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Landon's Sermons, extract from, 295
Laws necessary for the safety of So-

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Madrid, some account of the city of,
210-capture of by Napoleon, 211
-its situation and form, 211-
-royal palaces, churches, and
other public buildings, 215-the
Prado at, 215
Main-truck, the, or a Leap for Life, 190
Malting, process of, 238

Malvern Hills, account of the, 52
Man, Comparison of, with Animals, 19
Moral and Physical condition of,
117, 155

Mankind, various pursuits of, 173
Manzanares, River, at Madrid, 212
Matthew on the Fears of Guilt, 51
Measurement of Heights and Dis.
tances, 104

Mexico, some account of the ancient

City of, 42-its Great Temple, 43
-Idolatry of the Mexicans, 43-
Magnificence of their King, 44-
the City besieged by the Spaniards,
45-Mexican mode of Writing, 46

some account of the modern
City of, 122-its streets, shops,
and public buildings, 123, 124--
churches, 126-Police and Public
Walks, 197-Population, &c., 128
Midnight Musings, 240

Milkmaids, Dort, in Holland, pre-
served by, 38

Mimosa Grandiflora, description of, 140
Mines of Great Britain, VI. Surface
Works of Mines, 118

No. VII., 231
Mistake, exemption from, not the pri-
vilege of mortals, 62
Mississippi, a Voyage on the, 27
Misuse of Terms, remarks on, 62
Montaigne, extract from, 3

Moral Improvement, how far the pro-
gress of Wealth is favourable to,
103

More, Hannah, remark by, 140
Mornay, Philip de, remarks by, 180, 197
Moseley, Professor, selections from,
110, 117, 133, 147, 152
Mothering Sunday, 109
Mowing, 228

Mungo Park in the Desert, 71
Murano, Isle of, Venice, the Convent
in, 146

Muscle, Cockle, and Oyster, 220
Mushrooms and Champignons, 236
Music, effect of, on Sheep, 173

Natural and Civil History of Ceylon,
91, 100, 106, 114, 143, 158, 178
History, on preserving objects
of, 172

Nature, remarks on the study of, 32
Nautilus pompilius, or Pearly Nav.
tilus, 149

Newcastle, Coal Trade of, 3

New Year's Day, good Custom on, at
New York, 7

Niagara, Falls of, 10

Nile, Water of, its excellence, 20
Norris Castle, Isle of Wight, 21
Numbers, Great, 35

Old Age, remarks on, 79
Owhyhee, Volcano in, 55
Oxford Cathedral, history and de-
scription of, 154

Oyster, Muscle, and Cockle, 220

Paintings, Mexican, 48
Palace of Justice at Rouen, 26
Past and Present, the, 7
Patrick, Bishop, advice of, 150

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INDEX

NAMES

TO THE

AND SUBJECTS IN THE SIXTH VOLUME.

ABSTINENCE, Instance of Long, 38
Accabah, Fortress of, 218
Acland, Lady Harriet, her sufferings,
175
Actions, human, remarks on, 184
right mode of judging, 115
Addison, selections from, 71, 227
African Lion, description of, 7
Agriculture, various operations of, 204
Alfred the Great, his inducement for
learning to read, 220

Alison, selections from, 54, 67
Alnwick, singular mode of making
freemen at, 39

Ancient Architecture, 95

Anger and Madness, difference be-
tween, 239

Animal Life, 189

Auts, their mode of conveying intel-
ligence to each other, 171
Aphorisms, 139, 150, 183, 184
April, Rural Chronicle for, 141
Arabia, an Excursion in, 218
Aram, Eugene, notice of, 183
Arch, History of, 110

Aromatic Vinegar, its uses and mods

of preparation, 207
Arts, Useful, described, 204, 228, 237,243
Asaph, St., Flintshire, its Cathedral, 34
Atmosphere, remarks on, by Professor
Moseley, 133, 147
Attilius, aphorism of, 104

