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COMMITTEE.

Chairman-LORD BROUGHAM, F.R.S., Member of the National Institute of France.

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A. W. Davis, M.D.

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THOMAS COATES, Eeq., Secretary, No. 42, Bedford Square.

London: Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and Soxs, Stamford Street.

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AMERICA, discovery of, in the 10th cen-
tury, 342

American birds, singular calls of, 408
Amoy, account of, 137

Animals, locomotion of, 190, 252, 325,
454

Antelope shooting, 256

Ants, natural history of, 481, 490
Arein, the, 16

Artizans and apprentices on the con-
tinent, 62

Asbamaus, fountain of, 160
Ash-tree, applications of the, 470
Astrology, judicial, exposure of, 366,
391, 430, 466

Atlantic and Pacific oceans, junction
of the, 397, 404. 414

Australia, food of natives of, 96; flow-
ers and fruits of, 235; use of oxen
in, 472

BARCELONA, the Exchange of, 172
Basilisk, notice of the, 440
Bats, natural history of, 4

Beech-tree, useful applications of the,
158, 173

Birch-tree, economical uses of the, 91,
109

Birds, maternal affection in, 416
Black and brown, plants used for dye-
ing, 1

Bricks aud brickmaking, 262

Bridges, floating and flying, 111, 122
British shipping, privileges and liabili
ties of, 6

CABOUL, account of the city of, 441
Cadiz at sunset, 280
Cairo, business in, 398,
Camel, the, 216
Caricatures, uses of, 416
Catalonia, peasants of, 224
Cattle-drovers, English, 65
Cedar of Lebanon, 93
Charybdis, whirlpool of, 408
Chestnut-tree, uses of the, 483
Chinese catables, 28; tools and me-

chanics, 152; public gardens, 376

Cities, importance of, 8

Coaches in Yucatan, 32

Coals, substitutes for, 278

Cold, effects of, upon the body, 238

Combat, trial by, 154

Comets, substance of, 152
Condor, size of the, 428
Conversation, 69

Coppermine, shooting the rapids on the,

344

Cornwall and Derbyshire, mining laws

of, 487

Coverley, Sir Roger de, 1, 57, 105, 153,
209, 297, 369, 393, 425, 449, 465,

489

Crab-catching on Scottish coast, 408
Curiosities of British natural history,
4, 49, 97, 169, 183, 213, 249, 305,
337, 401, 433, 481
DANCERS, the, 310

Day, perpetual, in the arctic circle, 160
Dean Forest, the free miners of, 318
Diligence, a Spanish, 44

Dioramas, portable, 2

Dissolving views, 3

Dog, attachment of the, 304

Dragons, notions respecting, 432
Drovers, Highland, 356

Duddon, description of the scenery of
the, 236, 268, 316

Dudley, its castle and cavern, 83; Nail-
ers of, 84

Dutch settlers at the Cape, 64

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EDINBURGH, a first glance at, 417
Elisha, fountain of, 200
Emigration, 276

England in the time of the Saxons,
140; general industry of, 272; state
of crime in, 302

KANGAROO hunting in Australia, 180
Kingfisher, or halcyon, nest of, 267
Kuzzauk dinner, 312
LAKES, 282

Langdale, Westmoreland, scenery of,
348, 372

Richborough and Reculver, 485, 492
Roast-beef, French opinion of, 264
Rocks, blasting of, 66
Roman Peasantry, 412
Rome in the 6th century, 340
Rotten-stone and emery, 270

Russia, Southern, horse-farms in, 151,
Sheep-flocks of, 215

Essays on the lives of remarkable Larch, economical uses of the, 226
painters-Giovanni Cimabue, 25; Ci- La Rioja, the mines of, 186
mabue, concluded, 59; Giotto, 89; Learning, power of, 24
Giotto, concluded, 103; Giotto and Lime-tree, useful applications of the, Salmol, account of a tame, 363
his scholars, 121; Giotto and his scho-

386

Locust swarms of Asia, 230
Lord Mayor's show, 444, 452
Lucifer matches, 300

lars, continued, 131; Giotto and his Lizard, natural history of, 305
scholars the Campo Santo, 145; Lloyd's List, 15
Giotto and his scholars, continued,
155; Gates of San Giovanni, 185; the
Gates of San Giovanni, concluded,
197; Masaccio, 217; Masaccio, con- MADRID as a city, 376; account of, 389
cluded, 225; Filippo Lippi and An- Maple, economical uses of the, 133
gelico da Fiesole, 273; Angelico da Marble-pictures and artificial marble,
Fiesole, 281; Benozzo Gozzoli, 301;

419

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Andrea Castaguo aud Lucca Signo- Maremma of Italy & Pontine marshes,
relli, 308; Domenico dal Ghirlandajo,
364; Andrea Mantegna, 409; A Marshes, 338
Mantegna, continued, 436; the Bel-
lini, 477

