INDEX. 251 



Patriarchial dispensation . . iii. 132 



Paul, St., how to read his Epistles . . i. 191 



Pear-tree, transplanted ... . iii. 123 



Pearl fishery . ... . ii. 22 



Pen, ancient term for hill , . . iii. 187 



Penrhyn slate-quarries % . . iii. 218 



Peony, Chinese . . . i. 32 



Pepper, whit& and black . . . ii. 1 



Petrels . r. 4, 7, 8 



Persian spoons . .. .. ii. 210 



Pharaoh's heart hardened , . i. 2.95 



Phaeton, or Tropic-bird .. . . i. 3 



Pin-making . . , . iii. 138 



Plagiary in poetry ... . . ii. 73 



Plagues of Egypt . . . . , . i. 308 



Plants, distribution of . . * iii. 6 



... migration of . . ii. 262 



... naturalize by habit , . ii. 140, 191, 223 



Play of capping . . . ii. 44 



... questions . . . ii. 39 



... stories . . . ii. 106 



Polish given to glass . . . iii. 56 



Pontcysylte aqueduct . ' . . * iii. 214 



Potatoe . . if 32, 117, 304 ii. 192 



Practical hints on self-government ' . . iii. 200 



Prairie dog . . * . , ii. 128 



Prickly pear hedges , . ' . i. 27 



Psalms . % i. 148 ii. 49 



QUESTION play , . V ,. ii. 39 



Questions, arithmetical . i. 204, 307 



