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INDEX. 



Leone, xv. 67-69. Of the mountain-house at Ascension, 69. 



Of the Port Royal mountains, Jamaica, 70. Of the hlock-house 



at Fort George, Trinidad, ibid. Of the Pico-Ruivo in the 



Island of Madeira, 75-82 

 Barry (Mr. T.), evidence of, with remarks, in the cause of Severn 



& Co. against the Imperial Insurance Company, x. 334, 335 

 Bartholomew (St.), island of, its geological structure, v. 312 

 Baruel, (M.) process hy, for procuring pure platinum, palladium, 



rhodium, iridium and osmium, from the ores of platinum, xii. 

 • 246-256. Remarks thereon, 256-262 

 Barytes, fusion of, with the hlow-pipe, ii. 109. Metal of, thus 



obtained, 119, 120 



■ lampate of, vi. 321, 322 

 — test for, X. 189 



analysis of the ferro-prussiate of, xi. 209 



. test for, XV. 383 



■ composition of the muriate of, xvi. 384 



— — — separation of, from strontia, xix. 153, 154 

 Basseterre, geological appearances of, v. 318-319 

 Batavia, why peculiarly unhealthy to Europeans, vii. 1, 2, 276. 

 Symptoms and treatment of the fever prevalent there, 2, S. 

 Public hospitals, 4. Ignorance of a Dutch physician, 5. The 

 manner of living of the Batavians, a cause of their sickliness, 6. 

 Description of it, ibid. 7. Dress and manners of the women, 

 S-11. Account of the different kinds of inhabitants, 12. 

 Europeans, ibid. Portuguese descendants of the first occupants 

 of Batavia, ibid. Native Javanese, ibid. Slaves, 13. Their 

 treatment, manners, and customs, 14-18. Character of the 

 Javanese and Malays, 18, 19. Roguery of the Chinese settlers 

 and merchants, 19, 20. Account of a singular antiseptic 

 powder used by the Batavians, 273, 274. The sciences, why 

 little cultivated at Batavia, 276. Structure of the edifices 

 there, 277, 278. Sketch of the country round it, 278, 279. 

 Account of the Buffaloes there, 281 , 282. Notice of the oopas- 

 tree, 283. Of the nutmeg plants, ibid. 284. Extraordinary 

 vegetable gums, 285, 286. Expedients of the Batavians to pre- 