Auxerre, in France, Cathedral of, 226

Babylon, the Fall of, 98

Bacon, Sir Francis, biographical notice
of, 247

Balguy, remark by, 13

Balk, king of, and a Dervise, 208
Barley, cultivation and uses of, 238
Basle, in Switzerland, 66

Bear and Honey-guide, a fable, 63
Beasts, Birds, and Insects, their obe-

dience to the Law of Nature, 11
Beauties of Creation, thoughts on, 179
Beaver Hat, manufacture of a, 12
Bee, the, and Thistle-down, a fable, 20
Bees, affection of, for their Queen, 198
Bell, Sir Charles, on the Haw of the
Eye of a Horse, 182
Benares, account of, 58

Benevolence, Instance of, in a young
Nobleman, 230

Benson on the true use of Know-
ledge, 31

Birds, fearlessness of, during incuba-
tion, 206

Bishop's Palace, at St. David's, 75
Black Waters, phenomenon of the, 37
Blakey on the Love of Truth, 154
Blind Boy, the, from a specimen of
printing in relief, 222
Bracadale, Loch, 82
Bread, manufacture of, 237
Brewing, process of, 243
Brydges, Sir Egerton, remark by, 38
Burke, Edmund, Selections from, 70,
103, 183

Burns, remark of, on the great end of
human life, 221

Carbonate of Ammonia, or Smelling
Salts, 182

Cathedrals described :-St. Asaph, 34
-St. David's, 74-Christ Church,
Oxford, 154-Winchester, 202-
Auxerre, 226
Ceylon, Natural and Civil History of,
91, 100, 106, 114, 143, 158, 178
Chalmers, selections from, 14, 148
Champignon, 236

Changes of the Seasons, remarks on,
152

Charitable Judgment, 104
Charity a universal Duty, 183
Cheerfulness, remark on, 40
Chichester, Dean of, remarks by, 80
Chinese Duck-boats, 187

filial affection of, 181

Christ-Church, the Cathedral of, at
Oxford, 154

Christian, consolation of a true, 150
Faith, remark on, 7

Cinnamon Tree of Ceylon, 159
Clepsydræ, or Water-clocks, 188
Coal-trade of Newcastle and Sunder-
land, 3

Coal and Coal Mines, 63
Cobbett's remarks on the County of
Suffolk, €7
Cockle, 221

Colchester, the Ruins of St. Botolph's
Priory-church at, 199
Coleridge, on the art of reflection, 115

Cologne, City of, in Germany, 170
Columbo, 101

Columns, Grecian, Roman, Hindoo,
and Egyptian, 95
Constantinople, Public Library at, 138
Convent in the Isle of Murano, in
Venice, 146

Conversation, remarks on, by Hannah
More, 140

Cordova, the City of, in Spain, 234
Corn, Indian, 241

Courtship, German and Dutch mode
of, 187

Cowdray-House, Sussex, 135

Crabbe's Parish Register, extract from,
107

Creation, beauties of, 179
Creator visible in his works, 11
Crichton, the Admirable, biographi
cal notice of, 195

Cromlechs, Druidical, conjectures on
their origin, 64

Cuckoo, lines on the, by Logan, 187
Customs, remarks on, 192

David's, St., Cathedral of, in Pem-
brokeshire, 74

Davy, Sir Humphry, Biographical
Notice of, 29

on Sunshine

and Shade, 13
Deal Board, how converted into a
Quartern Loaf, 6

Deal Boatmen, 222

Death, remarks on the contemplation
of, 71

Dervise, travelling, mistake of, 208
Devotion, sentiments of, how best
learnt and preserved, 67
Discretion, remark on, by Addison, 227
Disorders of the World, whence they
proceed, 187

Divine Eye, Watchfulness of the, 99
Doane, Bishop, extract from an epis
copal address of, 150
Dort preserved by milkmaids, 38
Dropping Well at Knaresborough, 183
Druidical Circle near Keswick, 151
on the shores of

