le^SE. 
de- 
... 600 
... 554 
46 
75 
Bcll-rotk liglit housC; 
scription of, 
Belii5, temple of, 
Beimel, Hon. 51r. liis de- 
scription of llic Peak of 
Tcnerift’e, 
Ben Nevis mountain, de- 
scription of, 
Bessely gaiit, description of, 200 
Bctldelicin, observations on, 
and description of, 566 
Birds, migration of, •.* 500 
Bilnininoiis and otlu 
Lakes, dcsciiplion of, sOl 
Blanc, Mont, description of, 35 
Blow-pipe, description of, 643 
Boa ' Constrictor, natural 
history of the, 46.5 
BonplamI, M. his descrip- 
tion of an extraordinary 
meteor, 
Botllc-nested Sparrow, 
tnral history of the, 
Bmirget, Savoy, reciproca- 
ting spring, near the lake 
of, ... 
Brande, Mr. his experiments 
in gas liglit apparatus, 648 
Brasil, gold mines of, 267 
Britain, Great, lead mines of, 286 
British mountains, descrip- 
tion of, ••• ••• 
rivers, ... 361 
■ lakes, ... 375 
■ iniiseiim, description 
of, ... ..._ 
Bi osley-spring, account of, 
Bruce, Mr. on the sands of 
the deserts, 
his description of 
the cerastes, or horned 
snake, 
of the Nile, 
of the cataracts 
of the Nile, 
of the ruins of 
Balbec, ... >. 550 
Buet moimtain,view from the, 37 
Bullock’s museum, Picca- 
dilly, description of, 6S9 
INDEX. 653 
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Bushridge, Surrey, ''effects 
of the great earthquake 
in 175.1, at, ... .*• 163 
Buxton, the environs of, 73 
Cader Idris mountain, 
descrijition of, ... 77 
Cadiss, effects of the great 
eartinpiake in 175.5, in, 1.55 
Calabria, earthquake in, 153 
Calahrias, dreadful earth. 
quakes in the two, 168 
Cape of the Winds, descrip- 
tion of, .. ... 202 
Carthage, ruins of, ... .574 
Carletoii, Capt., Ids descrip- 
tion of Mont Serrat, 40 
Caspian Sea, description of 
tli8, ... ... 372 
Cataracts and Cascades, de- 
scription of, ... 37i) 
Cathedral, St. Paul’s, de- 
scription of, ... 607 
Caverns, in Gerinany and 
Hungary, containing fos- 
sil bones, arcouiU of, 1 1 3 
Cavern, a .singular one, 128 
Cerastes, or liurned snake, 
natiira' tdstory of the, 481 
Chanielco.., natural history 
of the, 491 
Charleton, Mr. Ids opinion 
of Stonehenge, ••• 605 
Chee Tor, Peak of Derby- 
siiire, description of, ... 68 
Chesapeak Bay, descrip- 
tion of, ... 34* 
Cliesldre, salt-mines and 
sail-springs otj ... 305 
Ciiimborazo Mountain, .South 
America, description oti 4 
Cldna, great wall of, 587 
Clarke, Dr. ids description 
of the Grotto of Aotipa- 
ros, ... ••• 111 
of tlie sands of the 
deserts, •• ••• 
- of the Nile, 
of the Dead Sea, 
of the cataract of 
tlie Mender, ••• 388 
405 
499 
401 
623 
396 
256 
481 
350 
387 
257 
350 
376 
