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Tyrian, towns on the west coast of Africa, p. 129. Conjoint Tynan and Hebrew 

 commercial expeditions sent y Solomon and Hiram, p. 133. 



Van Eyck, landscapes of Hubert and John, p. 78, 79. 



Vedas, the Indian Vedas, or sacred writings, p. 38, 39 ; Note 62. 



Venus, phases of, p. 321. 



Vespucci, descriptions of the scenery of the coast of Brazil, p. 52. Believed until 

 his death that the lands he had seen in the New World were a part of the 

 Continent of Asia, p. 241. His descriptions of the beauty of the southern 

 constellations, p. 288. Unjustly accused of having used unworthy arts for the 

 purpose of attaching his name to the New Continent instead of that of 

 Columbus, a result attributable to a concurrence of accidental circumstances, 

 p. 299; Note 457. 



Villas, Roman, p. 22, 23 ; Note 38. 



Villemain, on the Greek novels or romances of Longus, p. 14 ; Note 16. On the 

 eloquence of Christian writers in the fourth century, Note 46. 



Vinci, Leonardo da, his sound views of the foundations of physical knowledge, 

 p. 285, Note 440 : on Zoology, p. 346. His opinion regarding the formation 

 of valleys, p. 347. 



Virgil, p. 18, 19 ; Note 28. 



Water-spout, description by Camoens in the Lusiad, p. 58; Note 91. 

 Whewell, " inductive table" of astronomy, Note 475. 



Winds, law of the rotation of the, and theory of the trade, p. 337, 33 ; Notes 

 522524. 



Zodiacal light, discovery of the, p. 326. 



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