Homer, conjectural emendation of a passage in the 22d Iliad, 143. Horace, criticism on a line of, 455. Huet, Bishop, his discussion on
Greek Romances praised, 462. Humphreys, Col., on a variety in the sheep, 75.
Japan, particulars rel. to, and to the Russian embassy thither, 276-283. Singular state of seclusion of the Japanese, 283. Jay, Mr., some account of, 255. Jesso, account of the nativesof,284. Imports, See Exports.
India, obs. on the plan of sending missionaries to, 312. 323. 444. Indulgences, the scandalous sale of, in Germany, 265. Ioannina,account of that city,338. Johnson, Dr., obsverations on his character, 151. Ireland, civil and ecclesiastical divisions of, 127. Bank of, See Bank. Islands, that word more properly written Ilands, 22.
in the North Pacific, obs. on the supposed existence of, 275. Italian, that language recom- mended for general use instead of French, 41. Italy, general eulogy on that country, 44. Itch, obs. on, 377.
K Kamtschatka, particulars rel. to the Russian settlement there, 123.
Kater, Capt., on the Cassegrainian telescope, 155.
Kleber, Gen., his letters from
Laconia, account of, 5. Lady, verses to, 431. Lagrange, M., on the variations of the elements of the planets, 543. On the variation of ar- bitrary quantities, ib. 544. Lakes of Italy and Britain com- pared, 37-
Egypt to the Directory, 497. Kotzebue, character of his dramas, 273.
L La Billardiere, See Billardiere. Labour, premature, on the pro- priety of inducing, 300.
Langstaff, Mr., on Fungus Hama- todes, 302.
Lassus, M., account of, 533. Last day of the year, verses on, 84. Latium, description of, 20. Lawrence, Mr., on fungous tu-
Laws, codes of, obs. on, and on
the Napoleon system of, 61. Lessing, obs. on his works, 269. Life-preservers, in cases of ship-
wreck, various inventions of, 385-388.
Light, on properties of, 76. Poetic invocation to, 82.
Lights, in coal-mines, new plan for, 160.
Lime-stone, primitive, obs. on, 231. London criticized by a foreigner, 478. Longitude, on determining the dif-
ference of, in two places, 25. On determining at sea, 27. Longus, obs. on his romance, 463. Lunar tables, on perfecting them, 544.
Luther, obs. on his tenets, 202.
Marriage, laws relating to, in the Code Napoleon, 65. Martinique, picture of the scenery in, 482.
Masks, four Italian, history of their introduction and meaning,
May, that month poetically de- picted, 80.
Mendoza, Mr., observations on his method of finding the longi- tude at sea, 27. Merriman, Dr., on difficult par- turition, 299. On premature labour, 300. Messina, description of 168. Micrometer, with a single lens, de- scription of, 78. Milan, particulars rel. to, 35. Mind, observations on the study of the, 402.
Mirbel, M., on the growth, &c. of vegetables, 536. On their anatomy, 537- Missionary, to India, instructions to, 437. Mistra, account of, 7. Monarchy, observations on that form of government, 420. Mooburrum, a religious ceremony the Mahrattas, 400. among Moon, apparent distance of, on the problem for clearing, 27. See Hamilton.
Morea, character of the inha. bitants of, 9. Its climate, 11. Morveau, See Guyton. Moscow, sufferings of the French army in their retreat from, 508. Moses, obs. on the credibility of,
as an historian, 225. Mucus, animal, essay on, 535. Mural Circle, in Greenwich ob- servatory, remarks rel. to, 152. Music, obs. on the notation of, 90. 104. 334.
Narwhale, on the tusks of, 78. Negroes, case of a ship navigated to Europe by a black captain and crew, 327.
Palermo, account of, 167. Palm, on a new genus of, 536. Pannard, M., anecdote of, 530. Pantaloon, See Masks. Paper-currency, tracts rel. to, 171. Amount of, in 1807, 8, 9, and 10., 174.
Parkinson, Mr., on diseased Ap pendix Vermiformis, 299. Parturition, difficult, case of, 299. Patras, account of, 4. Dinner of a Greek of rank situated in the neighbourhood of, 348. Paulicians, obs. on that sect, 197. Pearson, Dr., on the matter of
the Bronchial glands, 158. Peter, St., discussion whether he
was Bishop of Rome, 259. Philip, Dr., on an affection of the
organs of respiration, 302. Pinkney, General, his respectable
character, 255. Piron, M. anecdotes of, 522. Plagiary, that term oddly applied, 525.
Plane trees, Oriental and Occi- dental, obs. on, 88. Planets, See Lagrange. See Burck-
hardt. Planting, obs. on, 85.
