CONTENTS. V 



FAGE 



Orotava. Baobab. Cocoa Nut. Monkeys trained to fetch 

 the Fruit. Seychelles Island Cocoa Nut. Albumen. 

 Orange Trees at Sorrento - - - - 64 



CHAPTER V. 



Fahrenheit and Reaumur. Glass Fire Screen. Ice Win- 

 dows. Glass of Pompeii. Venetian Glass. Glass Win- 

 dows in England. Discovery of Glass. Sand. Barons' 

 Cave at Reigate. Barilla. Kelp. Fuci, Uses of. Fucus 

 natans. Wrack. Fucus tenax. Laminariae. Fucus 

 crispus. Dulse. Laver. Gelidium. Chinese Swallow. 

 Soy. Red Snow - 85 



CHAPTER VI. 



ITALIAN MANUFACTURES. 



Sparterie. Leghorn Hats. Mode of cultivating and pre- 

 paring the Straw. Manufactory of Benenden. Pietra 

 Dura. Medici Chapel. Roman Mosaic. Roman Pearls. 

 Argentine. Levitical Prohibition with regard to Fish. 

 Jews in Rome. Ceremony of the Renewal of their Per- 

 mission to remain in Rome. Final Restoration of the 

 Jews - - 99 



CHAPTER VII. 



ON SOUND. 



Sound. Bell in Exhausted Receiver. Silence in Elevated 

 Parts of the Globe. Pistol on Mont Blanc. Meteors. 

 Different Velocity of Sound in different Bodies. Experi- 

 ment of the cracked Glass and Champagne. Sounds at 

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