CXI INDEX. 



Ramayana (Indian poem), p. 38, 39 ; Notes 60, 62. 



Rainses Miamoun or Sesostris, his expeditions, victories, and monuments, p. 123 



125 ; Note 161. 



Realists, influence of their school in the middle ages, p. 245, 246. 

 Red Sea, its importance to commerce and international intercourse, p. 120, 121, 



168. Belongs to a system of transverse geological fissures of great general 



importance in respect to commerce and the intercourse of nations, p. 120, 121 ; 



Note 152. 



Reinhart Fuchs, p. 36. 



Regiomontanus, his astronomical tables, p. 258. 

 Remusat, Abel. See Klaproth. 

 Rey (Jean) first stated, from experiment, that the increase of weight in metals 



during calcination was drawn from the air, p. 344 ; Note 530. 

 Ritusanhara (Indian poem), p. 62. 

 Romances, pastoral romances of Longus, p. 14. Of Spanish and Italian writers, 



p. 56. Of German writers, p. 66, 67. 

 Romans, the ancient, their descriptions of natural scenery, p. 1524; Notes 



2340. Influence of their empire, p. 178200 ; Notes 277311 . Wide extent 



of the empire, and diversity of climates, p. 180, 181 ; Note 279. Their 



paintings (landscapes), p. 76, 77; Notes 113, 114. 

 Rousseau (Jean-Jacques), p. 63, 65. 

 Rubens, his hunting pieces and landscapes, p. 81, 82. 

 Rubruquis, p. 253, 254 ; Note 392. 

 Ruysdael, p. 81, 86, 87. 



Sacontala (the Indian dramatic poem of), p. 39, 76. 



Sadi the Persian poet, p. 42. 



Sanscrit names of different productions and articles of commerce, Notes 143, 225, 



231, 297. 



Satellites. See Jupiter and Saturn. 



Saturn, discovery of its ring and satellites, p. 318, 319, 325. 

 Schiller, remarks on the differences observable in the descriptions of natural 



scenes and objects by the ancient Greeks and by modern writers, p. 6 

 Schnaase on the manner in which the ancient Greeks referred all physical phe- 

 nomena to man, p. 7 ; Note 5. 

 Scotus, Duns, p. 245. 

 Scythia, opinions of Herodotus in regard to its geographical character, p. 137. 



Traffic with the Greeks, p. 141, 142. Descent and habitation of different 



Scythian tribes, Notes 202204. 

 Seasons, Indian poem of the, or Ritusanhara, p. 39, 62. Thomson's Seasons, 



p. 62, 63. 



See-ma-kuang (a Chinese statesman), his poem of " The Garden," p. 98, 99. 

 Seleacus the Babylonian, the first who taught that the Sun, and not the Earth, is 



the centre of the planetary system, p. 105. 

 Seneca, reference to a deluge, Note 37. 

 Shakspeare, p. 61, 62. 



Silius Italicus, notices the scenery of the Alps, but without praise, p. 24 

 Solomon, voyages to Ophir, p. 133. 

 Sophocles, beautiful descriptions of nature, p. 11. 



