, 462. Lombe, John, and the silk-throwing machinery at Derby, 115. Louis XI., particulars of, from Co- mines, 107.
Lyons, schools of art at, 315. Lynx, natural history of the, 241.
MAGAZINE, analysis of an old one,
Manganese, description of, 415. Manis, natural history of, 105. Maple tree, process catracting sugar from, 137.
Marly, Machine, description of,
Marmozet-mon-5, or ouistiti, natural history of, 43- Maximilian 1. mausoleum of, at Inn- spruck, 253.
Meran, valley of the, in the Tyrol, description of, 273. Mercia, laws of, 487. Mercury, description of. 279, 311. Mesopotamia, adventures in, 281, 301. Mineral Kingdom: copper, 5, 18; tin, 33, 55, 58; lead, 74, 94; gold, 110, 142, 160, 179; silver, 205, 238, 261; mercury, 279, 311; platina, 330; zine, 367; autimony and bismuth, 387; manganese, cobalt, arsenic, and chromium, 415, 416. Mines of Cornwall and Wales, notes of a journey to, 351. Monomania in horses, curious facts relating to, 312.
Monte Cavallo, piazza of, and statues in, 308. Moore, Sir John, character of, 443. Municipal corporations, origin and progress of, 502, 505. Muscular strength, as affected by diet, 116.
OAK-BARK PEELING, account of, 35. Oil plant of China, account of, 486. Old Travellers: Busbequius, 7, 14, 27, 35, 62.
Orange-trees, account of, 177. Orang-outang at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, description of, 263. Ornithorhynchus Paradoxus, or Water Mole, description of, 223. Ossetinians of the Caucasian moun tains, accout of, 51. Onistiti, or marmozet monkey, natural history of, 439.
Owl, white or barn, character and habits of, 409. Oxford, historical and descriptive account of, part ii., 41.
PANCHA TANTRA, account of the, 358. Paper-making in Tibet, 67. Pegze's Anecdotes of the English Language,' extract from, 19, 182. Platina, description of 330. Poor in foreign countries, state of, 394. Poor student's literary ways and meaus 218, 2.7.
Pope's Tree at Binfield, 65. Porpoise and other cetacea, descrip- tion of, 316.
Poultry, on the hatching of, 104. Proas, Indian, description of, 204. Prudhoe Castle, historical and de- script.ve account of, 220. Pta migau, descriptive account of, 329
RALEIGH, SIR WALTER, birth place of, 52; conclusion of his History of the World, 473. Rembrandt, biographical notice of, 183.
Rome, Forum at, account of the, 412. Rooks, anecdote of, 8.
Sandwich Islands, minstrelsy in, 59. Sapphire Grot, in the Island of Capri, description of, 459.
Sarepta, description of the town of, 11. Scotch, domestic manners of in the 16th century, 195. Sea Terms, 459.
Seal, natural history of, 9; seal-hunt- ing, 100. Shaddock-tree, account of 201. Shagreen, notice concerning, 91. Shell-slug, description of, 152. Shepherd's dog, anecdote of, 3. Shinty, game of, 33. Sieges, ancient, narratives of. 303. Silk-trade of France, observations on, 307.
Silver, description of, 205, 238, 261. Sinai, Mount, descriptive account of, 433; account of convent of St. Ca. therine at, 449.
Sloth, natural history of the, 2. Soho, Birmingham account of, 345. Southwell, Robert, biographical notice of, and extracts from his works, 95, 106.
Spirits, drinking of, and Temperance Societies, 82.
Spring, observations of a naturalist during, 79.
Squirrel, character and habits of the, 393.
Stage-coaches in England, history of, 172.
Steam-bont explosions in the United States, 72.
Steel instruments, process of temper. ing, 411.
Stomach, of the reducing powers of
VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, wild dogs in, 104.
Vatican, the, description of, 406. Vulgar errors, 3:2. Vultures, character and habits of, 361.
WALES, wedding-biddings in, 3. Warkworth Hermitage, description of, 90.
