INDEX 
, Page. 
Adrianople, description of 
the magnihccnt mosque 
of Sultan Selim I. at, 574 
Aerolites, description of, . 420 
Africa, effects of the great 
earthquake of 1755, in, 161 
the deserts of, 244 
rivers of, ... 344 
lakes of, ... 372 
South, water-fall of, 386 
Air-balloon, description of 
|>ie, ... ... 634 
Albay, description of the 
volcanic mountain of, 89 
Alexandria, the crypt®, or 
catacombs of, ... 545 
Ali Bey, his pilgrimage 
across the deserts of 
Africa, ... ,,, 248 
Ally, Hyder, the magnifi- 
cent mausoleum of, 586 
Amazons, river of the, 332 
America, gold and silver 
266 
332 
367 
1 
166 
mines of, 
" ' rivers of, ... 
lakes of, 
Andes, mountains of the, 
Angoulesme, effect of the 
great earthquake in 1755, 
on the water-springs at, 
Aiiio, grand cascade of the, 389 
Anns, St., well. Peak of 
Derbyshire, description of, 64 
Antonia, San, precipices of, 206 
Aniiparos, the grotto of, 109 
ApOllinopolis, Magna, the 
temple of, ... 543 
Arabian Deserts, descrip- 
tion of, ... ... 244 
Ariio, rise and course of the, 360 
Art, wonders of, ... 533 
Artillery, royal train, Tow- 
PagB* 
er of London, desetip- 
tion of, ... ... 6 i6 
Asiatic Mountains, descriu- 
tiou of, ... ... 37 
■■ rivers, rise and 
course of, ... 34-'* 
lakes, ... 37 O 
Athens, Dr. Clarke’s de- 
scription of, ... 579 
Atmospherical phenomena, 
description of, ... 40 .' 
refraction, a 
remarkable instance of,. 440 
Aurora Borealis, descrip- 
tion of, ... ... 426 
Australis, ib- 
Babylon, ruins of, ... 55^ 
Babylonian bricks, obser- 
vations on, and descrip- 
tion of, ... 560 
Balbec, ruins of, ... 55® 
Bank of England, descrip- 
tion of the, ... (JI 8 
Banks, Sir Joseph, bis ac- 
count of Mount Hecia, 2® 
of Fingal’s cave, 127 
Banian tree, natural history 
of tbe, ... ... 519 
Bailborougb, Derbyshire, 
great earthquake in 1755, 
felt at, ... ... 165 
Basaltic and rocky won- 
ders, account of, .. IST” 
columns, description 
of, ... ... 1?^ 
Bath, hot spring at, 399 
Beaufurt, Capt. bis descrip- 
tion of tbe Vanar, or per- 
petual fire, ... 129 
Beaver, natural history of 
the, .. 
Bee, natural bi.«tory of the, 50® 
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