Platea, remarks on the field of Rouelle, M., account of, 525.
battle of, 347. Poet's tomb, verses on, 189. Poisson, M., an extraordinary young mathematician, 539. Pond, Mr., on the summer and winter solstices of 1812 and 1813, and Catalogues of fixed stars, 151, 152. Pope Benedict IV., anecd. of, 517. Popes, obs. on the character and conduct of, 39. 53. 259. Population,of Argos, 8. Of Milan, 35. Of Scotland, 135. Of Messina, 169. Of Quebec, &c. 244. Of New York, 248. Of Charlestown, 249. Of Ioannina, 338. Poussielgue, M., his letter to the Directory from Egypt, 493. Powers, essay on, 29. Predestination, obs. on, 95. Prepositions, English, obs. on,304. Property, real and personal, ob- servations on laws rel. to, 67. Punctuation, remarks on, 307. Pyrometry, essay on, 538.
e Quantities, arbitrary, on the varia- tion of, 543. 544. Quebec, account of, 239. R
Ramond, M., his 3d mem. on the measurement of heights, 543. Red face, remarks on that com- plaint, 379:
Reformation, the, on its causes, in- fluence, &c., 261-264 Religion, obs. on establishments
Religions, of Europe, sketch of, 17. Remains, organic, found near Brentford, 157. Respiration, organs of, on an af- fection of, 302. Rheumatism, chronic, case of, 302. Romances, Greek, essays on, 460. Rome, see of, obs. on its preten sions to apostolic origin and general domination, 53. 259. Rose, verses on the last Rose of Summer, 185. Ode to, 530. 13
Rousseau, J.J., anecdotes of, 524. Russia, its circumnavigating ex- pedition, and embassy to Japan, 114-125.275-288.
Sachalin, obs. on the coast of, 285. St. Lawrence, scenery on the banks of that river, 243. St. Lucia, its great insalubrity, 487. Saline substance from Mount Vesuvius, obs. on, 162. Satisfaction, observations on the doctrine of, 332. Scabies, or itch, obs. on, 377. Schiller, rem. on his dramas, 269.
Compared with Goëthe, 272. Scilly Islands, account of, 139. Scindiah, or Seendhiya, the Mah-
ratta chief, character of, 397. Scotland, provisions for the clergy of, 134. Population and size of, 135. Its grand canal, 136. Self, obs. on the propensity to
magnify the idea of self, 405. Sextant, reflecting, report on, 541. Sheep, on a variety of, 75. Shamrock, verses in praise of, 184. Ships, registered, in the British dominions, in 1805, 176. Shipwreck, See Life-preservers. Sicily, its deficiency of roads, 165.
Observations on the inhabitants of, ib. On its metropolis, 167. Sight, near and distant, observa- tions on, 70. 77.
Slave trade, yet practised, 326. Obs. on, as remaining to the French, 329. Small-pox, treatment of, among the negroes, 487. Smithson, Mr., on Ulmin, 73. On a saline substance, 162. Solstices, See Pond. Speaking, public, rules for, 391. Splenitis, on the cure of, 301. Squalus Maximus, additional ob
servations on, 160. Stars, fixed, catalogues of, 152. Strata, obs. on, 228-235. Sulphur, on the alcohol of, 159.
Superstition, founded on meteorolo- gical phænomena, obs.on, 374.
Tarshish and Ophir, obs. on the position of, 211. Taylor, the learned, of Norwich, account of, 367. Telescope, See Kater.
Testament, Secret, of the Athe- nians, letter respecting, 455. Testicle, diseased, case of, 299. Tetzel, his scandalous traffic in Indulgences, 265.
Thebes, its decayed state, 343. Tonsils, diseased, on a method of tying, 299.
Trent, Council of, observations on its results, 5d. Trimmer, Mr., on organic re- mains near Brentford, 157. Tripolizza described, 3. Troad, cbservations on, 349. Truth, epigram on, 522. Turin, its university preferred to that of Geneva, 38. Turner, Dr., his letter to Dr. Charlett, 367.
V and U Vauquelin, M., on animal mucus, 535
Vegetables, inquiry into their power of sensation, 45. On the growth of, 536, 537. Ventenai, M., account of, 533. Verbs, irregular, obs. on, 305. Verses, amatory, specimen of, 146. From the Irish and Scotish melodies, 184-190. From Gustavus 'Vasa, 291. To an illegitimate child, 310. To a lady, 431. Vesuvius, Mount, on a saline substance from, 162. Vigilantius, a presbyter of the church in the 5th century, his Work lost, 197.
Villoison, M., memoir of, 457- Ulmin, observations on, 73. Voltaire, anecd. of, 522, 523, 524. Ureters, on the muscles of, 301. Urine, on the influence of alka- lies and acids on, 160. Vulcano Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, observations on their supposed existence, 275.
Waldenses, on the origin of, 200. Waldo, Peter, an account of, ib. Ware, Mr., on near and distant sight, 70. 77.
Washington Islands, or Marquesas, account of, 115.
Water, on the effects of subter- raneous currents of. 233. Werner, observations on his drama- tic writings, 273:
West Indies, medical hints to per- sons newly arrived there, 485. Whale, See Squalus.
Wild, Henry, account of, 367. Wines, on the distillation of, 534. Wires, on drawing them extremely
Wolf, early habits of, 49. Wollaston, Dr., on the elementary particles of crystals, 72. Од freezing at a distance, 73. On drawing fine wires, 77. single-lens micrometer, 78. Wolsey, See Cavendish. Wood-stone, on the production of,
Yarrow, in the county of Sel- kirk, account of, and of Mary Scott, the Flower of Yar- row," 138.
Telloly, Dr., on a case of Anæs- thesia, 300.
York, D. of, afterward James II., shipwrecked in his passage to Scotland, 384.
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