pire-bats, 405; guinea-fowl, 405; death of a sergeant, 406; ceremonies between relatives on meeting, 406; making a bridge, 407; improved condition of the country, 408; preparations for rearing silkworms, 408; a drunken chieftain, 408; death of Mr. Hastie, 409. Mahmoud II., sultan, death of, 2. Maitland, Sir Peregrine, his testimony in favour of the Cape' colonists, 170, note. Maki, the, 402.
Malays, effects of opium-smoking among the, 264.
Malte-Brun, a prophecy of, 254.
Man's life compared to a billow, 476. Mance, the, or prayer-wheel of India, 512. Marble, statuary, quarries of, 456. Marienburg, capture of, 430, note. 6 Mariner, The, of Cetara,' 393, Marseilles, introduction of coffee at, 49. Matrix, the mould in which types are cast,
Mazarine Bible, the first book printed with cut metal types, 410.
Menschikoff, prince, his mission to Con- stantinople, 556.
Menzikoff, prince, his humble origin and rise, 131; his illiterateness, 132. Mesopotamia, plains of, and their inha- bitants, 332.
Meteors, notice of, 355.
Michael Romanoff, czar of Russia, 14. Mignonette, directions for changing the
trailing plant into a bushy shrub, 279. Military spectacles in Russia, 272. Militia originated by king Alfred, 228. Mineral substances, notices of several, 456. Missionary verses, 282.
Money: the first money, 78; Jewish money, 78; Eginetan coins, 79; Ro- man coins, 79; the Anglo-Saxon penny, 79; English coins, 80; "sterling money, 81; the pennyweight, 81; the invention of money a step in the art of printing, 234.
Monkey, sacred tooth of a, 367. Monsoons, 360.
Montenegro, its geographical position, 253; its political importance and government, 254; prophecy of Malte- Brun concerning it, 254; the people, 254; rebellion of 1852-conduct of Austria and Russia, 255. Montgomery on the power of time in re- conciling us to death, 54; his lines on a dead gnat, 296.
Moon, the, peculiarly interesting to the Christian, 418; photographic attempts to portray the planet, 418; her light and influence, 419; earthshine on the moon, 419; the moon's features, 419; question as to the existence of a lunar atmosphere, 419; lunar day and night, intense heat and cold, 420; mountains and pits, 420; annular mountains, 421; radiations, 421; height of mountains, 422; shadowy portions, 422; is the moon inhabited? 422; superstitions, 422; reflections, 423; the rising moon compared to man's spirit, 423.
More, Hannah, her taste in old age, 96. 'Mortality,' 19.
Moscow, sieges of, by the Tartars, 12, 13; taken by the Poles, 13.
Mountains in the moon, 420; heights of, 422.
Murderers' Bay, massacres by the na- tives of, 302.
Mutiny Act, the, 231.
My Birthday,' 417.
Names of Seas: why the Black, Red, Yellow, and Green Seas are so called, 320; M. Pacavey's theory, 330. Naphtha, its uses and localities, 460. Napoleon, the emperor, reminiscences of, at St. Helena, 71; his residence at the Briars, 72; attacked by a cow, 73; his game of blindman's buff, 73; at Long- wood, 74; his reproof of the savans, 74; his parting with Mrs. Abell and her family, 74.
Narwhal, tusks of the, 369.
Nativity, church of the, in the Holy Land, 21.
Natron, its localities, 457.
Needle of the mariner's compass, how affected by electricity, 140.
Negro, alleged insensibility of the, 174. Nelson, Lord, in the hospital at Copen- hagen, 508.
Nesselrode, count, his notes to the Russian ambassadors, 558, 561. Nestorians, massacre of, in Diarbekir,
Nests of birds, localities of, 59; their materials, 60.
Newton, Sir Isaac, destination of one of his teeth, 367.
