INDEX. 
Pace. 
wall 
.... 588 
rise and 
great 
tions on tlie 
of China, 
tlwina-river, its 
course, 
Earth, geological changes 
of the, ... 
Earthquakes, causes of, 
' of the remote times, 
account of, 
— in Calabria, account 
of, 
account of the great, 
in 1755, 
*•- in Sicily and the two 
Calabrias, 
in Pern, 
■ connection of, with 
volcanoes. 
Ebbing and flowing well. 
Peak of Derbyshire, de- 
scription of, ... 
Ebro, its rise and course, 
Ecion-hill, Derbyshire, cop- 
per-niine of. 
Edible birds’ nests, obser 
vations and account of,; 
Edward the Confessor’s 
chapel, description of, 
Edystoiic light-liouse, de- 
scripiion of^, 
Egypt, the pyramids of, 
temples and inonu- 
meuts in, 
Egyptian antiquities, Bri- 
tish Museum, description 
of, ... ... 
I'-lbe, rise and course of the, 
Eldeu-hole, Peak of Derby- 
shire, description of, 59 
Elephants, fossil remains of, 2sl3 
• natural history of, 484 
• ' instance of the saga- 
...'^'tyof, — 
^•C'phantaj t8nipi6s oij 
Ellis, Mr. his observations 
on the porcelain tower at 
Nankin, ... ... 
Elphinstonc, Mr. his de- 
scription of the Indus, S45 
England, description of me- 
teors seen in, ... 416 
354 
208 
146 
152 
153 
155 
168 
178 
182 
59 
360 
283 
499 
611 
598 
533 
542 
627 
358 
486 
581 
589 
655 
Page, 
English curiosities, descrip- 
tion of, ... 74 
Etna, Mount, description of, 8 
eruptions of, ... 12 
Euphrates, its rise and 
couise, •• ... 346 
European rivers, descrip- 
tion of, ... ... 352 
lakes, ... 372 
Fata Morgana, account of, 438 
Felling colliery, Sunder- 
land, account of a dread- 
accident in, ... 294 
Fingal’s cave, description 
of, ... ... 121 
Fossils, extraneous, obser- 
vations on, ... 217 
Fossil crocodiles, descrip- 
tion of, ... 220 
Fossil shells, observations 
on, ... ... 230 
Franklin, Dr. his experi- 
ments in atmospherical 
electricity, ... 446 
Fyers, Scotland, fall of the, 392 
GAMniA, river, its rise and 
course, ... ... 352 
Ganges, its rise and course, 343 
Garonne, its rise, ... 358 
Gas-light apparatus, de- 
scription of, .. 617 
General post-office, descrip- 
of the, ... ... 61 
Gcoftiy of Moimionth, his 
account of Stonehenge, 60 1 
Germany and Hungary, ca- 
verns of, containing fossil 
bones, ... 112 
Geysers, Iceland, fountains 
of the, • • ... 26 
Giant’s Causeway, Irclant^, 
description of, ... 187 
Gibraltar, St. Micliael’s 
cave at, ... 427 
- great earthquake in 
1755, felt at, ... 160 
Giggleswick-spring, York- 
shire, deseiiption of, ... 400 
Glaciers, description of the, 86 
Gold and silver mines, de- 
scription of, ... 264 
