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Sai gong, a city of Cochinchina - - 246 
Salt, monopoly of, in the Brazils - lai 
Salmon^ muscular power of - - 60 
Santa Cruz, bay of - • "29 
town of - - "33 
St.Jago - - ' ■ S7 
St. Selastian, city of - -78 
Santa Clara, convent of - - 93 
St. Catharine, island of - - 1 34 
Sargasso, sea of - - '73 
Sea, storm at, awful - - 2 
employment of passengers by - 59 
Seal-catchers on Amsterdam island - ^55 
Secretary bird, digestive power of the 
stom.ach of - - 146 
Sharks, observations on the stomachs of - 14^ 
Shark-fshing, danger of - - 162 
5'/^//i/i/«j- in the bay of Batavia - - 169 
of Cochinchina - - - 319 
Ships^ holds, advantages of dividing - 320 
Ships perforated by the snout of the 
sword-fish - - 61 
Shulls, chamber of - - 7 
Slavery resisted by the Soiith Americans 106 
not known in the centra! parts of South 
Africa ... 405 
Slaves, conduct of a French officer to- 
wards - - - III 
condition of, in the Brazils - - 112 
compared with those of the West India 
islands - - - 114 
of St. Domingo - - - ti6 
character and condition of, in Batavia 238 
how emancipated in Batavia - 241 
Sntij^, how taken by the Booshuanas - 395 
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South America saved by the Jesuits - 1 07 
South Africa, a journey in - - 364 
colonies in South America - 132 
Spiders' claws converted into tooth-picks 200 
Stags' horns, whimsical opinion respecting 411 
Stags not found in all Africa - - 413 
Stephanos, a Polish Greek, extraordinary 
character of - - - 424 
Stones falling from heaven - - 26 
Storke, Dr., receipt of, for the cure of 
madness - - - 229 
Storm on the deserts of Africa - 43© 
Strait of Sunda - - - 158 
Strictures on Darwin'^s doctrine - 232 
Subsistence, articles of, in Cochinchina - 312 
Sugar-cane transplanted to the Brazils - 105 
.??//)/d'r of the governor of Batavia - 210 
Sivord-Jish, muscular power of - 61 
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Tahheitse, a new and curious animal ~ 4x5 
Taxes and monopolies in TenerifFe - 52 
Tejeuca, excursion to - - - 100 
Temperature oi yidL^avci . - 10 
on the peak of Teneriffe - ~ 43 
of TenerifFe - - "53 
of Batavia - - - 180 
Teneriffe - - . 2,7 
Theatre of Cochinchina -• - 295 
Theft, (^ochinchinese addicted to . 298 
Thermal springs on Amsterdam island - 143 
Thousand Islands - ** - - 164 
Timber of Cochinchina - - 343 
Tobacco, mode of smoking by the Boo- 
shuanas - 39^ 
Tooth'piclis of spiders' claws - - 200 
