CONTENTS. 
Part I. Manners and Castoms of all Nations, PAGE 9 
.. Tl. Remarkable Biography, &c. ....301 
. . III. ' Notable Histories, 439 
.. IV. Eccentric Sects, &c, ...534 
. . V. Singular Inventions, &c. . «..57 0 
.. VI. Natural Curiosities, &c 595' 
.. VII. Mystical Sciences, &c .G05 
.. VIII. Extraordinary Buildings, &c 692 
. . IX. Wonderful Animals, Insects, Trees, &c. . . 727 
. . X. Miscellaneous Articles of Curiosity, .7*84 
INDEX. 
Abaris, the Hyperborean, 301 
Abdals, Eastern saints, 562 
Abiponians, a tribe of American Indians, 88 
Abdalonyrnus, 302 
Abjuration, an ancient English custom, 298 
Abelard and Eloisa, the true story of, 496 
Abstinence from food, 524. 
Abracadabra, a Syrian god, 539 
Abyssinian feast, 230 
Acridophagi, or locust-eaters of Ethiopia, 
159 
Adam, legendary acconnt of, 439 
Adams, Jack, the astrologer, 3&1 
Adamites, a sect of ancient heretics, 549 
Adoration of the Hindoos, mode of, 139 
Adrian’s wall, 708 
Adultery, punishments of, 298 
Aerostation, history of, 448 
^tna, a burning mountain of Sicily, 635 
Elites, or eagle stone, 611 
Agouti, an American animal, 736 
Albinos, as described by the Portuguese,! 12 
Aleppo, climate, religion, and castoms of, 93 
Algerines, account of the, 45 
Algonquins, a nation of N. America, 163 
Alibamons, a tribe of Indians, 190 
All-fools’ day, 249 
All-hallow even, or nut-crack night, 252 
Alarof, the Mahometan partition wall, 554 
Alrae, or alma, dancing girls, 272 
Alphabetical characters, combinations of, 
799 
Alps, a range of mountains, 624 
Alexandrian library, 708 
Amazons, an account of the, 146 
Amboyna, customs, religion, &c. in, 56 
Americftns, customs, dress, &c. of the, 76 
America, probable manner of first people- 
ing, 87 
Araul?ts, 680 
Angoy, a kingdom of Africa, 167 
Anossi, aprovince of Madagascar,, 189 
Ansarians, a people of Syria, 144 
Ansikans, inhabitants of Afiica, 128 
Antnro|!ophagi, or man-eaters, 73 
Antiquity of the world, 445 
extravagant claims to, 445 
Antipodes, 478 
Anachorets, or anchorets, 641 
Animal magnetism, 685 
Antiquities of Benevento in Italy, 694 
at Abydus in Egypt, 696 
Ants’ eggs, 766 
bills, methods of destroying, 768 
Aormas, a high rock in India, 622 
Apparitions, remarks on, 682 
Appellations, corrupted, 786 
Arabians, manners and customs of the, 120 
Ariraanius, the evil god of the Persians, 535 
Armenians, religion of the, 543 
Aranjuez, palace of, 718 
Ashantees, manners and customs of the, 18 
Asyla of altars and temples, 236 
Asphyxia, or suspended animation, 515 
Astronomical machine, Dr. Long’s, 570 
Assassins, a sect of Mahometans, 554 
Astrology, 671 
Athenian girls, description of, 44 
Atooi, one of the Sandwich islands, 66 
Avalanches, masses of snow, 662 
Avars, a tribe of Sarmatian origin, 202 
Ausenses, a people of Lybia, 115 
Austerlitz, battle of, 514 
Augury, 667 
Babel, account of the city and tower of, 716 
Bagdad, view of society in, 31 
Babylonians, peculiar customs of the, 65 
Barcans, of Africa, account of the, 32 
Balinese, manners and customs of the, 99 
Baptism of ships, 235 
Bachelors, laws respecting, 291 
Bakers, history of, 447 
Balbec, ruins of, 806 
Ballad-singers, English, 474 
Barbarity in Virginia, 466 
Balloons, 448 
Banian tree, 783 
Battles, 500, 512, 514 
Bangorian controversy, history of the, -563 
Battering-ram, and ancient arms, 672 
