Saguntum, theatre of, by whom
defcribed, 296.
Saugnier, M. his shipwreck and
captivity, on the coast of Af-
rica, 560. His deliverance,
561. His fecond voyage to
Africa, 562.
Saxius, his learned work, Ono-
mafticon Literarium, &c. com-
mended, 552.
Series, Infinite.
See Vince.
Servitude, in America, genuine
account of the state of, 125.
Sheep, the manifold ufes and ex-
cellence of that animal, 329.
Wool-trade fummarily exhi-
bited, 331.
Shrewsbury, George Earl of, his
wife's unfavourable character,
Struve, Profeffor, his obferva-
tions on M. Born's method of
amalgamating gold and filver
ores, 488.
Sugar, thoughts on the prefent
high price of, 101. Hints for
new regulations in the trade of,
102. Cafe of the fugar colo-
nies, 215. Great profpect of
receiving ample fupply of fu-
gar from the Eaft Indies, 328.
Sunday, arguments for and againft
the fabbatical obfervance of,
355.
Suffex, Earl of, his complaining
letter to Sir W. Cecil, 9.
Swedenborgianifm, Itrange myfti-
cifm of, 577.
Swift, Dean, not the author of
the Tale of a Tub, 320.
6. His account of the hard-, his remark alluding to the
fhips which accrued to him,
from having the Queen of
Scots in his cuftody, ib. Far-
ther account of his loffes on
that occasion, 7.
Slave-trade, in Africa, how car-
ried on, 89. Lord Mun-
cafter's sketches of, 215. Sen-
timents of a Weft-India mer-
chant, relative to, 217. Opi-
nions of other writers, 218.
446.
Smeaton, Mr. his account of the
late improvement of Ramsgate
harbour, 109. Great import-
ance of, to the public, ib.
Smith, Dr. Edward, his botani-
cal merit, 563.
Somers, Lord, faid to have writ-
ten the Tale of a Tub, pub-
lished as the work of Swift,
320.
Somnambulism. See Levade.
Sparrow, Mr. his account of
cafes of extraction of the ca-
taract, 157. His pleasant story
of a woman who could not
diftinguish a letter in a book,'
158.
Steam engine. See Cooke.
utility of common fenfe, 407.
Talbot papers, where preferved, z.
Taunton, in Somerfetfhire, hiflo-
rical notices relative to that
town, 262.
Teft-act, hiftory of, 412.
Tingry, M. his analysis of the
waters of Amphion, 489.
Tippoo Saib, his military abili-
Tranflation, of books, the prin-
ciples of, 361. Rules of, in-
vestigated, 362. Chief diffi-
culty of, 368.
Trinity, doctrine of, its general
disbelief seriously lamented,
235.
Tunbridge water, chemical ana-
lyfis of, 341.
U and V
Vander Meersch, M. his excellent
character, and eminent abili
Van Hemert, Profeffor, his dif-
fertation, which gained the
Teylerian theological prize,
535.
Van Reenen, M. his journal of
his travels in search of the
wreck of the Grofvenor India
man, 421. Hardships and
difficulties of this journey,
Villeneuve, M. his teftimony, re-
lative to the state of the na-
tives of Africa, in their own
country, 89.
Vince, Rev. Mr. his new method
of inveftigating the fums of in-
finite feries, 62.
Vines, the proper season for prun-
ing, 489.
Vineyards of Baccharah defcribed,
428.
Umfreville, Mr. his charges
against the Hudson's bay com-
pany refuted, 136.
Unitarians defended from the
charge of fuperftition, 375.
Vos, M. de, his Teylerian Prize
Differtation, 542.
Wake Robin, its medicinal vir-
tues, 165.
Wallis, Dr. John, particulars of
his life, and eminent learning,
188. His character as a theo.
logian, 190.
Waring, Dr. his paper on Infi-
nite Series, in the last volume
of the Philofophical Tranfac-
tions, 55
Wafps, oblervations relative to
the Natural Hiftory of, 484.
Watfon, Col. memoirs of his life,
325 His kill as a mathema-
tician and engineer, 326. His
death, 327.
William III. See Orange.
Withering, Dr. his letter con-
cerning the medical efficacy of
the Digitalis, 168.
Women, their fexual character and
capacities vindicated, again ft
the prevailing prejudices of
mankind, 199. The folly of
the prefent mode of education,
200. The laws, with refpect
to matrimony, highly injurious
to the female character, 206.
Plan for the improvement of
female education, 207.
Wool. See Sheep.
Worcester, Earl of, his account of
the ladies who attended the
Queen of James the First, 10.
Worcestershire. See Cookfey.
World, antiquity of, greater than
that of the human race, 15.
Young, Rev. Mr. his essay on the
origin and theory of the Go-
thic arch, 70. -
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