INDEX. 
People in England^ their Number — — 268 
Pepper , Mufhroom , Account of that Plant — 860 
Peterjburgh , the Death of Profeffor Richman there, occa- 
fioned by the Electrical Power of the Clouds — 61 
Peyffonel (John Andrew) M. D. his Obfervations on the 
Currents of the Sea, at the Antilles of America — 624 
• his Obfervations on the Brimftone- 
Hill, in the Ifland of Guadelupa — 564 
Phenomena of the Weather , concerning the Caufe of them 
1 24 
Phenomenon of a topical oblong Cloud , from whence iffued 
Flames, Rays, and fiery Corrufcations, feen at Conjlan- 
tinople — — — — 1 19 
Philips (Mr. Richard ) his Letter concerning the Agitation 
of the Waters, near Reading, in Berkfhire, Nov. 1, 1755 
S 6 5 
Phyfical Obfervations , an Account of fome made in Ajia 
251 
Pitfold (Mr. James) Letter to him concerning t hffeCts 
of Lightning at Barking , in Surry — 309 
Plants , Catalogue of Fifty, from Chelfea Garden, for the 
Year 1745 — — — 78 
1 )° for the Year 1755 • — 607 
Englifh , Account of fome of the more uncommon, 
obferved in Leicefterfhire > — — 803 
Plummer (Mr.) Two Letters to him, concerning the Earth- 
quake, Nov. 1, 1755, as felt at Oporto — 419, 421 
Plurality of Wives, Query, if it be favourable to the In- 
creafe of Mankind — — • — 96 
. ■ anfwered — 103 
Plymouth , Account of the Agitation of the Waters there 
Nov. 1, 1755 — — — 37 l 
Effeds of Lightning on the Great Hulk there 
1 6 
Pococke ( Richard ) LL. D. fhews a petrified Echinus, of a 
fingular Kind, to the Royal Society — 155 
Polypes , remarkable ones, found in the Waters, near Bruf- 
fels, in Flanders — — — 248 
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