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INDEX.

Adenez, a celebrated writer of romances, 44.

Afghauns, views of the British in their embassy to the king of, 399
their government and manners described, 424-their situation
similar to that of Scotland in ancient times, 427– -are the only
people of the East among whom the sentiment of love is known,

433.

Albania, country of, till lately little known, 455-remarks on the
ancient and present condition of, 457-description of the capital,
458-character of the present ruler, 460.

Ali Pasha, character of, 460.

Amphilochia, town of, 40-a principal seat of literature in modern
Greece, 478.

Andalusia, resemblance between the manners of, and those of Ara,
bia, 83.

Animal food, reflections on the use of, 301,
Arabian literature, description of, 39.

Ariosto contrasted with Tasso, 55.

Asia, Western, general description of, 398.

Athanasius Psalida, a learned Greek, character of, 462.

Babylon, name and remains of, powerfully affect the imagination,
438-astronomy early cultivated at, 439.

Barrington, Lord, remarks on the Bishop of Durham's political
life of, 172.

Bees. See Huber.

Bikaneer, city of, described, 409.

Boccacio, account of his Decameron, 53-character of, vindicated, ib.
Bockhara, some account of the city of, 402.

Bourbons, their seat on the throne of France precarious, 503-first
acts of the King on his restoration calculated to alarm the na-
tion, 508- return of Bonaparte from Elba facilitated thereby, 510
-conduct of the Bourbons, after the battle of Waterloo, still
more obnoxious to the people, 512-characters of the different
members of that family, 513-pleas of the Royalists considered,
518-policy to be observed by Britain with regard to France, 520.
Boyardo, his Orlando Amoroso the foundation of Ariosto's cele,
brated work, 55.

Burnet, Bishop, inquiry into the authenticity of his being the author
of the Memorial to the Princess Sophia, 169,

Calla-baugh, singular scenery of the town of, 414.
Cambridge, University of, hitherto accounted a Whig university, 499.
Carnot's Defence, cause of his proscription inquired into, 442-his
charges against the government, 443-reason of Bonaparte's ra-
pid and unresisted progress, 444-M. Carnôt denies his having
hady share in that event, 445-true cause of the hatred shown
towards him, 447-vindicated from being a participator in the
atrocities of Robespierre, 448.

Catherine the Second, implicated in the death of the Princess of
Wirtemberg, 180, and in that of the first wife of Paul, 182-re-
marks on her character, 186.

Charlemagne, fabulous account of his expedition into Spain, 43.
Coalition, remarks on the conduct of the, 198.

Commons, House of, Wraxall's account of the management of, 212.
Cross of the South, a remarkable constellation of the other hemi-
sphere, 103.

Cumana, description of the country of, 106-earthquakes frequent
in, 108.

Dante, the father of the modern Italian poetry, 46.

Dick, Sir John, his account of the share he had in kidnapping the
alleged Princess Tarrakanoff, 193.

Equinoctial current, account of, 89.

Elgin, Lord, charges against, relative to the disappearance of Mr
Tweddell's collection of drawings, &c. investigated, 306.

Edwy and Elgiva, story of, differently told, by Hume and Mr Lin-
gard, 347.

Elphinstone, Mr, sent on an embassy to the King of Caubul, 404—
account of his march through the Desert, 405 singular appear-
ance of the City of Bikaneer, 409-town of Calla-baugh, 414-
description of the City of Peshawer and its vicinity, 415-much
information with respect to Western Asia acquired by this embas-
sy, 421-vast height of the mountains in that region, 423-ac-
count of the Afghauns, 424-their situation very similar to that
of Scotland in ancient times, 427.

Erzerum, great elevation of the city of, 423.

Ferdinand IV. king of Naples, character of, 19].
Fox, Mr, conduct of, during the riots in 1780, 204.

France, hazards to which the peace of that country seems exposed,
501.

Finances, British, remarks on the state of, 541.

Gall, Dr, remarks on the doctrines of, 227-his opinions respecting
the functions, &c. of man inquired into, 229-his enumeration of
the mental faculties, 234-of his system of morals, 239-of the
functions of the nervous system, 210-anatomical discoveries of,
254.

Gardiki, inhabitants of, massacred by Ali Pasha, 483.
Gibraltar, account of the current which sets through the Straits of,
89.

Godwin's Lives of Milton's Nephews, author celebrated as a novel-
ist, 485-remarks on some of his characters, 486-some account
of the subjects of the present work, 491.