Nicholas, the emperor, his autograph letter to the sultan, 23; his accession to the throne, 103; defeats the con- spiracy in favour of Constantine, 104; pardons the military rebels at Novo- gorod, 105; his attempts to put down the exactions of his officers, 105; his courageous conduct during the cholera riots in St. Petersburg, 105; his aggrandizing policy, 106; fails in his attempt to emancipate the serfs, 106; his person and habits, 107; his character, 107; his insatiable ambi- tion and despotic government, 270; his system retrogressive, 271; his military spectacles, 272; his brutal treatment of the Poles, 273; his rule never to forgive, 275; his measures against foreigners, 276; his restric- tions on education and literature, 276; precarious nature of his throne, 278; his proposal to Sir Henry Seymour, 555; his demand on Turkey, 555; his duplicity, 559.
Nicot, Jean, his introduction of tobacco into Portugal and France, 379. Nicotine, 380, 534.
Nitre, its localities, 457. Nomades of the East, notice of the,
from Mr. Layard's account, 331. 'Notes by the first Shilling Visitor to Sydenham Palace,' 194.
'Notes on certain Mineral Substances: ' earthy minerals, 456; marble, gypsum, Epsom salts, 456; fluor spar, nitre, natron, alum, 457; rock-salt of Ches- shire, 457; chapel of salt near Cracow, 458; salt plains and mines of Asia and America, 459; sulphur, 459; plumbago-mines of Cornwall, 459; amber, naphtha, petroleum, bitumen, asphaltum, jet, the Brazilian pebble, 460; value of wisdom, 460.
Obrin, a Persian robber, his depreda- tions, 9; his conquest of Russia, of which he becomes first grand-duke, 10; his despotism and death, 10. Ochre, its localities, 456. Olega, Russian princess, 11. Oliphant, Mr., extracts from his account of the Crimea, 297-301.
'Olive, The, the Fig-tree, and the Vine,' constantly alluded to in the Scriptures, and still existing in Palestine, 469. Olmsted, professor, his description of a meteoric shower, 355.
'Opium-smoking:' great extent of the vice, 261; the drug chiefly procured from British India, 261; its prepara- tion, 262; fæcal opium, 262; indi- vidual consumption, 262; Chinese smoking-shops, 262; the pipe-mode of proceeding, 263; its immediate effects, 264; different effects among the Malays, 264; Lord Jocelyn's no- tice of the habit in Singapore, 261; its permanent destructive effects, 265; opium-patients in a Penang hospital, 266; unsuccessful attempts of the late emperor of China to abolish the practice, 266; impossibility of check- ing it, 267; Mr. Fortune's account of a Chinese admiral's operations against the opium-ships, 267; his picture of an opium-smoker, 268.
Pacavey, M., his theory on the names of seas, 330.
Palestine, its desolate condition, 444. Parang Pass, a passage through, 511. 'Passages from the Journals of an Old
Traveller,' 75, 126, 312, 447, 503.- Bedr-Khan-Bey and the massacre of the Nestorian Christians, 75; Con- stantinople at sunrise, 126; landward walls of Constantinople, the seven towers, &c., 342; storks in Asia Minor and in European Turkey, 447; Rome -St. Peter's, 503.
Patchwork, learned quotations allied to, 446.
Paulistas, the, 175, note.
Pauper's Deathbed, The,' 480. Penn, George, his sufferings under the Spanish Inquisition, 388. Penny, the Anglo-Saxon, 79. Pennyweight, origin of the, 81. Persecution, its lawfulness taught by the Inquisition, 387.
Peter the Great invades the Danubian Provinces, 16; assisted by Cantemir, 16; betrayed by the Moldavians, 17; attacked by the Turks, 17; saved by
the empress Catharine, 18; his con- vention with the Turks, 18; impor- tance of his reign, 128; his birth and accession to the throne, (28; his travels, 129; subdues the rebellion of the Strelitz, 129; his marriages, 130; founds St. Petersburg, 133; creates a navy, 134; his army, 135; divides the empire into eight governments, 135; constructs canals, 135; his financial and
law reforms, 136; expels the Jesuits, 136; limits the power of the clergy, 137; his social improvements, 137; reflections on his life, 137; his assumption of power over the Church, 240; his capture of Marienburg, 430. Peter's St., at Rome, notice of, 503. Petersburg, St., foundation of, 133. Petroleum, nature of, 460.
Pfeffel, a blind German poet, 530; his poem The Tobacco-pipe,' 531. Pilgrimages in Japan, 351. Pipeclay, its localities, 456.