Loch Bernera, 162
Dack-boats, Chinese, 187
Dunvegan Castle, 85
Duty, the Path of, 187
Dwight, extract from, 6

Earth, Causes of fertility in the, 228
East-India Stations, VI., Benares, 58
Snake-Charmers, 149

Ebullition, 60

Edwin, king of Northumbria, his con-
version to Christianity, 230
Eggs, Egyptian mode of hatching by
artificial means, 173

Elath, of Edom, a fort near its site, 218
Electricity, 68

Elephants, manner of catching, in
Ceylon, 114

Elephant, Ceylon, 120

Eltham, in Kent, Royal Palace at, 15
Engracia, Sta., Convent of, at Sara-
gossa, 112

Ennan-dowan Castle, 86
Escurial, Palace of the, 216

Evil Habits, the necessity for conquer-
ing, 11

Evil not necessary, 20
Excellencies, and their use, 107
Experimental Science, Familiar Illus-
trations of:-

VII. Heat, Liquefaction, 22
VIII. Heat, Ebullition, Vaporiza-
tion, 60

Fables: the Bee and the Thistle-

down, 20; the Bear and the
Honey-guide, 63; the Rich Man
and his Goods, 94; the Linnet and
the Hawk, 157

Fair in Hindostan, 120
Fall of Babylon, 98

Falls of Niagara, 10

Feats of Jugglers in India, 194
of Strength, 4

Female Excellence, 175
Filial Affection of the Chinese, 181
Flattery and Friendship, lines on, by
Shakspeare, 174

Flechier, Archbishop, on the vanity
of worldly things, 227
Franklin, Dr., extract from, 14
French Gypsies, 39
French Officer, anecdote of, 67
Friends and Time, lines on the loss
of, 79

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Sermon, extract from, 14
Fungi, Poisonous, 236-7
Future State, necessity of preparation
for, 204

Galileo, anecdote of, 240
Gardening and Agriculture, skill of
the Japanese in, 174
George III., anecdote of, 38
Gifts not to be abused, 54
Gilpin, Bernard, biographical

notice

of 141
Gisborne, selection from, 6
lines by, 38
Golden Rules of King Charles, 235
Good and Wise, the object of, 6
Göttingen, the City of, 242
Gratitude, a species of Justice, 63
Great Britain, Mines of, 118
Great Numbers, No. II; Numbers
descriptive of Distance, 35
Guildford Castle, the Ruins of, 207
Guilt productive of Fear, 51
Gypsies in France, 39

calculation of their Number, 70

Hall, Bishop, selections from, 11, 63,
71, 79, 107, 118, 152, 199, 239
Captain Basil, Nautical Tale by,

190
Hand, Human, its various uses, 3
Harrow, the form and uses of, 205
Hat, manufacture of a, 12
Haydn, dispute of, with a Music.
seller, 179

his mode of composition, 187
Headstone, the, by Wilson, 246
Heat, 22, 60

Heat, Egyptian mode of hatching Eggs
by artificial, 173

Heights and Distances, mode of mea.
suring, 104

Herefordshire Beacon, 53

Herschel, Sir J., selections from, 6, 95
Highlands and Islands of Scotland,

Tour in, 82, 162, 250
Highwayman, rencontre of, with Arch-
bishop Sharp, 150
Hindou Pilgrims, 18

Riddles, 156

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its uncertainty, 38
the frailty of, 99

its successive stages, 99
Huntingford, Bishop, selections from,
62, 148, 192

Icon Basiliké, extract from, 150
Industry, remarkable instance of, 150
Iuiquitous Designs, danger of enga
ging in, 118

Insects, mode of preserving, 172
Intellectual attainments, danger of,
without religion, 206

Powers of man, their true

use, 38
Intercourse of Sentiments, remarks on
by Dr. Johnson, 227
Islands and Highlands of Scotland,
Tour in the, 82, 162, 250

Japan, state of Gardening and Agri-
culture in, 174
Jenner, Dr. Edward, biographical
notice of, 50

