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INDEX. 



Bath, new theatre at . . 388 



agricultural fociety, meeting of 585 



Bavaria, improvements by the EletW 



of .. 261 



Bean-lands, method of clearing 85 



Bedford, agricultural fete of the Duke 



of . . 84 



Iiifirniary, ftate of . . 191 



, ftatue to the late Duke of 269 



, population and extent of the 



county of . . . . 326 



Beer-vent, anew .. .. 7 



Bees, method of taking without deftioy- 



jng .. 91 



., on the treatment of .. 411 



Beetle, defcription of llie flow-legged 321 

 Btet-ioot, method of making fugar from 



the . . . . 455 



Ecresford, Right Honourable John, ac- 

 count of . . . . 588 

 Berklhire, population and extent of 226 

 Berlin, miflionary fociety at .. i;6l 



, military inftitution at .. 351 



Eernacle-goofe iuNorlblt .. 41 ii 



Bethlem-hof|)ital, removal of . . 3~0 



Bewick, Mr., on his claim to the Iliftory 



of Quadrupeds .. 5, 3o2 



Bhurtpore, in the Eaft-Indies, taken 173 

 Bion's epitaph on Adonis . . 400 



Birds, on the tuigration of .. l'^7 



Birmingham, free-thiirch at .. 190 



».. , ftate of funday-fchools at 381 



general hofpital at 381 



.... .., intended monument for 



Nelfon at . . . . 679 



Bilhopnck, on the word .. 51'J 



Bittern, defcription of the .. 411 



Black, how to dye cotton . . 47 



Black Sea, trading company on the 95 



Blaqniere, Mrs., account of .. 270 



Bleeding, fatal folly of . . 7 'J 



. .., h^dr(>phol)ia cured by 160 



Blight, Mr'., nmrder oC ' .. i!71 



in fruit-trees, on the .. lOo 



Blofleld, Mr., charafter of .. S!K6 



Blood ivot prejudicial in the refining of 



fugar ' .. .. 2?5 



Boat, defcription of a life . . 197 



Bohea-tea a cure for the dropfy -90, 35] 

 Boiling water, on the uoife of .. 59 



Bombay, literary fociety at .. SJi? 



Boinbycine, on .... 35 



Bonaparte, delaration of . . 364 



Bond, Mr. R., account of .. 18'..' 



Bonplaud, M., account of .. 13a 



Borer, of tht American oS;, i02, 396 



Bolton, new theatre at . . 578 



Breweries, returns of the London 74 



, , ilgyptian .. 538 



Bricks, compofil ion of floating 61 



Brimitoue-yellow butterfly, deicriptionof 14 

 Briftol, improvenienis in the harbour of 1S6 



, ftate of the Infirmary at 493 



Britain, prophecy concerning 4ii7 



, political'ftale of 67, 172, 26.5, 366 



Biitilh luftitutiun, account of 359 



Broome, Dr., letter from Pope to 237 



Broth preferved by mercury . . 354 



Brown, on the philofophy of .. 559 



Browne, Dr. A., account of .. 293 



Bruce, Robert, anecdote of . . 340 



Buckingham, letter to the Duke of 537 



Buckinghanilhire, population and extent 



of . . 326 



Buds, on the reiiroduftion of 446 



Bugs, natural hiftory of . . 14 



Bulbocodium -vernum, iiKjuiry concerning 



the .. .. 396 



Buftard, defcription of the .. 410 



Butterllv, defcription of the admiral 320 

 Hyrne, Mr., account of .. 373 



B^'ron, Dr., account of .. 186 



Caerlaveroc, murder of . . 341 



Calder, .lames, account of . . 193 



, Sir Robert, his letters 17a 



Callirnachus, epigrams of .. 23 



Callirhoe, ftory of -. 318 



Cambridge, improved agriculture in the 



county of . . . • 85 



, archdeacon of .. 537 



, rcfufal to a6t plays at 537 



, population and extent of the 



county of . . - - 326 



, plague at .. 538 



, difpute at .. 538 



Camel, defciipuon of the Arabian 12 



Camclol, or camlet, account of 36 



CanK-ra-obfcura, an improved 160 



Caniomilc-ftreet, account of ., 506 



Campbell, Arch., account of .. 92 



Canada, hemp produced in .. 48 



Canal, Grand Juntlion, account of 73, 284, 



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in Ireland, report of .. 587 



Cancer niacrourus, defcription of 14 



Candles, improved method of making 544 

 Candleftick, an improved .. 446 



Caoutchoue, to make tubes of 351 



Cardinal grolbeak, defcription of 320 



Carlille, iuiprovements at . . 77 



intended biidge at . . 485 



Carriages, improved axle-tree and box 



for .. .. 317 



Caftles, hiftory of ancient .. 184 



Cat, anecdote of a - - 2.S1 



Celtic Academy at Paris, account of 253, 



.354 

 Ceres, tables of the right-afcenfion of 96, 200 

 Cerufe, method of preparing . . 319 



Chaplains, on naval -. 5.37 



Charlet, Dr., letter of •• 148 



Charlefton, botanical garden at 455 



Chart, account ol a compals for taking 



bearings on a . 453 



Chaya, on dying filk with the ,. 48 



Cheiidonis, ilory of , . 403 



Chelmsford, intended hotel at 385 



Cherfon, trading eftablifliment at 95 



Chefler, population of the county of 326 

 Cheviot rums, annual fhnw of 483 



Child, account of a foundling 22.5 



Cbaiii lUuftrata, account of ,. 109 



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