Plants, flowering, number of species of, 146; their fructification, 150. Playing-cards, invention of, 312.
Plumbago, its first discovery, 459; de- scription of a mine of, 459. Pollen, its office, 150.
Polo, the brothers, their travels, 311; Marco, his travels, 312. Popery, its atrocities, 385-332. Porcelain-clay, its localities, 456. Posarski, Michael, Russian leader, 14. Pounds, shillings, and pence sterling, 78. Printing, history of, 232, 311, 410, 522. Protea, the, 164, note.
Punch, the typefounders', 411. Quarles, F., his admonition to age, 283. Quicombo, South Africa, 62. Quotations allied to patchwork, 446. Radama, king of Madagascar, his treaty with Sir Robert Farquhar, 306; his reforms, 339; his campaign against the northern Secalaves, 399. Radiations, lunar, 421. Raleigh, Sir Walter, supposed to have
introduced tobacco into England, 377. Rampur, town of, in the Himalaya, 513. Rat of South Africa, its teeth, 372. Reformation, the, due to printing, 526.] Regiment, a, its divisions and officers, 230; its place in line, 231; names of regiments, 232.
Religion, its diffusion by printing, 525. Robin, song of the, 56.
Rodentia, the, their teeth, 371.
Romanism, witnesses against, 34; its re- semblance to Buddhism, 44.
Ros, the ancient inhabitants of Russia Proper, 9.
Rosse, Lord, power of his telescope, 420. Ruined Khan of Hadji-Haivat, The,'
Russia, 7, 128, 269.-Its government an autocracy, 7; its extent and popula- lation, 8; its ancient divisions, 8; the Ros, 9; conquest and fall of Obrin, the first grand-duke, 9, 10; Igor I., his de- scent on Phoenicia, 11; reign of Swia-
toslas, and cruelties of his mother Olega, 11; Vladimir the Great, 11; irruption of the Tartars under Gengis Khan, 12; siege of Moscow by Tamer- lane, 12; Iwan III. defeats the Tartars and unites the Russian principalities, 12; anecdote of Iwan and the ambassa- dor of queen Elizabeth, 12; John Bazelius Scherkaskar becomes empe- ror, 13; annexation of Casan and As- tracan, 13; siege of Moscow by the Tartars, 13; invasion of the Swedes and Poles, 13; emancipation of the country by Michael Posarski, 14; reign and tyranny of Michael Romanoff, 14; and of his son, Alexis, 15; insurrection and massacre, 15; administration of Nariskin, 15; Peter the Great, 128; rebellion of the Strelitz, 129; the em- press Catherine, 130; rise of prince Menzikoff, 131; St. Petersburg founded, 133; conspiracy and death of the czar- owitch Alexis, 133; origin of the Russian navy, 134; the army, 135; governments of the empire, 135; canals, 135; Peter's reforms, 136, 137; expul- sion of the Jesuits, 136; present retro- gression of the empire, 138; successors of Peter, 269; enlightened government of Alexander, 269; accession of Nicholas and despotic nature of his government, 270; his system opposed to that of Peter, 271; the army, 271; basis of Russian power, 272; state of education, 272, 276; mili- tary spectacles, 272; treatment of Poland, 273; objects of Russian ag- gression, 272; territorial acquisitions, 274; comparative advantages of Russia and Britain in war, 275; the executive government, 275; disabilities of fo- reigners, 276; the censorship, 276; de- basement of the people, 277; passive courage of the soldier, 277; immense resources of the empire, 277; precarious situation of the throne, 278; probable result of the present contest, 278; her unjustifiable demands and perfidy the cause of the war, 554-562. Russia, the Greek Church in, 239. Russians, their universal corruption, 105.
'Sabbath, The,' 384. Sagacity of the Arabs, 341. Salmon, teeth of the, 372.
Salt, its localities, 457; mines of rock- salt in Cheshire, 457; the Marston mine illuminated, 458; inflammable gas in one of these mines, 458; manu- facture, 458; chapel cut out of salt near Cracow, 458; salt plains, mines, and lakes in Asia and America, 459. Salt-eating, importance of the ceremonial among the Arabs, 260.