Gracioso, remarks on the basalts of, 82.

Greece, geographical description of, 456-reflections on the modern
state of, 475.

Guayaquerias, a race of Indians on the coast of Cumana, 107.
Gulph stream described, 90.

Hamilton's Indian Gazetteer, a work of much utility, 220-causes
of the fluctuation of the population of India, 221-advantages of
establishing one uniform system of laws, &c. over our possessions
in that country, 222.

Herbert's Helga, propriety of introducing supernatural agents in
poetry inquired into, 147-character of the work, 151-extracts
from, 152.

Himmaleh, great height of the mountains of, 423.

Holland's travels into Albania, 455-general description of Greece,
456-of Ioannina, the capital of Albania, 458-character of Ali
Pasha, 460-description of Mount Pindus, &c. 464-of the rocks
of Meteora, 466-of the Plain of Thessaly, and the celebrated
Tempe, 469—of Larissa, the capital, and audience with the Pasha,
472-Greek literati, 474-mountains of Suli, 481.
Huber on bees, 363—origin of wax, and difference betwixt that and
pollen, 364-on the sexes of bees, 368-researches with regard
to their respiration, ib.-of their senses, 373-proofs of intellect
afforded by, 374—their procedure on the loss of their queen, 376
-art displayed in the construction of their combs, 379-expedient
for defending their hive against enemies, 387.

Humboldt's personal narrative, preliminary remarks on, 86-account
of the current in the Straits of Gibraltar, 89—of the equinoctial
current, ib.--Gulf stream, 90-frequency of igneous meteors in
some parts of the world, 91-of the mineralogy of the Canary
Islands, 82-distances at which different high mountains are visi-
ble, 94-description of Laguna, the capital of Teneriffe, ib.-of
the Peak, 95-emotions produced in the author by the new ol-
jects presented in the Torrid Zone, 103-description of the coast
of Cumana, 106-defect in some of the compositions of the author
pointed out, 110.

Jamaica, treatment of unclaimed negroes in, 334.

India, causes of the frequent shifting of the population in, 221-in-
vasion of the British possessions in, overland, projected by France,
400-said to have been likewise contemplated by Russia, ib.
Joannina, the capital of Albania, described, 458.

Larissa, the capital of Thessaly, 472.
Liberty of the press, how likely to be affected by the new order of
things in Europe, 112-leading influence possessed by France, in
the conduct and character of her neighbours, 114-evils of agita-
tion most slightly felt in countries where the press has been under
least restraint, 123.

Lingard's antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon Church, preliminary re
marks on, 346-story of Edwy and Elgiva examined, 347.
Lisbon, character of the Court of, 188.

Louis XVI. conduct of, at his death, 197.

Madrid, description of, 74.

Meteora, extraordinary rocks at, described, 468.

Meteors, igneous, frequency of, in tropical regions, 91.

Metzovo, interesting geographical position of the town of, 464.

Milton, account of several of his relations, 491.

Moore, Sir John, remarks on his expedition, 75.

Mountains, high, distances at which they are visible from the sea,

94.

Mysteries, the first modern efforts of the dramatic art, ascribed to the
French, 45.

Naples, character of Ferdinand IV. king of, 191.

Necker, Mons., Tweddell's visit to, at his seat near Geneva, 295.
North, Lord, vindication of his share in the coalition, 202.

Orange, late Prince of, remarks on a part of the conduct of, 190.
Oratory, Irish, remarks on the character and style of, 389. Ex-
tracts from a speech of Mr Phillips criticized, 391.

Orleans, Duke of, recommended as the most eligible monarch for
France, 517.

Peneus, river and valley of, 465. 471.

Persia, gained over by the French to favour an invasion of the Bri.
tish possessions in India, 401.

Peskawer, description of the city of, 415.

Petrarch, remarks on his writings, 49.

Pfyffer, General, model of Switzerland constructed by, 294.

Phersala, the ancient Pharsalia, 480.

Philips, Edward and John, some account of, 491.

Pindus, mount, description of, 464.

Poetical Extracts-from Southey's Roderick, 5-from Herbert's Hel-
ga, 152-from Wordsworth's White Doe, 357.

Polignac, character of the Duchesse de, 298.

Poiozka, Countess of, account of the seat of, in the Ukraine, 296.
Price, Dr, strictures on Morgan's Memoirs of, 171.

Provençal language, origin of, 33-causes which gave birth to the
Provençal poetry, 35-specimens of, 39-character of, 42.

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