563 Lake of Geneva, 257. 452. Wahlestatt, 258. a subterranean, 259. of the Dismal Swamp, ib. Vetter, of Sweden, 454. Lakes, why, have no sensible tides, 389. a solar magic, 542. Life-boat, invention of the, 516. 392. the Colossus of Rhodes, the Eddystone, ib. Light, to make a, burn under water, Lime water, curious experiment with, 543. Lion, the, 57. hunting, 58. Man, figure of a, in the air, 424. of war, supposed weight of Marble, transparent, 309. Maria Martinozzi, inscription to, 210. Match-bottle, the phosphoric, 523 Mercury, virgin, found at Carniola, Meteor of a flaming sword, 428. Discovery of a quicksilver, 357. tin, 361. salt, a remarkable, in Poland, 363. diamond of Raolconda, 336. Mist, surprising effect of, on the vision, Liquids, to procure three different co- Mocking-bird, the, 67. loured, 531. Longevity, instances of, 11-14. M Magic squares, 539-541 Magnifying small objects in the dark, Maelstrom, whirlpool of, 459. Modern Athens described, 310. Money, how to discover if it be bad or Monk, whirlpool called the, 460. to Madame Langans, Swit zerland, 219. of London, 268. hieroglyphics on the, of London, explained, 269. Naples, earthquake at, 139. annunciation chapel, ib. birds how destroyed at, 254. Opera, an automaton, 36. a chestnut coloured, 56 P Palace, a, built of ice, 131. situation of, 229. Panther-Gap, in Virginia, 171. Robert, ib. Passiflora cœrulea, the blue passion- Peak of Teneriffe, 476. ascent to the top of, 477. Peter, the wild boy, 218. Overflowing Nicobar islands, the, 101. Pictures, how to make feathered, 546, Picts' wall, the, 317. Rainbows, lunar, ib. Pillar of Heaven, Etna so called, 143. | Rattle-snake, 96. the queen of Scots', 167. Antoninus's, 279. Pilot fish, the, 70. Poole's hole, near Buxton, 167. Portugal, palace of the king of, 289. mountain of, 348. mines in, how discovered, ib. Preacher bird, the, 67. Prospects, one of the finest in the Protea cynaroides, 109. Dr. Clarke's visit to the, 271. effect of the, on the minds Rainbow, a perpetual, 256. Reaumur, experiment of Mr., with his Refraction, atmospherical, 424. Ring, how to place persons in a, so Jordan, 442. Rivers, great, of China, 452. Roads, impassable state of, from snow, Roaring cascade in Switzerland, 252. Roman villa in Oxfordshire, 326. of Balbec, 234. of Herculaneum and Pompeii, 238. of Persepolis, 241. S Saccara, pyramids of, 274. modes of descent into the, ib. Sailor fish, the, or nautalus, 68. - Flavian, by Monte Fiascone, tomb Magdalen's cave, 184. Peter's, Rome, 194. Smollet's descrip- tion of, 196. - Sophia, mosque of, 285. Winifred's well, 465. history of, 466. description of,467. Rainbows, signs of the weather de- Salt mines in Upper Hungary, 359. duced from, 420. Chapel in, 360 Salt mines of Poland, 363. See also Slate quarries of Longsleddale, 334. Wielitska. Salt mountain, 474. Saltness of the ocean, 436. Samiel, the hot wind called, 404. waves of the deserts, 407. Santerini, dreadful earthquake at, 373. Schaffhausen, extraordinary wooden Scipio Nasica, horologe of, 39. Sledges, mountain of, 332. Snakes, black, 95. hooded and dancing, 94. Snow, beauty of, 123. opinion of Beccaria on, 125. Solar eclipse, account of a total, 413. Scripture, striking accomplishment of, thirty, 545. Sepulchre of the Blessed Virgin, 498, distinctions between harm- less and venomous, 95. Shakspeare, neglected lines from, 51. Shilling, optical deception with a, 538. Sienna, cathedral at, 207. Silver, manner of separating, from its Solomon, temple of,"496. Spanish armory in the tower, 505. Spectre, the, of the Broken, 429. Spider, the great West Indian, 88. with three streams, 461. mineral, in Burgundy, 258. Spring-tides, how occasioned, 388. boiling, ib. 463. medicinal, ib. Squares, magic, 539-541. power of the, 527. Steel chair, 48. Stone bridge at Bern, 290. S |