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Bene't-College, Cambridge, its fine
library, 172.
Blacklock, the blind bard, poetic
tribute to, 206.
Blagden, Mr., his case of abscess,

27.

Blindness, See Heberden.
Blind people, apparatus for teach-
ing music to, 364.
Blood, venous and arterial, on the
temperature of, 48.

Boccaccio, review of his works,
485.

Boggy land, improvement of, 358,
359.

Bonaparte, Napoleon, attachment
to, in a Captain of his guard,

68.
Boot-makers, machine for, 366.
Bowler, Mr., his mode of trap-
ping animals, 364.
Brain, on the functions of the,
40.

Braithwaite, Mr., his planta-
tions, 358.

Bread, made of wheaten flour and
potatoes, 362.
Brewster, Dr., on properties of
light, 257. 261.
Britons, antient, their character
vindicated, 56.
Bruce, Mr., his accounts of Abys
sinia partly discredited and
partly confirmed, 14.
Brussels, account of, 507.
Burke, Mr., account of some of
his posthumous works, and
view of his political tenets and
character, 339-355•
Com-
plete list of his works, 356.
Butter, contrivances for preserv-
ing and for churning, 361.

C
Calderone, remarks on his writ
ings, 496.
Cambridge, University of, docu-
ments and particulars relative
to, 50-58. 167-177.
Camoens, observations on his life
and works, 497-

Canigou, one of the Pyrenean
mountains, visit to, 64.
Cards, See Beard.
Carlsruhe, visit to that city, 503.
Carnot, M., account of, 532.
Cart-horses, contrivance for re-
lieving, when thrown down,
366.
Cathery, Mr., on fixing chalk-
drawings, and on preparing
transparent paper, 362.
Catholics of Ireland, Mr. Burke's
opinions respecting,351-353.
Cayme, Messrs., their manufac-
ture of sail-cloth, 363.
Chalk, not to be found in this

island farther north than the
East-riding of Yorkshire, 181.
Chalk-drawings, on a method of
fixing them, 362.
Charlemagne, a poem, abstract of
its story, and extracts from,
78-88.

Charles V. and Francis I., pa-
rallel between, 471.
Chartreuse, la Grande, visit to, and
discipline of that monastery,
304. Fortitude of one of the
brethren, 309.

Charts, necessity of providing
them for the navy, 161.
Chimney-pieces, of composition-
stone, 361.

Christ's College, Cambridge, its
foundress and remarkable mem-
bers, 173.
Christians, Commentaries on the
affairs of, in the first three cen-
turies, 18—24.
Church, Christian, government of,
in the first three centuries, 22.
Change in, ib.

Churn, newly invented, 361.
Chyazic acid, account of, 44.
Circles, astronomical, on the me
thod of dividing, 261.
Clare-Hall, Cambridge, account
of, 170.

Climacteric disease, observations
on, 28.

Goals, observations on the con-
sumption,

sumption, trade, and price of,

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Coffin, Mr, left as a resident in
Abyssinia, with Mr Pearce, 12.
Combe, Dr., on a stricture of the
Ileum, 26.

Commerce with India, history of,

127-151.
Constellations, attempt to explain,
541.
Consumption, See Phthisis.
Cooke, Mr., his musical apparatus
for blind persons, 364.
Corn-Laws, tracts relative to,
325-331 438-441.
Cows, on feeding them with
steamed food, 359.
Cranmer, Archbishop, remarks
relative to, 170- 355:
Crécy, battle of, described by a
French writer, 469.
Cumming, Dr. on baths, 367.
Currey, Dr. on Tetanus, 27.
Curwen, Mr., on feeding cows
with steamed food, 359.

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Distillation, double, on the means
of producing, by the same
heat, 48.

Dofter Esther, his testimony re-
specting Bruce's account of
Abyssinia, 14.

Draining, See Haggitt, See Hesle-
den.

Drama, lectures on, 457.

E

Earth, on the measurement of
the, 530.
East-India-Company, observations
on their commerce and govern-
ment, 137-151. View of
their political system, 400-
411. Their subserviency to
ministers, 406, 407.

