xiv CONTENTS. 



PARLIAMENTARY REPORTS. 



On the Laws of Foreign States respecting the regulation of their 



Roman Catholic Suhjects in Ecclesiastical Matters - - 436 



On the State of the Coin 439 



On Tithes 441 



On the Game Laws ......... 443 



On the Earl of Elgin's Marbles .-...-. 446 



On the Agricultural State of the Kingdom ---.,. 459 



CHARACTERS. 



Dr. Benjamin Rush - ........ 47O 



The King of the Sandwich Islands ...... 476 



Major Claude Murtine ........ ^Z\ 



MANNERS, CUSTOMS, &c. OF NATIONS AND 

 CLASSES OF PEOPLE. 



The Shoshonee Indians ........ 437 



Nations on the Coast ...--.... 497 



Flatting the Head 498 



Killamucks and other Indians - - - - - - - 500 



The Belooches - 50t> 



The Nharooes 507 



The Brahooe .......... 514 



People of the Teng'gar Motmtains - . - - - 5l6 



Bali .-..--. 518 



Ancient Population qf the Islands _.---. 523 



Japan .-...._-..- 529 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



fVliite Bear 534 



Broivn Bear .......... 535 



Buffalo Hunting ......... 535 



The Missouri .......... 536 



Description of the Objects of Natural History observed by Lewis and Clark. 



Vegetables -...-. 536 



Fruits ..;........ 539 



Trees --,......_. 541 



An Essay en the Oopas or Poison Tree of Java - - . - 577 



Volcanic Eruptions of Mud and Salt in the Island of Java - - 585 



Visit to the Salt Mines of Cardona .-•-.' 587 



Visit to the Mummy Pits .-.--..- 592 



The Spots in the Sun ---..--.. 598 



Account of a Soda Lake in South America ----- 60O 



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