Johnson, Dr., selections from, 6, 11,
14, 37, 38, 63, 71, 115, 118, 139,
174, 183, 187, 204, 227
Jury Court, Ceylon, 106

Kaleidoscope, lines on the, 14
Keswick, in Cumberland, Druidical
Temple near, 151

King Charles's Golden Rules, 235
Kirauea, Volcano of, in Owhyhee, 55
Kirkwall and its Cathedral, history
and description of, 255
Knaresborough, Dropping Well at, 183
Knowledge, its true use, 31

and Wisdom, lines on, 115

Lac Insect, account of, 116
Launceston Castle, Cornwall, account
of the Ruins of, 223

Landon's Sermons, extract from, 235
Laws necessary for the safety of So-
ciety, 118

Leaning Tower of Saragossa, 2
L. E. L., lines by, 59

Leap for Life, 190

Lemming, description of the, 68
Lewis, Isle of, state of Education in, 250
Trade, fisheries and agricul-
ture, 250

Liberty, Spirit of, 70

Library, Public, at Constantinople, 138
Libraries, remark on their utility, 189
Liège, the Bishop's Palace at, 50
Life, animal and vegetable, reflec-
tions on, 189

Linnet and the Hawk, a fable, 157
Lion of Africa, 7
Liquefaction, 22

Locks, dying words of, 71

Love and Pity, lines on, by Rogers, 133
Love of Country, 11

Madrid, some account of the city of,
210-capture of by Napoleon, 811
-its situation and form, 211-
-royal palaces, churches, and
other public buildings, 215-the
Prado at, 215

Main-truck, the, or a Leap for Life, 190
Malting, process of, 238

Malvern Hills, account of the, 52
Man, Comparison of, with Animals, 19
Moral and Physical condition of,
117, 155

Mankind, various pursuits of, 173
Manzanares, River, at Madrid, 212
Matthew on the Fears of Guilt, 51
Measurement of Heights and Dis
tances, 104

Mexico, some account of the ancient

City of, 42-its Great Temple, 43
-Idolatry of the Mexicans, 43-
Magnificence of their King, 44-
the City besieged by the Spaniards,
45-Mexican mode of Writing, 46

some account of the modern
City of, 122-its streets, shops,
and public buildings, 123, 124--
churches, 126-Police and Public
Walks, 197-Population, &c., 128
Midnight Musings, 240

Milkmaids, Dort, in Holland, pre-
served by, 38

Mimosa Grandiflora, description of, 140
Mines of Great Britain, VI. Surface
Works of Mines, 118

No. VII., 231
Mistake, exemption from, not the pri-
vilege of mortals, 62
Mississippi, a Voyage on the, 27
Misuse of Terms, remarks on, 62
Montaigne, extract from, 3
Moral Improvement, how far the pro-
gress of Wealth is favourable to,
103

More, Hannah, remark by, 140
Mornay, Philip de, remarks by, 180, 197
Moseley, Professor, selections from,
110, 117, 133, 147, 152
Mothering Sunday, 109
Mowing, 228

Mungo Park in the Desert, 71
Murano, Isle of, Venice, the Convent
in, 146

Muscle, Cockle, and Oyster, 220
Mushrooms and Champignons, 236
Music, effect of, on Sheep, 173

Natural and Civil History of Ceylon,
91, 100, 106, 114, 143, 158, 178
History, on preserving objects
of, 172
Nature, remarks on the study of, 32
Nautilus pompilius, or Pearly Nav-
tilus, 149

Newcastle, Coal Trade of, 3

New Year's Day, good Custom on, at
New York, 7

Niagara, Falls of, 10

Nile, Water of, its excellence, 20
Norris Castle, Isle of Wight, 21
Numbers, Great, 35

Old Age, remarks on, 79
Owhyhee, Volcano in, 55
Oxford Cathedral, history and de-
scription of, 154

Oyster, Muscle, and Cockle, 220

Paintings, Mexican, 48

Palace of Justice at Rouen, 26
Past and Present, the, 7
Patrick, Bishop, advice of, 150