Eclipses, methods of computing,

527.

Education, domestic and national,

remarks on, 498-502.
Elizabeth, Madame, of France, her
exemplary character, 465-
468.

Embankment, account of, 358.
Etruria, Queen of, her letters to
her agent Sassi, 517.
Eyes, on a peculiar affection of,
26.

F

Faith, good remarks on, 218.
Fesch, Cardinal, his magnificent
palace, 72.

Fever, puerperal, epidemic, de-
scription of, 369.
Finch, Mr., his large stock of
bees, 361.

Fossil remains, See Home.
Fountains recommended in a me-
tropolis, 76.

Fox, Mr., poetic tribute to, 295.
France, on the agricultural state
of, 63-445. On her poli-
tical state, 69. Principal
works of its authors distin-
guished and rewarded by the
Institute, 535-539. See Dis-

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Francis I, parallel between him Hey, Dr., on properties of tán-

and Charles V., 471.

Galatians, Epistle to, account of,
387.

Garrick, David, anecdote of, 453
Geneva, its population, 88 Its
University, 89 Its political
importance, ib.
Géographe, a French ship of dis-
covery, her meeting with the
Investigator, 162.

Golden Verses, attributed to Py-
thagoras, translated, 460.
Goldoni, observations on his dra.
matic works, 493.

Goss, Mr., his instrument för
working addition of numbers,
364.
Grafton, late Duke of, account
of as an author, 169.
Grammar, new doctrines in, 335.
Groombridge, Mr., on atmosphe-
rical refraction, 255.

H.

Haggitt, Dr., his improvement of
boggy land, 358.
Halford, Sir H., on the cli-
macteric disease, 28.
Hartley, David, observations on
his theory of mind, 171.
Haygarth, Dr., on rheumatism,
gout, &c. 28.

Head-aches, observations on, 27.
Heat, animal, experiments on, 48.
Heathenism of the Roman world,

observations on, 20.
Heberden, Dr., on night-blindness,
on scurvy, and on the mortality
of London, 26.
Hebert, the French Revolutionist,
his testimony to Louis XVI,
464.

Henry IV. of France, anecdotes

of, 513.

Herschel, Dr., on various points
of analysis, 261.
Hesleden, Major, his improve-
ment of boggy land, 359.

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gents to circles, 256.,
Hippolytus, notes on that play,427.
History, on the philosophy of, 90.
Hodge, Mr., his pot for preserving
butter, 361.

Holy Orders, remarks on, 397.
Home, Sir Ev., on the functions
of the brain, 40. On the fossil
remains of an animal, 46. On
the influence of the nerves on
the arteries, 47.

Horses, on the breed of, in York-

shire, 188. See Cart horses.
Howakil, bay of, the place men-
tioned in the Periplus of the
Erythran sea, as producing
the stone called Opsian, 4.
Hydrocephalus, cases of, 25.
Hydrophobia, case of, 28.

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Jansen, origin of that name given
to the celebrated leader of the
Jansenists, 311.
Japan, origin of the Russia em-
bassy to, and particulars of it,
243-251.
Jesus-College, Cambridge, emi-
nent members of, 170.
Jews, sketch of their worship, 21.
Their cause and character
pleaded, 222.

Ileum, case of stricture of, 26.
India, See East-India-Company.
Insanity, on the comparative pre-
valence of, 27. Said to be al-
ways founded in corporeal dis-
ease, 190. Causes of, 194.
Institute, of France, prizes and dis-
tinctions awarded by, 535-
539.
Intestine, protrusion of per anum,
case of, 28.
Investigator, outfit and voyage of
that ship, 160-167. Her meet-

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ing with the Géographe, 162.
Iodine, farther experiments on, 40.
Jones, Thomas, M.A., of Trinity

College, Cambridge, his great
character, 175.

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Literature, course of lectures on,
450-459.

of Italy, view of, 480
-493. Of Spain and Portu-
gal, 494-497:
Liturgy, observations on, 441.
Lope de Vega, observations on his
works, 495.