Salt of tobacco, 535. Saltpetre, its localities, 457. Samiel, the, 362.
Sand, moving pillars of, described, 364. Saussure, a crater in the moon, 422. Scenes in Greenland, 282, 325, 470, 541.
'Schamyl-Warrior, Prophet, and Leader of the Circassians:' rise of Sufism, 98; birth and early pursuits of Schamyl, 98; his miraculous escapes, 99, 100 battle of Himri, 99; sieges of Chumsach and Akulcho, 99; Schamyl iman of the Caucasus, 99; devotion of the mu- rides to his person, 100; his victories over the Russians, 101; his alliance with Turkey, 102; his appearance and habits, 102.
Scherkaskar, first emperor of Russia, 13. Schoeffer, Peter, invents cast metal types, 410; his partnership with Faust, 411. Scriptures, the Armenian, 252. Seals, early use of, 233; among the Romans, 234.
Seas, names of, £29. 'Seaside Recollections:' companionship of the sea, 25; attractions of the Irish coast, 26; anecdotes, 27, 28.
Seasons, the, emblematical of man, 450. Septuagint, the, why so called, 412, note. Sepulchre, church of the Holy, in Palcs- tine, 21.
Seven Towers, castle of the, 346. Shark, teeth of the, 372. Sheep, the, its teeth, 371. Shekel, the Jewish, 78, 234. 'Shooting Stars and Aerolites:' showers of shooting stars and meteors, 355; Professor Olmsted's account of one which occurred in America in No- vember 1833, 355; observations taken at Breslau and the neighbourhood, 356; characteristics of aerolites, 356; instances of their occurrence, 357, 358; theories of their origin, and that of shooting stars, 358; probability of the lunar hypothesis, 359; periods of the most frequent occurrence of shooting stars, 359; groups of, 360.
Simla, in the Himalaya, notice of, 514. 'Sir David Wilkie and the Sultan,' 461. Sirocco, the, 362.
Skovronski, the pastor, his connection with the history of Catherine I. of Russia, 425-439.
'Skylark, To the,' 409.
'Society in Wallachia:' past and present customs, 500; political society, 500; official anomalies, 501; the different grades the concepist, 501; the greater and lesser boyard, 501. Solano, the, 362.
Soldier, the Russian, his pay and mode of subsistence, 271; his passive courage, 277.
Soldiers: origin of the word, 227; respec- tive uses of cavalry and infantry, 228; militia the first regular troops in England, 228; armies after the Con- quest, 229; attempt of Charles II. to establish a standing army, 229; origin of various regiments, 229; number of regiments at present in the army, 230; the cavalry regiments, 230; composi- tion of an army in the field, 230; regimental officers, 230; position of troops in line, 231; introduction and
variations of uniform, 231; govern- ment of the army-the Mutiny Act, 231; names of regiments, 232; im- portance of moral instruction, 532. Sound, the first heard by Adam, what was it? 102.
Southey, his lines on his own miniature,
310; on visitations of calamity, 499. Smoking-shops in China, 262.
Smuggling, large profits realized by, 383; facilities for, 384.
Snuff, prohibition of taking, in churches, 331; evils attendant upon it use, 539, 540; its adulteration, 540, 541. Spies, employment of, by the Romish Church, 331.
Sprengel, Conrad, his discovery regard- ing the fructification of plants, 152. Squadron, derivation of the term, 230. Squirrel, the, a dainty eater, 372. Steam-engine, the, its history similar to that of printing, 415.
Sterling, origin of the word, 81. 'Stoicism,' 547.
Storks in the East, 447-450.
