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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,
Cornwall and Derbyshire, mining laws
Coverley, Sir Roger de, 1, 57, 105, 153, 209, 297, 369, 393, 425, 449, 465,
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
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-
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;
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,
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
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
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
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,
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
Refreshments, Public, dining in Lon- Yucatan, ruined cities and rapid vegeta don, 55
1 Harvey.
4 Sly.
9 Standfast. 12 Anelay. 17 Simcoe.
20 Fairholt. 21
25 Harvey. 29 Pinelli. 33 Sly.
Quartley. Green. Sears. Sly.
17 Stages of the Needle-eye.
18 A Brahmen expounding the Veda
19 Nonsuch-House, Surrey
20 Etruscan Vase
22 Fort Chippewa on the Welland
23 Sir Roger de Coverley and the Spec- tator' in the Picture Gallery
24 Madonna and Infant Christ, from Cimabue.
M.Hampton. Sears. Holloway.
26 Yew Tree at Fountains Abbey 27 Porcelain-Works,.-Potter's Wheel,
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