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INDEX 



Madder, 301. 



Magnolia acuminata, cucumber tree, 290. M. glauca, 

 swamp sassafras, ib. M grandijiora, evergreen laurel, ib. 

 M. tripetaia, umbreUa tree, 291. 



ikfa?2:e, or Indian corn, 230. 



Maple, the sugar, 259. Facts relative to the flowing of its 



juice, 260. See Acer. 

 Marble, varieties of, 406. 

 Marcasites, 419. 



Marine shells, comncion in the southern States, beneath the 



surface of the earth, 57. 

 May Apple, 281. 



Melia Azedarach, or pride of India, 286. 



Meloe, four species of, 383. 



Mica, 400. Its valuable properties, 401. 



Michell's falls, 4^57, 



Minerals, 398. 



Mississippi Territory, curiosities in the, 476. 

 Molybdcena, 424. 

 Moose, 315. 



Motacilla sialis, blue bird, 346. 

 Mountain country, 17. 



Mountains,, height of, 18. Regularity- of, 20. Three prin- 

 cipal ridges in Virginia, 21. Blue ridge, ib. North moun- 

 tain, 22. Alleghanies, 23. Several intermediate ridges, 

 24. Others west of the Alleghanies, 25. Generally m a 

 state of decay, 58. Causes thereof, ib. 



Mount Washington, 27. The pinnacle or sugar loaf, 30. 

 Noble prospect from, ib. 



Mus bursarius, ash coloured rat, 341. 



Muscovy glass. See Mica. 



Myrica ceriferay candle berry myrtle, 296. 



N. 



^.Natural Curiosities^ 

 Natural division of the United States, 11. 

 JV'^«/e-/ea=z;ei/collinsonia, or horse weed, 279. 

 Nettle 'tree, American, yellow fruited, 255, 