Storms, some remarkable, 362, 363. Strelitz, revolt of the. 129. 'Subterranean Church, the:' caverns under the city of Rome, 30; their various uses, 31; the catacombs, 32; inscriptions, 33; witnesses against Romanism, 34; symbols, 35; number of bodies interred in the catacombs, 36. Sufism, religious system of, 98. Sulphur, its localities, 459. 'Sultan Abdul-Medjid, The,' 1. Sun, the, its direct light, 419. Symbols, monumental, 35. Tangin, ordeal by, 398, note. Taon system in China, the, 44. "Teeth and Tusks: importance of teeth in the subdivision of the mammalia, 366; human teeth, their composition, 366; cause of toothache, 366; the mouth in mammalia, 366; kinds of teeth, 367; great power of the teeth of the feline, 367; superstitions con- cerning teeth, 367; tusks of the ele- phant, 368; annual consumption of ivory in Sheffield, 368; Siberian ivory, 368; teeth and tusks of the hippo- potamus, 368; of the walrus, the deinotherium, the narwhal, the wart- hog, 362; of the wild boar, the baby- rusa, the bat, 370; absence of teeth in the ant-eater and the tortoise, 370; teeth of the crocodile, the vegetable- feeders, the rodentia, 371; of fishes, 372; the spear of the sword-fish, 373. Teniers, anecdote of, 289. Tezek, fuel so called, 250.
To my own Miniature Picture,' 310. To the Eye,' 479.
Tobacco.-Extraordinary rise and pro- gress of its use, 374; injurious to health and life, 375; its acquired im- portance, 375; fluctuations in its use, 375; its revival of late years, 376; object of this notice, 376.-History: its several species, 376; controversy re- specting its native country, 376; as to
its introduction into Europe, and by whom, 377, 379; when and by whom brought to England, 377; testimony of Camden and Dr. Adam Clarke, 378; Camden's remarks on its use, 379; its many names, and dispersion in Europe, 379; rapid spread of its use, 380; nico- tine, 380; disgusting ordeal in acquir- ing the habit of smoking, 380: its pro- hibition, and punishments inflicted on smokers, 380; "hempen bull" of pope Urban VIII., 381; king James's 'Coun- terblast,' 381; inutility of opposing the use of the herb, 382; its cultivation in various European countries, and in America, 382; American exportation, 383; consumption in Great Britain, 383; the contraband trade-impossible to prevent it, 383, 384; revenue derived from its importation, 384.-Medicinal properties: a universal remedy, 533; compared to the wood of the true cross, 533; its beneficial and deleterious qualities, 534; its oil and salt, their destructive properties, 534; Dr. Main- waring on its use, 535; productive of scurvy, 536; verses condemnatory of it, 536; Dr. Adam Clarke's treatise on the folly and sin of smoking and taking snuff, 536-539; danger of the injudi- cious employment of tobacco as a re- medy, 538; medical experience, 538; maladies produced by it, and its mode of attack, 539; evils of suuff-taking, 539; apoplexy induced by it, 540; its adulteration-instance of, 540; mate- rials used in its adulteration, 541; me- dical opinions, 541.
'Tobacco-pipe, The,' 531.
Tortoise, absence of teeth in the, 370. Torture, instances of its infliction by the
Romish Church. 388-390; instruments and modes of, 391.
Towers, Seven, of Constantinople, 342. Trade-winds, 360.
"Trajan's Wall," 478.
Treasure-seeking in the East, 223; anec- dotes of, 224, 227.
Trees, destruction of, in Palestine, 444. Trees, sonnet addressed to, 278. Tree-mignonette. its culture, 279. Tumuli in the Dobrudscha, 478. Turkey, decline of its power, 554; its population, 555.
"Turkish Etiquette,' 502.
Tusks of various animals, 369-370. 'Twenty-four Hours with a Bedouin,' 256, 319, 463, 548.-A sojourn in the mountains, 256; sporting excursion to the plains of the Amate, 257; a weari- some journey, 258; an Arab village, 259; the sheik's tent, 259; bread and salt, 260; Arab ceremonials and hos- pitality, their unchangeableness, 260, 261; early habits of Orientals, 319; a night in the tent, 320; the sheik's daughter, 321; mode of churning, 321; Arab courtship, 322; a mysterious encounter, 323; the stolen tent, 324; a new one erected, 463; morning oc- cupations, 463; preparations for break
fast, 464; spoils from a gipsy encamp- ment, 464; the sheik's forethought, 465; arangement of the tents, 465; the suspected thief, 466; breakfast provisions, 466; cure for ague and fever, 467; the shepherds and their flocks, 467; the village kitchen and botanical garden, 468; fairs, 468; poultry, 468; the breakfast, 548; the day's business, 548; the cow's dirge, 549; "Reports" to the sheik, 549; an unlucky thief, 550; travelling in 1803, 551; the travellers' encampment, 552; the French secretary, 552; dex- terous robbery, 553.
