WONDERS OF NATURE AND SCIENCE. 



CONTENTS. 



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Adam's Peak, at Ceylon 104 



Adelsberg Cave, in Carniola 218 



Admiralty Telegraph, description of . 271 



Alcantara, Bridge of 207 



Alps- Mont Blanc 1 



" Great St. Bernard 6 



" Chamois Hunting in 9 



Aqueduct of Segovia 211 



Aragon. Kings of, their Tombs 213 



Arch extraordinary, Natural one ... 67 



Arterial System 68 



Astronomy, on the study of 233 



Atmosphere the, description of 250 



Aurora Borealis, phenomena of the . . 255 



Avalanches, description of 6 



at Lewes in Sussex .... 9 



Balloons, History of 133 



Barcelona, description of City 219 



" Gate of 220 



Barras, the Bear Hunter, Anecdote of 28 



Barometer the, described 264 



" Musical one 265 



Bear Hunter, death bed of 9 



" Hunting in the Pyrenees 9-28 



Bell Rock Light-House 160 



Birmingham Railway, description of 94 

 Block Machinery at Portsmouth, des- 

 cription of 122 



Breakwater at Plymouth, account of 144 



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Bridges, Natural 185 



" Rock at Virginia 187 



" Coiling, in the Tyrol 188 



" Rialto at Venice 189 



" Primitive Suspension, in 



South America 191 



" of the Himalaya " 



Bridge of Alcantara, Spain 207 



Brocken, Spectre of the 62 



Cataract of Lauffen 86 



Catchelot Fishery, description of .... 1 15 



Caverns Peaks of Derbyshire .... 69 



Caves, extraordinary ones 65 



" of Elephanta, description of .. 215 



" of Adelsberg 218 



Celestial Globe, description of 244 



Ceres, the Planet 243 



Ceylon, Pearl Fishery of 1 48 



Chain Pier at Brighton, description of 1 39 



Chamois Hunting in the Alps 



Chartreuse Grande, Monastery of ... 224 



China, Wall of, description of 165 



Clouds, Theory of 251 



Coal, description of 46 



" mode of working the mines of . 49 



Coral Reefs of Australasia 223 



Colosseum at Rome, description of .. 152 



Comets 244 



Danube, description of the River ... 85 



