INDEX. 



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Melon, astronomical observations of, i, 



27 

 Mericant, calendar of the, i, 35 ; hiero. 



L. r l \phic8 of, vi, 346 

 Mexico, volcanoes in, i, 479 ; mines of, 



ii, ->93 ; lake of, iii, 314 

 Methom mineral springs, iii, 167 

 Michael, St. phenomenon at the isle 

 of, i, 503; on the Caldeira of, iii, 1 14 

 Michegon, description of the lake, iii, 



249 



Mifhell, Mr. on the fixed stars, i, 185 

 M'ddietuii, Sir Hugh, account of, iii, 37 

 Migration of birds, on the, v, 640 

 Mi'ky way, observations on, i, 191 

 Milo, or Melos, situation of, ii, 77 

 Mimosa nilotica, properties of, v, 294 

 Mineral kingdom, on the, v, 3 

 Mineralogy, remarks on, i, 507 ; s\ s- 



tem of, ii, 263 



Minerals, various species of, ii, 26'J 

 Mineral waters, general view of, iii, 

 161 ; domestic, 171; on analysing,; 

 178 



Mines, general viewof.ii, 274 ; of Great 

 Britain, 279,318; of Europe, 283 : 

 in Asia, 287; Africa, 292 ; of Ame- 

 rica, ib. ; Mexico, 297 ; the United 

 States, 313 ; in Ireland, 326 ; quick- 

 silver, 329 ; account of coal, 337 ; 

 description of the salt, 366 

 Mining, observations on, ii, 273 ; on 



terms in, '27 6; process of, 280 

 Mirages, or optical delusions, iv, 505 

 Mirrors, on metallic, vi, 291 ; on burn- 

 ing, 458 



Misery, description of mount, ii, 433 

 Missel bird, account of the, v, 620 

 Mississipi river described, iii, 39 

 Mitt, incidental arches in a, iv, 526 

 Mistral, a wind in the Alps, iv, 234 

 Mitts, causes of, iv, 14-2 

 Mockiny bird described, v, 624 

 Modena, ancient remains of, iii, 296 

 Motris, on the lake, vi, 458 

 Mofete,& pernicious vapour, i, 397 ; ef- 



lW-ts of the, ib. 402 

 Moisture, on the force of, iii, 410 

 Molecules of ice, on the, ii, 282 

 Molluscous worms, described, v, 356 

 Monkey, of the preacher, v, 649 

 Monsount,of the Indian ocean, iv, 186 ; 



causes of, 201 ; account of, 2 1 1 

 Montayna Nuovo, in the Lucrine lake, 



Montyolficr, Messrs, invent the bal- 

 loon, vi, 66 



Montserrat, volcanic, mountains of, i, 

 492; monastery of, vi, r ()2 



Monumental antiquities, vi, 505 



Moon, observations on the, i, 13 ; libra- 

 tion of, 14; ele;nents of, 162- ; volca- 

 noes in, 183; mount-tins of, 194; 

 rivers in, 190; eclipses of, 2OO ; in 

 fluence oXhe tides, iii, 33O 



Moon, mountains of the, in Africa, ii, 

 429 



Moose deer, extinction of the, ii, 177 



Morai, or cemetry and temtile of the 

 Australasian Islands, vi, 491 



Morisqne bath in Portugal, ii, 422 



Morocco, earthquake in, ii, 422 ; seal of 

 the emperor of, vi, 354 



Mom/r account of the creation, i, 244; 

 of the deluge, 246 



Mosambiqne channel, monsoons in. tv. 

 213 



Mosetlafe beck, Westmorlajul, iii 3 O 



Moses, Hie inventor of letters, vi, 303 



Mosses, on bog aud peat, ii, 118 u 

 Scotland, 121 ; oi Kincardine, 129; 

 irruption of the Solvay, 139 ; pre- 

 servative power of, 142 



Mother of penrl shell described, v, 369 



Moths, description of, v, 408 



Motion, on circular, i, 1 i 



of the earth, on the, iv, 



Motions of the planets, i, 208 

 Mountains, on the lunar, i, 194 ; for- 

 mation of, i, 2 10; on primitive, ii, 

 395 ; on the sulphur, 458 ; descrip- 

 tion of the chief, 402 440 ; fre- 

 quency of rains on, iv, 149 

 Mules, the sagacity of, ii, 438 

 Mnlgrave, voyage of Lord, iv, 100 

 Multivalee shells, account of, v, 375 

 Muriatic acid, efficacy of, iv, 24 

 Music, ancient manuscript on, ii, 245 

 Musqnito, description of the, v, 417 

 Mylassa, the remains of, vi, 505 

 Myrrh, account of, v, 163 

 Myrtle, the candle-berry, v, 300 

 Mysore, high lands in the, iv, 220 

 Sanies, derived from situations, i, 3 IS 

 \ankin, porcelain tower of, vi, 500 

 \tf/>/Vr, his invention of logarithms, 



i, 30 



Naples, alarming state of, i, 359 ; earth- 

 quakes at, 377 ; meteors at, iv,4l6 