Types, moveable, origin of, 313; in- vented by Coster, 314; improved by the Guttenbergs, 318.
Typhoons, 363.
Clemas, Turkish, 4, note.
Uniform, military, introduction of, and changes in, 231.
Vampire-bats in Madagascar, 405. Van Halen, Juan, his account of the tor- ture inflicted on him in Spain, 389. Vine, the, of Palestine, 469.
Visit, A, to the Tents of the Nomades of the East:' changes in eastern lands, 331; desolation of Mesopotamia, 332; works of Burckhardt and Layard, 332, 333; an Arab encampment, 333; the sheikh Howar, 334; his tent, 335; visit to the Boraij, an Arab entertainment, 335; dinner etiquette, 336; "selling bread," 336; the guest-house, 337; the sheikh's revenues, 337; food of the Bedouin, 338; preparation of bread, 338 diseases, 338; laws of dakheel, 339; integrity of the Arabs, instances of, 340; their marvellous sagacity, 341. Vladimir the Great, 11. Wallachia, society in, 500.
Walls, landward, of Constantinople, 342. Walrus, tusks of the, 369; description of the, 472.
War, Dr. Johnson's reflections on, 423; increase of criminals after a, 532. War, The, with Russia? decline of the Ottoman power, 554; the czar's pro- posals to the British minister, 555; his modest demand of the sultan, 555; prince Merschikoff's insulting beha viour, 556; his demand rejected by the Porte, 556; measures of the British government, 557; remonstrance and preparations for hostilities, 557; alliance with France, 557; count Nes- selrode's note to the Russian ambas- sadors, 558; demand of guarantees from the Porte, 558; rejection of the
Russian "ultimatissimum," 558: the czar's insincerity, 559; the sultan's firman to the Christians, 559; his liberal policy, 560; count Nesselrode's second note, its disingenuousness, 561; invasion of the Danubian principalities -prince Gortschakoff's proclamation, 561; the czar's breach of faith, 561; conference at Vienna, 562.
Warsaw, insurrection at, in 1834, 273. Wart-hog, tusks of the, 369.
Watches, judgments compared to, 505. Wheat, its exposure to the ravages of insects, 153.
Wilkie, Sir David, his narrative of inter- views with sultan Abdul-Medjid, 461.
Winds, the classes of--trade-winds, 360; proofs of a superior aërial current, 360; monsoons, 360; the Indian monsoon, 361 periodical winds--land and sea breezes, 361; the harmattan, 361; the sirocco and solano, 362; hot winds of the desert-the samiel, 362; hurricanes, 362; their velocity and remarkable effects, 363; typhoons, 363; storm of 1703 in England. 363; storm of 1836, 363; moving pillars of sand, 364; benefits of winds, 365. Wisdom, its price, 460.
Wither, George, on the instability of earthly comforts, 508.
Women, their condition in India, 512. Woodpecker, the, its conformation, 57. Wordsworth, his address to the skylark, 403; his comparison of the spirit of man to the rising moon, 423.
Yarrell, Mr., on the teeth of fishes, 372. Yellowhammer, the, its conformation, 38. Young on the habit of quoting, 446; on the revolutions of nature, 450. 'Young Livonian, The; or, Catherine I. of Russia: extraordinary nature of Catherine's adventures, 424; found in her infancy by the pastor Skovronski in a wood near Marienburg, 425; adopted by the pastor, 426; her origin a mystery, 428; leaves Marienburg, 429; determines to return on hearing of the capture of that town by the Russians, 431; made prisoner, 433; taken before the Russian general, 434; her nocturnal search on the field of battle, 435; finds the pastor wounded, 437; attends him to her early home, 438; returns to her servitude in the Russian general's tent, 440: her mar- riage with Peter the Great, 442; her conduct during a campaign, 443; her coronation, reign, and death, 443. Zee snoek, or sea-pike, the, 168.
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