Etruscan antiquities, 20, 48
FACTORIES, days at, describing various
manufactures and arts: needle-
mills, 33; porcelain-works, 73; lace,
113; silk, 161; potteries, 201; cotton,
241; print-work, 289; carpets, 329;
steam-boat, 377; alum-works, 421;
"oollen, 457; flax, 501

land, palace of, 361
ows, fallacy respecting, 420
e arts, influence of the, 396
h-hooks, manufacture of, 175
.oating islands and gardens, 326
oo-choo-foo, account of, 108
Food best adapted for man, 24
Fossil trees

Fox, natural history of the, 169, 183
Fruit, ripening of, 32
GANG-SYSTEM of agricultural labour,
309

Geography and history, 88

Geology, musenm of economic, 319
Gizzard pebbles, use of, 442
Glaciers, living on the Alpine, 450
Gloves and glovers, 94, 101
Good manners, 355

Granite and sand-hills, sonorous, 135
Guadaloupe, account of, 321
HAYDN's childhood, 210
Hedgehog, natural history of the, 213
Hindustanee parable, 124
Humble-bee, natural history of the,

401

Hungary, sand plains of, 352
Husbandry affairs, in 1469, 200
IGNORANCE the great obstacle to social
improvement, 240

Improvements, public, in 1843, 497
India, tribes and castes of: Chandalas,
9; Brahmen, 41; the Bheels, 100; the
Scindians, 148; the Mahrattas, 188;
the Coolies, 257; the Seiks, 313; the
Cutcheos, 353; Rajpoots, 385; the
Rohillas, 429; system of Dawk tra-
velling in, 156; commerce with, 355;
overland route to, 456
Indian appetite, 347
Indigo planters and plantations, 178
Ireland in the 16th century, 328; edu-
cation in. 340

Irish climate, its uses, 152
Irou, new uses of, 256
Italian vintage, 29
JAMAICA, fire-flies of, 472

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SALAMANDER, notice of the, 443

Serpent-charmer, 408
Shang-hae, account of, 81

Sheep in Mecklenburg, 68; marks
for, 160; drovers, 177

Shetland Islands, corn-mill of the, 160
Shikarur, 312

Shipping, insurance of, 15

Shrew natural history of British, 249
Siveria, autumnal travelling in, 8
Sicily, sulphur-mines of, 47
Sidon, the Great, 30
Sindh, travelling in, 304
Singapore Harbour, 276
Skelligs Islands, 341

Snakes, British, natural history of, 337,
350

Soda and soap, 416

Sol faterra and Solfatara of Italy, 362
South, the climate of the, 220
South America, wool-bearing animals
of, 495

Staffordshire, South, at night, 53
State, decadence of a, 72
Stockings and Stocking-makers, 222
Stones, for building, 254
Straw, various uses of, 394
Sugar-caue in Spain, 479

Newfoundland, transparency of the sea Surf and Bore of India, 86

on the coast of, 104

New Zealand, whaling off, 96
Niagara district, Canada, 17, 52, 85
North American Indian villages, cha-
racter of, 376

Nottingham, the hill and castle at, 191
OAK, economical uses of the, 274, 276,
302

Orkney, kelp manufacture in, 184
Ostrich, incubation of the, 428
PARKS for the people, 138
Parmesan cheese, 408.
Pekin, 11

Swallows, opinions concerning, 448
Switzerland, co-operative labour in,
124; out-door labour of females in,
180

TAHITI, account of, 265
Tapestry, 195

Tea-drinking on the Neva, 152
Temple Church, the, 125, 129, 141
Toronto, wood-paving at, 232
Tortola, breakfasts at, 240
Trinity House, account of, 22
Trout, variety of the, 315
True breeding, 280

Tyrol, account of the, 469, 475

VEGETABLE food, improved, 272
Vegetable ivory, 443

Velino, cataract of the, 232

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Persia, the mechanical arts in, 399
Petersburg by moonlight, 388
Phoenix, notions respecting the, 428
Pigs and pig-drovers, 277
Pine and fir, felling and transport
18; economical uses of the,
resinous products of, 42
Placard-printing at Vienna, 317
Polar sea, storm in the, 388
Port-Phillip, water-holes of, 476
Potato, products of the, 370
Prairie trading-caravan, 220
Prison discipline, 345
Progresses of Queen Elizabeth, 12,
45, 106, 143, 147, 181, 198, 233, 258,
298, 358, 406, 446, 473
Prospect, an arctic, 355
Pyramid, size and cost of the great,

240

RAINS, preternatural, 127
Rambles from Railways: Penshurst,
228, 260, 285; Penshurst to Tun-
bridge, 321

Rats, sagacity of, 396
Reading and Study, 72

Vesuvius, eruptions of Mount, 193
Vienna, trades at, 376

Vineyard cultivation, 128

WALHALLA, the, 10

Walnut tree, uses of the, 438
Warows, in Guiana, village of, 72
Wasps, natural history of, 433
Water-newts, natural history of, 97
Water, hot, boring for, 312
Weather, in London and Dublin, 140
Western Australia, vegetation of, 92
Whale oil, increasing consumption of,
256

Whitebait, 304

Wines, use of brandy in, 443
Wire-ropes, 323

Wolves in Spain, 32; European, 232
YANG-TSE-KIANG River, 64
Yew-trees, account of, 69
Youth and Age, 403

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