INDEX. 



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Car lea papaya, 269. ' ^ 



Carolina allspice, 297. 



Cascade, caiied the falling spring, in Virginia, 460. 

 Cassia chamaecristai Eastern shore bean, 296. 

 Cassine, or joupon, 293. Its various uses, ib. Mode of pre- 

 serving, 294. 

 Catamount i 322. 



Cataracts, of the Powow river, 453. Of the Hudson, ib. Of 

 Kadir's Kill, 435. Of the Mohawk river, 458. Of the 

 Passaick, ib. Of the Potowmac, 460. 



Ca^e, near Lake Ontario, 134. In Chester township, New 

 Hampshire, 444. In Durhani tow^nship, Pennsylvania, 

 462. On the Swatara river, 465. Several in Virginia, 

 467. A remarkable, in New York, 469. 



Cec^ar, red, 273. White, ib. 



Celandine y or horned poppy, 279. i 



Celestine, or sulphate of strontian, 408. 



Celtis occidentalisy American yellow fruited nettle tree, 255. 



Centaury f 277. 



Ceonathus Amertcanus, New Jersey tea-tree, 277. 



Certhiafamiliarisy house wren, 345. 



Chelidonium, celandine, 279. 



Chenopodium anthei'minticiim, wormseed, 286. 



ChionanthuSy snow -drop, or fringe -tree, 283. 



Chiro?iia angiilaris, American centaury, 27r. 



Chlorite, earihy, 404. 



Cicada septendecim, locust, 372. 



Clays, 401. 



Climate of the United States in general, 61. Of the North 

 Eastern States, 62. Of the Middle States, 64. Of the 

 Sourhern Stares, 66. Excessive variations of, 69. Cold 

 increases equally to the westward as to the northward, 73. 

 Not necessarily unlieahhy, 85. Favourable to longevity, 

 88. Supposed to have changed, 104. Compared w^iih 

 that of Europe, in respect to winds, 111. Qisautity of 

 rain, 113. Evaporation and dryness of the air, 116. Elec- 

 tricity, 118. i 



Clupea tyrannus, ale-wife or old-v/ife fish, 362. 



Coal, various kinds of, 410. Experiments to ascertain their 

 relative value, 411. Burning of, supposed to contribute to 

 health, 413, 



Cobalt, 424. 



