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INDEX. 
Page. 
Massnn-hill, peak .,f Dcr- 
hysliire, description of, 69 
Mastodon, fossil remains of 
the 25!6 
Mawe, Mr. his description 
of diamond works, ... 2o0 
Mecca, tiic temple of, ,')01 
Mender, cataract of the, od? 
Messina, destruction of the 
greater part of, hy an 
earthquake, ... 1’4 
Meteors, desciiptioii of, 40.) 
Mexico, gold and silver 
mines of, ... ••• '-61. 
Michael, St. Azores, hot- 
springs of, 396 
Mine.s, inctals, and gcm.s, 
observations on, ... 258 
Miage, description of the, 
seen near Cairo, .. 437 
Aliscellaneou.s subjects con- 
nected with mineralogy, 
description of, ... 2P6 
Mississippi-river, its ri.ic and 
fconrse, .. ••• 338 
Missouri, falls of the, ... 38-t 
Monserrat, description of, 88 
Monsoons, description of 
the, .. ... 456 
Monnment, description of 
the, .. ... 620 
Montmorency, falls of the, 382 
Moors, mosses, and bogs, 
observations on, ... 232 
Morning’s Walk to Kew,’* 
geological extracts from, 211 
Nankin, the porcelain 
tower of, ... 587 
Natural bridges, dcscitp- 
tioii of, .. ... 196 
Nature, miscellaneous won- 
ders of, ." ... 465 
Nazareib, description of, 567 
Nieper-river,^ its rise and 
conr.-e, .. ••• 35.8 
Neva, Its rise and course, 364 
Newcastie, account of tlie 
coal-trade of, ... 287 
Newman, Mr. description 
of Ins blow-pipe, ... 644 
Page. 
Niagara, falls or, .. 379 
rNile, description of vlie, 348 
cataracts of the, ... 387 
Nisnics, description of a 
magnificent Roman Ain- 
pliilheatic at, 591 
de.scription of the 
Mais.son Cari ee at, ... 59.8 
Nortii Cape, description of, 204 
Ocean, plieiiomeiiaof the, 3lO 
Oliio river, its rise and 
coiit.se, ... ... 318 
Olives, the mount of, ... 570 
Omar, lieseriplion of the 
niagnificciit niosqiie of, ... 572 
Oporto, i lfeets of the great 
earthquake in 177.5, at,... 158 
Oiaiig (iutang, natural his- 
tory of the, ... ... 489 
Oriental amethyst, descrip- 
tion of the, ... 301 
sapphire, ... ib’ 
Oroonoko river, its rise and 
ooiirse, 335 
PADEitiiORN spring, West- 
phalia, description of, ... 40® 
Palmyra, ruins of, ... 543 
Parhelia, or mock sniis, 
de.scriptioii of, 441 
Paris iiiiiseiim,descriptioiiof, 624 
Parjs mountain, Augicsea, 
copper works of, 
Paul’s, St. the ca tiled ral of, 
whispeiinggailcry of. 
Peak of llcrhysliire, de- 
scription of the, 
tiie seven wonders 
of the, 
cavern, description 
of. 
Penman lUawr, moiintaik, 
dcsei iptioii of, 
Peroiil, Montpelier, boiling 
spiingat, ... 
Persepolis, ruins of, 
Pern, earthquakes in, ... 
Peter’s, St. at Rome, de- 
scription of, 
Phillips, Sir Ricliard, geo- 
logical extracts from his 
osi 
607 
609 
61 
ih. 
61 
78 
398 
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