CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 Mountains, Mode of ascertaining the 



height of 13 



" Burning 14-18.24 



" Peter Botte's 30 



" The Brocken 62 



'' Adam's Peak 104 



Napoleon'a Triumphal Pillar at Paris 208 



Neva, description of the River 85 



Newspapers, History of 183 



Niagara, Falls of 52 



Niger, description of the River 86 



Nile, overflowing of 79 



Notre Dame, Cathedral of 205 



Obelisk of Constantius, at Rome .... 228 



Optical Illusions, the Mirage 99 



" Fata Morgana 102 



Pallas, the Planet 2-43 



Paper, invention of 178 



" Making, materials for 177 



" " by Machines i78 



Papyrus, Ancient 174 



Parliament Houses of, New 196 



Pasley, Colonel's, mode of blowing up 



the wreck of the Royal George .. 129 



Pearl Fishery at Ceylon, description of 148 



Peter Botte's Mountain, description of 30 



" Ascent of 31 



Pisa, Leaning Tower at 206 



Planets, table of their mean 



distances &c. 235 



" Description of all the 236 



Plymouth Breakwater, description of 144 



Pompey's Pillar 145 



Porcelain Tower, at Nankin 205 



Printing Machine, the Times, des- 

 cription of 171-3 



" Process of J80 



" Stereotype 181 



Pulse, the, description of 71 



Pyrenees, Bear Hunting in 9-28 



*' Description of 10 



" Effects of a Storm in 63 



" Dangers of Travelling in .. 64 



Page. 



Pyramids of Egypt, description of ... 197 



Railways, History of 87 



" Manchester and Liverpool 89 



" Greenwich 92 



" Birmingham 94 



" Grand Junction 95 



" Great Western 



" Southampton 96 



" Monopoly of " 



" Englishman's opinion of .. 97 



" Yankee's opinion of " 



" Cockney Lady's precau- 

 tions on travelling by . . 9S 



" Benefit of, on health 98 



" Mileage Duties 99 



Rain, cause of 252 



Rhine, description of 84 



Rhone, description of 85 



Rialto at Venice 189 



Rivers, description of 73 



" Comparative length of 78 



" Nile 79 



" Thames 82 



" Ganges 83 



" Vistula 84 



" Tiber " 



" Rhine < 



" Danube 85 



" Rhone " 



" Neva 



" Niger 86 



Riukand of Norway 27 



Rocks, Labyrinth of, in Silesia 164 



" blasting of, by the Diving Bell 131 



Rock Bridge at Virginia, N. A 187 



Ruins of the Colosseum at Rome .... J52 



" of Thebes, description of .... 226 



" Luxor 227 



" Edfou 232 



Safety Lamp, value of ]({ 



Salisbury Cathedral, description of .. 202 



Saturn, the Planet 242 



