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

on, 149.

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

270, 271-2, 273-

recommended, 301.

Prussia,

country, 297, 298.
Russia, court of, said to have no
partiality for the British, 185.
Anecdote in illustration, 156.
That anecdote contradicted,
336.

S

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,

210.

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,

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.

V

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,

71, 72.

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-