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441 
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Cruelty, extraordinary instance of - - 351 
Cuhi'oation of land neglected near Rio - 100 
Currtnt in the Strait of Gibraltar - - 2 
Custom, curious instance of tenacity to 
ancient - - - - 321 
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Dance of the Booshuanas - - -397 
Darwin, Dr., absurdity of his doctrines 231 
Dead, how anciently interred in TenerifFe 46 
Defences oi Madeira - - - ^1 
Digestion different in different animals - 146 
Z)/«wr of Van Weegeij|;ian - - 2ojJ 
Dinners, public, of the Cochinchinese - 287 
Discovery of Madeira - - - 16 
of the Brazils _ . . J 04 
Dolphin, beautiful colours of, when dying 59 
Drake, ship of, preserved with great 
care - - •• - 64 
Dress of inhabitants of Madeira - 12 
of those of Teneriffe - - 49 
of the women of Rio - - 96 
of the Dutch in Batavia - - 204 
of the Cochinchinese - - 301 
Dutchman's cockle - - - 167 
Dutch, attempt of, to assimilate Java to 
Holland - - - 172 
architecture of - - - 1/5 
mode of living in Batavia - -211 
Dwelling- houses in Batavia, number of - 177 
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Earthjchzngts happening on the surface of 154 
Egg of the ancient philosophers - 155 
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Elephants of Cochinchina • - 290 
vindictive spirit of - - 418 
supposed to bury their dead ~ 419 
Elysian Fields, supposed by Plutarch the 
Fortunate Islands - - 
Emperor of China, trick played on him - 254 
Employment of inhabitants of Madeira - 12 
English, inconveniencies felt by, in foreign 
countries - - - 54 
Entertainment given by the Governor of 
Madeira - - " ^5 
by the Governor of Batavia - 207 
by the Cochinchinese - - 293 
by the Chief of the Booshuanas' - 397 
Entrance of the harbour of Rio de Janeiro 74 
Equality of condition among the Booshu- 
anas _ . - 400 
Experiment explaining the current in the 
Strait of Gibraltar - - 3 
of sinking an empty bottle - - ^3 
on the pithing of cattle - -433 
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Feast elephants - - - 290 
Features of the Cochinchinese - - 308 
Fertility of the land near Rio _ - loi 
Fish boiled alive in hot springs - 144 
abundant near Amsterdam island - 146 
Fishes, remai kable velocity of - 60 
flying - - - 62 
Fisherman, Cochinchinese - - 24S 
Fishing, the usual amusement of pas- 
sengers by sea - "59 
Flowers worn by the ladies of Rio de 
Janeiro - - - 210 
custom of exchanging them • 93 
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