Louis XVI., anecdotes of, 462.
Luxemburgh, appearance of that
province, 5.10.
M

Machell, Mr., his annular saw,
364.
Malet, General, his conspiracy
and death, 542.
Marie-Antoinette, her magnani
mity in dying, 465.

Markland, the critic, short ac
count of, 168.
Marquesas, extraordinary height
of a young native of those
islands, 242. The women dis
paraged, ib.

Martin, Mr., his contrivance for re-
lieving cart-horses when thrown
down, 366.

Maton, Dr., on superfœtation,

27.
Metastasio, observations cn, 492.
Michael Angela compared with
Raphael, 119.

Middleton, Dr., remarks on his
life of Cicero, 176.
Moggridge, Mr., on the growth
of trees, 359.
Moreau, General, observations on
his connection with Pichegru,
515.

Mortality in London, observa-
tions on, 26.

Mosheim, Dr., his account of the

origin of his work De Rebus
Christianorum, 18. Specimens
of it, 20-24.
Mother-of-Pearl, on properties of
light in, 257.

Munich, account of, 504.
Music, apparatus for teaching to
blind people, 364.

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Painting, poetic apostrophe to,
296. The painter warned not
to employ his art for immoral
purposes, 298-300.
Paris, improvements of, under
Bonaparte, 71. Situation and
character of, 74. 77.
Paul, Vincent de, a French preach-

er, his charitable zeal, 500.
Pearce, the British seaman resi-
dent in Abyssinia, account of,
5. Obtains a companion in
Mr. Coffin, 12.
Peat-Bog-moss, on its utility in
packing plants, 367.
Pembroke-Hall, Cambridge, dis-
tinguished members of, 172.
Pendulum, See Ritchie.
Peron, M., his unfounded claims
to discoveries between Bass's
Strait and Nuyts Archipelago,
163.

Perry, Mr., his chirographist,
364.

Persecution, by Christians, strik-

ing instances of, 222.
Peter-House, Cambridge, account
of, 167.

Peters, Hannah, her mixed bread,
362.
Petrarca, remarks on the writings
of, 482.
Translation from,
484.
Phthisis Pulmonalis, observations
on the different species of, 26.
29-32.

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Planets, on the determination of
their elements, 527.
Plantations, necessity of thinning
them, 357, 358. See Ainslie,
See Braithwaite.
Poetical extracts in this volume,
78-88. 97-100. 129-136.
206. 209-214. 227-239.
263-279.295-300. 321-
324, 420. 432-437. 484.
Poetry, theory of, 454.
Poitiers, battle of, represented by
a French writer, 470.

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Pope, Mr., anecdote relative to,

114.

Population of the East-riding of
Yorkshire, 189.

Porrett, Mr., on triple Prussiates,
43.
Portugal, literature of, 497.
Postilions, in France, their tricks
upon travellers, 67.
Potassium, triple compound of,
observations on its properties,
40. On a mode of procuring,47.
Powell, Dr., on nitrate of silver,
26. On insanity, 27.
Prizes bestowed by the French
Institute, 535-539-
Pruning, instrument for, 361.
Prussiates, triple, on the nature
of, 43.
Pyrenees, See Canigou.

Queen's College, Cambridge, re-
markable for variety of reli-
gious opinions, 172.

R
Rambouillet flock of sheep, ac-
count of, 61.

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Raphael and Michael Angelo,
contrast of, 119.
Red Sea, account of the inha
bitants on the coast of, 3.
Refraction, atmospherical, farther
observations on, 255.
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, particulars
of his life and professional
career, 43-123. Poetic tri-
bute to, 294-300.
Rheumatism, See Haygarth.
Richelieu and Sully, parallel be-
tween, 472.
Ritchie, Mr., his compensation-
pendulum, 366.
Roberts, Dr, on Phthisis Pul
monalis, 26.

Rocks, in Norway, geological

observations on, 287, 288.
Romney, Lord, his patronage of
the Society for Arts, 368.
Roxburgh,

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