IXDEX. 
Page. 
■AMAiCA, earthquake fc!t 
•tt, in 179(!, ... lao 
Jiijian, inoiiiitains of, ... 87 
■ ; gold mines of, ... 268 
copper-mines of, 284 
Iiot-sprii'.ga of, S99 
Java, connexion of carlli- 
qnakes v.itli volcanoes, in 
the island of, ... 182 
■ remarkable mud- 
lake in, .. ... 40B 
Jerusalem, the lioly sepul- 
chre at, 56S 
Jewel-office, tower of Lon- 
don, description of, 619 
Jones, Inigo, his opinion of 
the origin of Stonehenge, COj 
KAMTSciiATitA, volcanic 
mountains, Asia, descrip- 
tion of, ... ... 87 
Kentnckj’-eavern, descrip- 
tion of the great, ... 104 
Kian-Kii river, Asia, its 
rise am! course, ... ."47 
Killarnev, the lake of, 377 
Kn aresborougli, remarkable 
dropping well at, ... 39-1 
Kotzcliue, his dc.scription 
of Mount Vesuvius, 19 
of the dc.slruction 
'if Pompeii, ... i:>4 
Lakes, description of, 367 
La til am, Mr. his account of 
an instance of atmosphe- 
rical rclVuelion, ... 410 
Latopolis, the ancient, dc- 
•seription of, ... .546 
Lawrence, St. river, rise 
and course of, ... ;Ml 
Lay-well .spring, Torbay, 
desci iption of, ... 400 
Lehiiiion, the tower of, ... 5,>0 
Leeds, extraordiiiary me- 
teor seen at, -. 41 j 
Lichtenstein,!!!. his account 
of the fascina ting power 
of snakes, ... ... 483 
Lifebor.t, description of 
the, .. ... 0;!K 
U.na, arthquakes in, 178 
657 
I’AliE 
Lin wood-gallery, I.eice.s- 
ter - square, description 
Ilf, . ... 69.1 
Lipari, volcanic island of, 82 
Lislioii, account of the great 
larthqnake in 1735, felt 
at, ... ... 1 , 1.1 
Local cniTent-', cnu.se, s of, 32tJ 
Loch Loiiinnd, ilLScriptii.n 
of, ... ... 376 
Ness, ... 377 
-s Neavli, ... rl7S 
Etiie, ... 379 
Loire, its rise and eour.se, 3.‘)S 
Lomhin water- works, ac- 
count of, .. ... 6-19 
Louisiana, Upper, lead- 
mines of, ... 286 
Linivre, desei ijition of the, 621 
l.ove-’s leap, Buxton, ac- 
count of the, ... 73 
Lumen Borealc, dc.scrip- 
tion of the, ... 427 
Luminous arches, descrip- 
tion of, ... ... ISO 
Lnmir rainbow, description 
of, .. ... 413 
Lyndon, Kiitland, shire, par- 
helia, or mock .smi.s, seen 
at, ... ... 412 
Mackenzii;, Sir G. S. hi.s 
de.scription of Mount 
Hecla, -• •• ‘J.1 
of tlie Geysers, 28 
of a snipimr inoi;!!- 
faiii, ... ... 30 
Madrid, the great earth- 
quake in 1753, felt at, 16f 
iMae.striclit, descriptioii of 
a barge fossil animal at, 221 
Maisoii Caree, at N"tsme.«, 
dc.seriplion of, ... .593 
-Mam Tor, peak of Derby- 
shire, deseription of, ... £3 
Manimoili, .Siberian, I'ossd 
remains of the, ... 923 
Man of War, deseription of 
a first-rate, ... 640 
Slarble cascade, deserip- 
ti'Jii of, ... 339 
