*)60 
INDKX, 
V\r.E. 
Skiiidiiw, flescriptioTi of the, 7y 
Snakes, fafciiiatiiig power 
of, .. ■ ... 4r;3 
Siiowdoii-moiiuliiin, ilf-'scrip- 
tioii of, ... 7<> 
Soairrier-momilrtiii, dqserip- 
tioii of, ... 62 
.SoiokIs and echoes, obser- 
vations on. 4(5.5 
tSonter-frll, Cumberland, re- 
markable utmospherual 
pJicmenena observed on, 43G 
Spiln, rivers of, ... 3.) 
Spildiug, Mr. his diving- 
bell, 660 
S'lunish-armory, tower of 
London, description of, 616 
Speedwell-level, peak of 
Ilerbyshire, description 
of, ... ... 66 
Spliynx, Deiion’s descrip- 
tion of the, ... .642 
Springs and wells, descrip- 
tion of, ... 392 
Spectre of Ibe HroUeii, at- 
mospherical phenomena, 
description of, 434 
SjMii ting snake, natural his- 
tory of the, ... 484 
Stafia-cavern, description of 
the grand, ... 121 
Steam-engine, description of, 634 
boat, ... 636 
.Stonehenge, various opi- 
nions on, ... 003 
.Stroinholi, volcanic island 
of, .. ... 79 
Subterraneens wonders, ac- 
count of, .. ... 104 
Sudbury, parhelion, or 
mock suns, seen at, ... 442 
Snlphiir-inountain, deseiip- 
tionofa, ... ... 31 
Szelilzc, Upper Hungary, 
a singular caveni at, 123 
TABt.E-iUOUNTAlN, SoUlh 
Carolina, I lie precipice of, S07 
Tagus, its rise and course, 359 
'J'aje Mahal mausoleum, de- 
scription ul^ ... 637 
I’-VOE. 
Taiioier, effect of the great 
eartlii|uakc ill 176.6, oil 
the waters at, ... 166 
Tay, its rise and course, 366 
Tees, fall of the, ... .391 
Telegraph, Kiiglisli, de- 
seriplioii of, ... 632 
Telescope, deseription of 
111- Hersehel s, ... 631 
Teiierifl'e, the peak of, ... 41 
Tenniles, or white nuts, iia- 
tiinil history of the, ... 602 
Thames, its rise ami course, 361 
Tlii hes, ruins of, ... 64-1' 
Tlior’s.lionse, peak of Der- 
bvshire, description of, 72 
Thinidi r and lightning, ob- 
servations on, — 445 
storms, account of 
remarkable, ... 443 
Tiber, its rise and course, 362 
Tides and currents. Sir Ki- 
c'.iard Phillips oil tlie 
causes of, ... 324 
counter, cause of, 329 
Tillard, Capt. bis account 
of an extraordinary phe- 
nomenon at sea, ... 99 
Tiiito-river, its rise ami 
eoiii'se, ... 360 
Toplitz, iffeet of the great 
earthquake in 1756, on 
the medieiaai waters at, I66 
Tower of London, deserip- 
lion of the, ... 614 
Townley-marlilo.s, llritjsli 
imiseuni, description of, 627 
Trajan’s iiiliar, description 
of. .692 
Trent, its rise ami eonr-e, 363 
Trinidad, piteli lake of, 461 
Troas, hot-spriiigs of the, 397 
Troy, the plain of, ... 6<6 
Tiiccoa-rall, North Ame- 
rica, description of, ... 384 
Tumulus, a remarkable one 
on the plain of Troy, 678 
UnES, .St. dcstrnetioii of by 
the great eartli quake in 
1755 L'.9 
