INDEX. 
Jerusalem, (wlUi a view,) 712- 
Jews of York, 485 
.Jezides, a sect in Turkey and Persia, 542 
Jidda, a port in Arabia, 70G 
Illuminati, history of the, 566 
, Imagination, power of the, 235 
Improvement of the state of women, 300 
Incomhuslible cloth, 575 
Indians of America, manners and customs 
of the, 78 
/dol of Owhyhee, 794 
Insects, recently discovered, 766 
Inscriptions on church bells, 256 
John O’Groat’s house, 720 
Ischort'i, inhabitants of Ingria, 133 
Kabohiquas, a nation of South Africa, 184 
Kalmucs, a tribe of Tartars, 177 
Kamtschatka, inhabitants of, 22 
Kettlew'ell, Lumley, esq. 432 
Kubesha, a town in Egypt, 707 
Labyrinths of Egypt and Crete, 697 
Ladrone islands, inhabitants of the, 95 
Lake Avernus, 657 — Asphaltites, 658 
Lapland, inhabitants of, 61 
Law, John, the projector, 378 
Lee-penny, or lee-stone, 614 
Lieou-Kieou, inhabitants of, 89 
Lilburne, John, 350 
Lilly, William, the astrologer, 342 
Logan, or rocking-stone, 612 
Lombards, account of the, 196 
London, pestilence and fire of, 507 
, Longevity of the Antediluvians accounted 
for, 441 
ancient and modern instances of, 
443, 790 
Long hair, clerical zeal agair-st, 483 
Loretta, chapel of, in Italy, 712 
Lotteries, 472 
Low-bell to take birds, 570 
Madagascar, people of, 188 
Magi, or Magians, of Persia, 385 
Magliabechi, Anthony, 361 
Blallicolla, in the South-seas, 188 
Manicheans, ancient heretics, 551 
Man in the moon, 234 
Marriage ceremonies, 63, 65,81, 109, 123 
198, 279 
Martinmas, 233 
Massacre of St. Bartholomew, 509 
Massianello, the fisherman of Naples, 355 
Maternal affection in S. America, 468 
Matheraaticialis, ancient, 472 
Medina, mosque at, (with a view) 714 
Menzikoff, Alexander, of Russia, 370 
Mermaid or merman, 759 
Michaelmas goose, 232 
Microscopic animals, 757 
Mole-cricket, 756 
Moon, superstition respecting the, 682 
Morin, Simon, a French fanatic, 359 
Morlacchi, in Dalmatia, 35 
Moore, Anne, the fasting woman, 437 1 
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Moors, dress, customs, &c. of the, 107 
Mount St. Michael in France, 700 
Mud-Iguana, 736 
Murder, expiation of, 236 
Mystics, a religious sect, 549 
Natural history, curious facts in, 773 
Nayler, James, the Quaker, 346 
Necromancy, 665 
Negro slavery, origin of, 493 
New-year’s eve, 264, — day, 267 
Nicobar islands, natives of the, 165 
Nobility of Naples, 50 
Noctilucus nereis, a kind of worm. 762 
Nuba, a race of pagans, 169 
Numerical figures, 501 
Oak pucerons, 744 
the royal, 776 
Old times, prices of articles in, 242 
Omens, with historical examples, 490 
Ophites, a sect of heretics, 549 
Ordeal, forms of trial by, 238 
Organs, 573 
Ostiacs, a people of Siberia, 158 
Otaheite, inhabitants of, 155 
Owhyhee (Hawaii) volcano in, 626 
valley of lYaipio, in, 660 
— inhabitants of, 164 
Pagoda of Mavalipuran in India, 703 
Pantheon at Rome, 692 
Parias, or Perreas, a tribe of Hindoos, 43 
Pairing of birds, 784 
Palmyra, ruihs of, 704 
Parisian or St. Bartholomew massacre, 509 
Parr, Old, 331 
Parental despots in Russia, 198 
Partridge, 773 
Pastimes in Great Britain, 268 
Patagonians of South America, 190 
Pegu, inhabitants, religion, &c. of, 94 
Pelew islands, inhabitants of the, 92 
Peopling of America, 87 
Persia, people and capital of, 193 
Peru, inhabitants of, 72 
Pestilence and fire of London, 507 
Peter the wild boy, 309 
Petrified ponds in Persia, 604 
Phenomenon in Bengal, 711 
Pbenix, a fabulous bird, 786 
Pholeys of Africa, 204 
Plant, wonderful, of Sombrero, 729 
Plants, propagation of, 780 
Poets laureat, 483 
Poison tree of Java, 774 
Poland, inhabitants of, 193 
Poligars, natives of Hindoostan, 173 
Population of the world, 479 
Porcupine man, 400 
Portugal, inhabitants of, 205 
Posts for the conveyance of letters, 587 
Potatoes, extraordinary increase of, 780 
Prices of articles in old times, 242 
Prison in Venice described, 698 
Prisoners, Indian manner of treating, 'SS 
