CONTENTS. XL 



Shell-fish, - 127 



their uses, 137 



Shrubs, - ^ - 31 



Silver, Copper, Tin, &c. - 8 



Solar System, - 198 



Soldier crab, peculiarities of, 133 



Spring, influence of, on man, ... 238 



reflections on, 237 



Springs and rivers, - 18 



Stones and fossils, - 10 



Sun, the, - 193 



the great fountain of light and heat, - 194 



the fountain of cheerfulness, - 196 

 its magnitude and motion, 198 



Tellina, Scallop, Razor shell-fish, &c. peculiari- 

 ties relative thereto, - - 136 

 Thunder storms, their nature and influence, 252 

 Tides, where greatest, - - 105 

 flux and reflux of, 107 



Vegetables, variety of, 23 



their use and importance, - 24 



structure of, - ib. 



sub-marine, striking peculiarities in, 122 



Vegetable kingdom, properties and peculiarities of, 27 



Volatiles, their use, - 75 



Waterspouts, of two kinds, - 109 



description of one in the atlantic 



ocean, - - - 111 



Whales, their immense size, - 140 



fidelity of to each other, - 155 



Whirlpools, - 107 



