Contents of F^olume Eighth. 



Page 

 Memoirs of abbe Blanchet, - i 

 On animal instinct, - - - 5 

 Observations on breeding iheep, ao 

 Miscellaneous reflections ot'Fie- 



dericlc the Great, - - - 25 

 Zimeo, an Indian tale, - - 28 

 Intelligence respecting arts in 

 India, ------ 32 



Anecdote of Foote the- comedian, 39 

 To correspondents, - - - -40 



Premiums, ------ ib. 



On the political progiefs of 

 Great Britain, - - - - 41 



Memoirs of abbe Blanchet, 

 concluded. ----- 4S 



Farther remarks on the circu- 

 lar buildings called dhunes 

 in Scotland, - - - - 53 



Conjectures concerning, the 

 uses to which these build- 

 ings were applied, - - - 56 

 Inquiry if they were used as 

 watch towers, - - - - 57 



Inquiry if they were used as 



forts or places of defence, - 59 

 Letter from Scnex, - - - 61 

 Reading memorandums, - - 64 

 Zimeo a tale, continued, - - 69 

 Literary intelligence, - - - 75 

 Anecdote of Mr Sim, - - - 80 

 To correspondents, - - - ib. 

 Account of a voyage to the He- 

 brides, ------ 8] 



Observations on Watson's hisiory 



concluded, . - - . . 85 

 Disquisitions on the dry-stone 

 buildings called dhunts in 

 Scotland, co.Ttinued, - - 94 

 Comparison between tlie Anglo 

 Saxon keeps and the Scottiih 

 dhunes, ----- 95 



The conjecture of their being 

 the habit.-.tions of princes le- 



futed, c,8 



Zimeo a tale, continued, - 108 

 A hint to traders in wood ;nl 

 Bianufecturers, - - - jri 



I Page 



Intelligence respecting the fine 

 I arts and literature in Britain, i i^j 

 I Anecdotes, ----- 118 

 I A card by the earl of Buchan, 119 



To correspondents, - - - 120 



Memorandums of the king of 

 I Sweden, ----- 121 

 I On a course of reading, - - 116 

 I Observations on some Englifh 

 I novels, - - - - - 132 



Remarks on the earth-worm, 137 



Copy of a letter sent to G 

 Wafliii'gton, by the earl of 

 Buchan, inclosed in a box 

 made of the oak which Sir 

 W. Wallace fheltered him- 

 self in after the battle of 

 Falkirk, ------ 1^2 



Reading memorandums, - - i.«4 



Letters by Thomson to Ama; - 

 da's sister, never before pu- 

 bliilied, ------ 148- 



A modest eulogium on the mi- 

 nister, ------ ijo 



Tlie political- progrefs of Bri- 

 tain continued, - - - - 161 



Remarks on the political prc- 

 grefs, ------lyo 



A voyage to the Hebrides con- 

 tinued, ----- 1-^3 



Exercises in practical grammar 

 continued, ----- 179 



Review, — Isert's travels in A- 

 frica, - - . - - - 188 



Observations on the salt laws 

 in Scotlard continued, - - 192 



To correspondents, - . - 200 



Original memoirs of brigadier 

 Reaen, - 2CI 



Voyaije to the Hebrides con- 

 tmurd, ----- 2C9 



Misictllaneous remarks on se- 

 vrtal eminent writers, - - 218 



A query, ------ 222 



Anecdotes from Warburton's 

 remarks on Neal's hisiory of 

 the puritans, - - - - 223 