Washington, Chamber of Representa- ives at, description of, 397. Watt, James, inscription on his monu. ment, 267. Whichnor Bacon, account of the cere mony of, 31. Wine, on the use of, and on legislative
regulations with respect to, 234. Wolf and the Lamb. fable of the, 264. Worcester City and Cathedral, his- torical and descriptive account of, 326.
Royal George, loss of, notice concern- ing woman saved at, 103. Russia, female education in, 30; de- scriptive account of fires in, 146; | ZINC, description of, 367.
Wye, descriptive account of the scenery of the, 337.
2. Statue of the Goddess Diana, 4. 3. Greenland Seal-hunting, 9. 4. The Feast, from Hogarth's Elec- tion,' 13.
5. Four Evangelists, by Jordaens, 17.
6. Sable-hunting in America, 24. 7. Elgin Cathedral, 25.
8. The Canvass, from Hogarth's • Election,' 29.
9. Game of Shinty, 33.
10. Peeling the Bark from the Oak, 37.
11. Interior of Christ Church Hall, Oxford, 41.
12. Magdalen Bridge and the Tower of Magdalen College, Oxford,
13. New University Printing Office, Oxford, 48.
14. Method of capturing Wild Ducks in the Fens of Lincolnshire, 49. 15. Birth-place of Sir Walter Raleigh, 52.
16. Egyptian Room in the British Museum, 57.
17. Method of capturing Wild Ducks in the Fens of Lincolnshire, 60. 18. Pope's Tree at Binfield, Berks, 65.
19. Porter of a Convent of La Trappe, in France, 68.
20. A Monk of La Trappe at his devotions, 69.
39. Pit-bottom, 125.
40. Preparing to Blast, and gathering the Coal, 127.
41. Pitmen forming a" Bord," Drags- man and Foal, and forming a "Judd," 127.
42. Screening Coals, 128. 43. Cathedral of Norwich, 129. 44. Alum Spring at Hackfall, York- shire, 133.
45. Hummingbirds extracting the Nectar and catching Insects, 136.
46. Sugar-maple Tree, 137. 47. Tynemouth Cliff, with the Light- house, Priory, and Barrack, 140.
48. Church of Tynemouth Priory, 141. 49. Chairing the Members (Election,' Plate IV.), 144.
50 to 63. English Regal Arms, 14 Figures, 148 to 150.
64. Shell slug, with interior and ex- terior of its shell, 152. 65. Eagle's Nest, 153. 66. Castle of Heidelberg, 157. 67. View on the Tyne, showing the mode of Shipping Coal, 191. 68. Inclined Plane on the Railway from South Hetton to Seaham Harbour, with Trains of Wag. gons, 164.
69. Seaham Harbour, showing the ter- mination of South Hetton Rai!- way, 165.
21. Silence, after the Picture by Anni- 70. Seaham Harbour Coal - Staith, bale Carracci, 73.
22. Cormorant-fishing in China, 76. 23. Gin Lane, 81.
24. Beer Street, 88.
25. Warkworth Hermitage, 89. 26. Boldre Church, Hampshire, 92. 27. Rev. William Gilpin's School at Bold e, 93.
28. Carneval at Rome, 97.
29. Seal-hunting in Scotland, Plate I., 100.
30. Seal-hunting in Scotland, Plate II., 101.
31. Long and short-tailed Manis, 105. 32. Preparing to launch the Life boat, 103.
33. Life-boat in a Storm, 109.
mode of Loading by the Spout,
71. Erpingham Gateway, Norwich Cathedral, 169.
72. Hogarth's Country Inn Yard, 173. 73. Seville Orange Tree, 177. 74. Florence Cathedral, 181. 75. Jungle Fowl, 185.
76. Jacob's Blessing, by Rembrandt,
77. March to Finchley, 193.
78. Interior of Newark Castle, 197, 79. Shaddock Tree, 201. 80. Indian Proas, 204. 81. The Oratorio, 209. 82. Calais Gate, 213.
