INDEX. 
Page. 
" Morning's Walk 
to 
Kew,’’ 
eti 
cause of tides 
and 
CHrreiits, by. 
32-J- 
his description 
of 
a water-spout, 
458 
on tlic utility 
of 
steamboats. 
636 
Plata, la, gold and silver 
mines of. 
263 
Plata, Rio dela, its rise and 
COHISC, ... ... 337 
Pliny, Ills account of tlie 
destruction of Pompeii, 138 
Picliincha mountain. South 
America, description of, 6 
Pisa, liangiii" tower at, ... 58!) 
Pitcliford, Slii'opsliirc, hitii- 
miuoiis well at, ... ... 7h 
Po, its rise and course, ... 3(i0 
Pocokc, Dr. his account of 
the Nile, ... ... 349 
Poet’s coiner, at Westmin- 
ster Abbey, monuments 
in, ... 611 
Polydore Virgil, his opinion 
of Stonehenge, ... ... COS 
Pompeii, discovery and de- 
scription of, ... 134 
amphitheatre at, 149 
Pont dn Guard, Nismes, 
description of the, .. .594 
Pool's hole, peak of Derby- 
sliiie, description of, S7 
Porcelain tower. Nankin, 
Mr. Ellis's account of, 5S9 
Portici, museum at, ... 143 
Pottinger, l.ieut. on the 
sands of the Deserts, 253 
Precipices and promonto- 
ries, description of, 200 
Principal rivers, origin of, 330 
Printiiig-eugine, description 
of, ... ... 641 
Pyramids of Egypt, de- 
scription of, ... 53s 
Quicksilver - mines, de- 
scription of, ... 271 
Rattlesnake, nntmaldns- 
tory of the, •• 41a 
65 
Page. 
Reciprocating feuntain.s, or 
.spriues, de.scription of, 399 
Ueynard’s-hole, peak of 
Derbyshire, description 
of, ... ... 71 
Rhine, its rise and course, .3.53 
Kliiiioceros, fossil reinaius 
of, ., ... 227 
Kiione, its rise and course, 357 
Kich, Mr. on the ruins of 
Babylon, ... SSa 
his de.vcription of 
Uabylonian bricks, .560 
Kockiiig .stone-s, description 
of, .. ... 605 
Rome, the coliseum of, 590 
Trajan's pillar at, 592 
iSt. Peter's of, - 595 
Kumiuantia, 1'o.ssil remains 
of, .. ... 223 
Saccaii A, pyramids of, 54x 
Safety-lamp, Sir Hiimplirey 
Davy's description of the, 645 
Salic des Aniupies, Lonvre, 
description of, ... 622 
Salsette, temples of, .. 584 
Salt-mines, description of, 302 
Sea, islands originating from 
the, .. ... 91 
hirainous points in 
the, 322 
Saltness of the, 3l2 
— armoury, tower of 
London, de.-criplion of 
the, ... — 616 
serpent, description 
of a, .. ... 469 
water, congelation 
of, ... ... S1.5 
Seine, its rise and course, 3.59 
.Senegal, its rise and course, 351 
Severn, its rise, ... 362 
Shirebmn-castle, Oxford- 
■vliire, great earthquake in 
1755, felt at, ... 165 
Sichem, remains of, .. 572 
Sicily, eai tliqnakes in, ... 168 
Sites, varimis revered, re- 
corded in scripture, de- 
scription of, ••• 5Tl 
