440 INDEX^ 



arrival at the mission of San Joaquin, 28 — state of it, 28 — 

 and of Caroni, 29 — notices of the missions of Murucuri and 

 Carnache, 30,31 — arrival of the tourist at Angostura, 32. 



Caraib war-dance, described, 19. 



Cariowa^eof iron, native, described, 411. 



Carnache (Capuchin mission of ), notice of, 31. 



Carapo (Capuchin mission of), notice of, 11. 



Caroni (Capuchin mission of), it present state, 29. 



Cattle (wild), how caught in South America, 18 — numbers o. 

 cattle belonging to several of the Capuchin missions, 24. 



Chaja Aiass, interesting adventures of, 316-318. 



Chemical Science, miscellaneous intelligence concerning, 177- 

 193, 392-411. 



Chemistry, application of, to industrious economy, 411. 



Children, (J. G. Esq.) observations of, on cadmium, 403-405. 



Clearing the Compass. See Compass. 



Clocks, antiquity of, 174. 



Coafes (Dr,) new hydrostatic balance of, described, 388, 389. 



Cold at sun-rise, observations on, 421. 



Colebrooke (H. T. Esq.) remarks on fluidity ; and an hypothesis 

 on the structure of the earth, 52-61. 



Combustion of the diamond, new apparatus for, described, 264, 

 265. 



Comets, on the easiest and most convenient mode of calculating 

 the orbit of, from observations, 149-162 — on the comet of 

 1819 by Professor Olbers, 163, 164— by Professor Brinkley, 

 164-167 — £md at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, 381 — 

 notices of new comets, 171 — elliptic elements of Pons's comet 

 of 1819, 382. 



Compass, observations on the variation of, in the late voyage of 

 discovery to the North Pole, 81-106 — computations for clear- 

 ing the compass of the regular effect of a ship's permanent 

 attraction, 372-380. 



Conductor, new, for lightning, 199. 



Conite, notice of, 412. 



Consumption, on the use of Prussic acid in, 418-420. 



Cooper (Mr. J. T.) on the analysis of zinc ores, 191-193 — 

 strictures on his communication, 403-405. 



Copper, new test for, 408. 



Copper-pZate engraving, extraordinary improvement in, 391. 



Corrosive Sublimate, antidote for, 401. 



Covenants, how made in Chinese Tartary, 66. 



Crystals, preservation of, 185. 



CjtwaJJO (Capuchin mission of) present state of, 3, 4. 



Cwpapwy (Capuchin mission of) notice of, 21 — excursion in its 



vicinity, 22, 23. 

 Cupellation of metals, experiments on, 183. 