83. Laughing Audience, 216.
34. The Polling (Election,' Plate 84. Temple of Diana at Evora, 217.
35. Sir Thomas Lombe's Silk-mill at Derby, 116.
85. Prudhoe Castle, Northumberland, 221.
86. Ornithorhynchus Paradoxus, 225.
89. Dieppe Harbour, 237. 90. Lynxes, 241.
91. Garnet's Straw, 245.
92. Fountain of the Prince of Pales- tine, by Bernini, 248.
93. Middle Temple Hall, 249. 94. Statue of Lord Erskine, by West- macott, 256.
95. Innspruck, the capital of the Tyrol, 258.
96. A Tyrolese Peasant, 260. 97. The Wolf and the Lamb, 264. 98. Ruins of the Cathedral of Kil- dare, 265.
99. Female Orang-outang at the Surrey Gardens, 268. 100. Valley of Meran-Vine Trellis over the Road-Tyrolean Pea- sants, 273.
101. Bede's Tomb, Galilee, Durham, 276.
102. Cologue Cathedral, 281. 103. The Teagle, 284.
131. Egyptian Vultures. 361. 132. North Foreland Lighthouse, 365. 133. Castello Nuovo and Castle of Sant' Elmo, Naples, 369. 134. Harbour Street, Kingston, Ja- maica, 373.
135. Glasgow, with Stockwell Bridge 377.
136. Trougate Street, Glasgow, 381. 137. View of Castel-Val. 385.
138. Bison Americanus, a Ball, 389. 139. Bison Americanus, Female, 388. 140. The Bear and the Bees, 397. 141. The common Ground Squirrel,393. 142. Chinese Bridge, 397.
143. Chamber of Representatives at Washington, 400.
144. Lancaster, 401. 145. One of Raffaelle's Galleries in the Vatican, 408.
146. White or Barn Owl, 409. 147. The Forum at Rome, 412. 148. South American Indian Hut, 417.
Elk of Ireland, 300. 109. Moose-Deer Horns, 300. 110. Battering - ram tower, 303.
153. Ascent of Mount Sinai, 433. combined with | 154. Sword Fish, 436.
111. Moveable Towers, 303. 112. Bishop's Throne, Durham Ca- thedral, 305.
113. Piazza of Monte Cavallo at Rome, 308.
114. Devil's Bridge, South Wales, 313. 115. Porpoise, 316.
116. Skeleton of the Porpoise, 317. 117. Tippoo's Tiger, 320.
118. Capercailzie, or Cock-of-the- Wood, 321.
155. Tusk of a Sword-Fish, 437. 156. View on the Lago Maggiore, 441. | 157. Ruins of Farnham Castle, 444. 158. Mounts Sinai and Horeb with the Convent of St. Catherine, 449. 159. Hop-Garden at Farnham, 452. 160. Hop-Queen, 453. 161. Farmer of Normandy, 457. 162. The Dog and the Shadow, 460. 103. The Kremlin and the Mosk- varetskoi Bridge. Moscow 465. 164. The Bourse St. Petersburg. 469.
119. Worcester Cathedral and City, 165. Wild Date Palm on the Sinai
120. Ptarmigan, 329.
121. Bridge and Town of Alcantara, Spain, 336.
122. Coldwell Rocks, 337. 123. Goodrich Castle, 340. 124. Coracle, 341.
125. Chepstow Castle, 344. 126. Soho, Birmingham, 345. 127. Waterfall of Golling, 348. 128. The Hyrax, 353.
Mountains, 473.
166. Town Hall. Derby, 477.
167. The Lämmergeyer, 481. 168. Norman Fruit-Woman, 484. 169. Norman Peasant, 485.
170. Marmozet Monkeys, 489.
171. Skin Vessels of the Arabs, 492.
172. Bedouin Arabs, 493.
173. Bedouin Robbers, 497.
174. Arms, &c. of the Bedouin Arabs, 500.
36. Time,-Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 87. Ruins of the Château of Hougou-129. Hall of Justice, Alhambra, Gra-175.
37. South Hetton Colliery, 121.
38. Mouth of a Coai-pit, 124.
mont, at Waterloo, 229.
88. Romau Aqueduct and Castellum at Evora, 233.
130. Course of Halley's Comet among the Fixed Stars, 360.
Guildhall, Chichester, 504.
176. Carter's Passage, and Old Town Hall at Oxford, 505.
177. Town Hall, Liverpool, 508.
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