Patriot, the truest, and the greatest Reflection, Art of, 115

Hero, 7

Pearl-fishery of Ceylon, 178

Pearly Nautilus, description of, 149
Peel, the late Sir Robert, Bart., Bio-
graphical notice of, 108

Persian Doctor and Electrical Ma-
chine, 31

Philosophy, true and false, compared,

148

Physalia pelagica, or Portuguese Man-
of War, 181

Picture Writing of the Mexicans, 47
Pilgrims, Hindoo, 18

Pity and Hatred, difference between,

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Religion, a guide and protector, 103
and Government, opinion of
Addison on, 71
Reuben and Rachel, 107
Reverence towards the Creator, 6
Rice, 245

Rich Man and his Goods, a fable, 94
Riddles, Hindoo, remarks on, 156
Rocking stone in the Vale of Taff, 23
Rogers's Italy, lines from, 133
Roget, Dr., on the beauty of Vegetable
forms, 173

on Animal and Vegetable Life,
189

Progressive Motion in Man, 243
Rouen, the Palais de Justice at, 26
Royal Palace at Eltham, Kent, 15
Rural Chronicle for April, 141

Sago, how manufactured, 62
Sailor's Evening Song, 183
Saragossa, Cathedrals and Bridge of,

Leaning Tower of, 2
Scene after a Summer Shower, 240
Schwartz, Lines on, 54
Science, pursuit of, its advantages, 20
Scotland, Sketches of the Highlands

and Islands of, 82, 162, 250
Scriptures, remark of Queen Eliza.
beth on, 204

Scripture texts, benefit to be derived
from their recollection, 230
Sea, the, remarks on, 227
Sensitive Plant, the large-flower'ng,

140

Shark-Charmers, Ceylonese, 178
Sharp, Archbishop, and the Highway-

man, 150

Sheep, effect of Music on, 173
Shiant Isles, basaltic character of, 8,
162

Shirbourn Castle, Oxfordshire, 71
Shoes, and their various forms, 13
Sky, Island of, 82

Smelling-salts, how prepared, 182
Snake-charmers, Indian, 194
Snakes, &c. of Ceylon, 143
Soames' Anglo-Saxon Church, extracts
from 220, 230

Sobriety and Industry, pleasures of,
235

Social feelings, remark on. 13
Society Islands, establishment of a
Printing Press in the, 69

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Success, remark on its uncertainty, 171 Vegetable Productions of Ceylon, 158

Suffolk, Churches in, 67
Sunderland, Coal Trade of, 3
Sunshine and Shade, their effect on
Colours, 13

Superstition of the Pearl-divers in
Ceylon, 178
Superstitions of the Highlands and
Islands, 83

Popular, No. III. A
Night Alarm, 197
Swallows, remarkable instinct of, in
building their nests, 207

Tanjore, Lines by the Rajah of, 54
Taylor, selections from, 7, 54
Taylor, Jeremy, selections from, 40, 150
Taylor, Miss, lines by, 176
Temperance in all things, necessity
of, 118

Terms, on misuse of, 52
Thoughts on the Beauties of the Crea-
tion, 179

Thrushes, remark on their mode of in-
cubation, 187

Time, misery of not improving, 7!
on the misuse of, 199
the swiftness of, 14
Toadstool, 236
Tolmen, in Cornwall, account of, 64
Trial by Jury, introduction of, into
Ceylon, 106

Truth; remarks on the love of, 154

opinion of Philip de Mornay
concerning, 197

Village Pastor, the, 80

Vinegar, Aromatic, how prepared, 207
Virtue, attainable by all, 183

practical, its advantages, 104
productive of happiness, 148
the profession of, 187
Volcano, remarkable, in Owhyhee, 55
Voyage ou the Mississippi, 27

Walton, Izaak, remark by, 67
Water-clocks, or Clepsydræ, modes of
constructing, 188
Water-filter, simple, 62

