5 i6 I N D E X. 
Bojion in New England would decreafe in inhabitantSy vvert 
there no fupply from the country, p. L15. 
BoXy not an indigenous tree, p. 29, 35. 
Brakenrulgey Dr. his method of finding the number of tfe 
' inhabitants in London precarious, p. 102, 103. Has 
over-rated it, ibid. An error in another method of 
his, p. 104. 
Brczunrigg^ Mr. George, fends a particular oil extrafted 
from ground nuts in North Caroiine, p. 3,79. 
Burials exceed births in towns, p. 115. Lefs in Paris thai> 
■would be expeded, p. 119. 
C. 
Canton^ Mr. John, obferves the t ran fit -of Venus, p. 193, 
194. And the eclipfe of the fun, p. 194. Hrs experi- 
ments on the luminoufnefs of the fea, 446. 
Cayaneburg in Lapland, obfervations of the tranfit o.'" Ve- 
nus in that place, p. 329. 
Cartilages regenerated as well as bones, p. 44. 
Chalybeate waters, imitated by Mr. Lane, p. 2 18 — 222, &c. 
Chelfea^ fifty new' plants of the garden deferibed, p. 3 84,, 
&e. 
Chefnut^ doubts about its being originally a native of Great 
Britain, p. 24, 25, &c. Whether formerly much em- 
ployed as timber, p. 26. The oldell of tliefe trees in- 
England, p. 30. 
Cbinefe, a great nation from, the time of the confufion of 
tongues, p. 493. Their early and uninterrupted ideas 
of a Deity, p. 503, 504. 
Chinefe htters, anciently fymbolical, p. 495, Afterwards 
hieroglyphical, p. 497. How formed, ibid. Their 
differences, p, 498, 501. Defeifls and iriegularities, 
p. 499, 5C0. 1 heir refen-)biance with Egyptian hiero- 
glyphics, p. 502 ; but intirely difierent, ibid. 
Ghyle^ tranfparent in birds, p. 199. White in the croco- 
dile, ibid, 
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