Wealth and Civilization, remarks on
their rapid advance, 231
Wealth, Progress of Society in, consi-
dered, 102

Wheal Friendship Copper-mine, the
Inclined Plane at, 231
Wheat, 228

Whisky, illicit Distillation of, in Scot
land, 167

Wight, Isle of, No. V., 21
Wild Beasts, fight of, 77
Winchester Cathedral, 202
Windmill, 229

Winter, remarks on, 54

Witches and Witchcraft, remarks on,

131

World, ill dispositions of the, 183
Writing, the history of, 78

Y Maen Chwyf, or Rocking Stone, 23

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Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Sky, 85
Druidical Remains, near Keswick, in
Cumberland, 152

Elephants, wild, Method of catching
in Ceylon, 113
Elephant, Ceylon, 120
Elk, Ceylon, 144

Eltham, Kent, Remains of the Royal
Palace at, 16

Ennan-dowan Castle, Ross-shire, 88
Escurial, general View of the, 216

French Gypsies, 40

Fungi, three species of, 237

Göttingen, a City of Hanover, 241
Guildford Castle, Surrey, remains of,
208

Gypsies, French, Group of, 40

Hat-maker's Battery, 13
Hats in different stages of manufac-
ture, 13

Heat, illustrations of its effects, 60, 61
Heights and Distances, vignettes to

illustrate the measurement of, 104
Herefordshire Beacon, View of, 53
Hindoo Pilgrims, 17
Hopkins, Matthew, the Witch-finder, 133
Hop-picking, in Kent, 244

Jury Court of Ceylon, 105

Kirkwall Abbey, Orkney, 249

Liège, Bishop's Palace at, 49
Lion, African, 8

Madrid, Great Street, and Fountain of
Good Success, at, 209

the Royal Palace at, 213
Maize, or Indian Corn, 245
Mexican Costumes, 45
Mexican Water Carrier, 128
Mexico, the Great Square and Ca-
thedral of, 41

view of the City of, 121
Church of Nuestra Senora de,
Guadalupe, near, 125

Mimosa grandiflora, or large-flowering
Sensitive Plant, 140

Mississippi, River, overflowing its
Banks, 29

American Steamer at a
Wooding Station on, 32
Mowing aud Reaping, 228
Murano, near Venice, the Convent in
the Isle of, 145
Mushroom, the, 236

Natural History, objects of, illustra-
tions of the method of preserv-
ing, 172

Nautilus pompilius, or Pearly Nauti
lus, and its beak and shell, 149
Niagara, Falls of, as seen from the
Table Rock, 9

Norris Castle, Isle of Wight, View
of, 21

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Pearl Fishery of Ceylon, 177
Physalia pelagica, Physalia, or Portu
guese Man-of-War, 181
Public Library at Constantinople, 137
Pulque Plant, 128

Raja Paxa, chief of the Ceylonese
Cinnamon-peelers, 160

Ratisbon, on the Danube, Scene in the
Porch of its Cathedral, 185
Rocking-stone in the Vale of Taff,
Glamorganshire, 24

Saragossa, Bridge across the Ebro at
112

Saragossa, Leaning Tower at, 1
Sensitive Plant, 140

Shiant Isles, Scotland, 161
Shirbourn Castle, Oxfordshire, 72
Shoes, various forms of, 129
Snake-Charmers, Indian, 193
Soland Goose, 163

Souffleur, Mauritius, view of, 77
Stone, feat of breaking on a man's
chest, 5

Stones of Stennis, 256
Stornaway, in the Isle of Lewis, 165
Storr Head, Isle of Sky, View of, 81
Strength, feat of, 4
(
Stromness, View of, 263

Toadstool, 236
Tolmen, Cornwall, 64

Ulm, Wirtemburg, Town-house of, 89
Valves of the Unio Batava, 220
Volcanic Region of Owhyhee, 56

Wheal Friendship Copper-mine, in
clined Plane at, 232
Winchester Cathedral, 201
Windmill, interior of, 229

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