Antients, their fear of thunder,
ii. 99. note. Build a temple to
Jupiter Tonans, ib.

Antiparos, grotto of, noticed, ii.

328.

Ant-lion, artifice and address of,
ii. 319.
Ants, particulars of, i. 341. As-
sociation and economy of, ii.
12. Collections of larvæ mis-
taken for corn, 13. M. Huber's
observations on, ib. Division
of, into males, females, and
neuters, 14. The brown ant, ib.
Aphis, its liquor, a food for ants,
ii. 13.

Apiary, account of one named
after the different kingdoms, i.
385. note.
Archangel, inhabitants of its
eastern coasts, i. 41.
Architecture, singular, of the
beaver, ii. 285, 286. Reflec-
tions on, 300.
Arenaria, poetically described,
i. 301.

Ariosto quoted, i. 180. note.
194. ib.

Aristotle's definition of snow, i. 18.
Art, inferiority of its works to
those of nature, i. 312. Espe-
cially when viewed by the mi-
croscope, 313.

Artifices, wonderful, of animals,
ii. 309. Of birds, 318. Of the
insect tribes, 319.
Association, reflections on the
principle of, ii. 225. Exem-
plified among animals, 226. In
man, 227. Origin and progress
of society, 229. Advantages
of, to man, 231.
Astronomy, enriched by the la-
bours of Kings, i. 57. Praises
of, from the Night Thoughts,
58. Dignity of, 59. Account
of the Ptolemaic system, 60.
Of the Copernican system, 62.
Account of comets, 73. On a
plurality of worlds, 85.
Atheism and Theism, common

circumstance in which they
agree, ii. 365.
Atmosphere. See AIR.
Atmospheric Air, composition of,
i. 135, 136.

Attraction, Newtonian system of,
i. 104.

Aurelia, account of, i. 349.
Aurora Borealis, account of, in
Shetland, i. 29. Singular spe-
cies of, in Siberia, 30. In Hud-
son's bay, 31. Lines descrip.
tive of, ii. 113. note. Philo-
sophical account of, i. 31, 32;
ii. 112. Supposed to be por-
tentous of great events, 113.
Lines on, ib. Remarkable ap-
pearances of this phenomenon,
114, 115. Nature of, 116. Im-
portance of, to navigators, 117.
Autumn, character of, i. 187.
Picturesque appearances of, ii.
205-208. Changes of the
forest in, 214.

Azores, singular stagnation of the
sea near, ii. 187.

B.
Bacon, Lord, his discovery of fac-
titious air, i. 130.

Balguy, Dr. beautiful quotation
from, i. 53.

Balloon, how a representation of
the earth, i. 100.

Barbauld, Mrs. quoted, i. passim.
Barrington, Mr. arguments for
the torpidity of swallows, ii.
253.

Bass isles, flights of birds at, ii.
244.

Bay salt, account of, ii. 188.
Beccaria, Sig. observations, on

snow, i. 21. Cautions respect-
ing lightning, ii. 98.
Bean, process of vegetation in
one, i. 288.

Beattie, Dr. Minstrel quoted, i.

114, 270; ii. 41. Observations
on Dreams, i. 208.
Beaver, force of instinct exem-
plified in, ii. 281. Their near
approach to human under-

standing, ib. Their wonderful
sagacity, 282. Description of
the American beaver, ib. 283.)
Manner of forming their ha-
bitations, 285, 286. Their pe-
culiar situation and orderly ar-
rangement, ib. Superintendant
of their works, 287. Number
of houses in each pond, ib. As-
sociate in pairs, ib. Winter
stock of food, 288. Almanack
of the savages, ib. Actuated
by instinct in their architec-
ture, 289. Remarks on the in-
telligence of, 300.

Bees, on the wonderful opera-
tions of, i. 373. Political eco-
nomy of, 374. Lines descrip-
tive of, ib. 375, 376. Skill and
dexterity of the honey-bees in
the formation of their combs,
376. Curious observation of
their labours with glass-hives,
377. Their cells designed for
various purposes, 378.

Sub-
division of labour among them,
ib. How they make their wax,
379. Blasted trees and vege-,
tables most frequently visited
by them, ib. note.
Their pro-
cess of making honey, 380.
Curious use of glue, 381. At-
tack and kill snails that wander
into the hive, 382. Feed their
hungry companions, 383. Af-
fection for their queen, 384.
M. Buffon's idea of a mecha-
nical impulse refuted, 385.
Associating principle of, ib.
Lines descriptive of, i. Ana-
lysis of M. Huber's discoveries
respecting, 386, 387. Par-
ticulars of the mason bees, ii.
15. Manner of constructing
their nests, ib. 16. Account of
the wood-piercer, a solitary
bee, 19. Economy of other
species of solitary bees, 22.
Beetle tribe, lines on, i. 334.
Beings, reflections on the chain
of, in the universe, ii. 216.

Gradations of intelligence, 217.
Scale of intellect among man-
kind, 218 Characters by which
beings are distinguished from
each other, 220, Man not the
sole end of the creation, 222.
Benevolence of the Deity, ob-
servations on, i. 5.
Bernier, M. his opinion on the
saltness of the sea, ii. 185.
Bethlem, star of, poetically de-
scribed, i. 300.

Biberg, M. observations on the
migration of birds, ii. 246.
Birds, natural planters of trees,
i. 293. Physical changes in,
359. First creation of, poe-
tically described, ii. 233. Re-
flections on the passion of the
groves, 234. Beautiful uni-
formity in the structure of,
235. Anatomical construction
of, 236. Instinct and industry
of, 238. Their choice of par-
ticular spots, 240, 241. On
the migration of, 243-261.
Wonderful instinct of, 277,
279. On the variety in the
construction of their nests, 294
-299. On the marriage or
pairing of, 305. This poe-
tically described, 306-308.
Birth of the butterfly, a poem, i.
371-373.

Bitch, remarkable instance of af-
fection in one, ii. 302.
Black, Dr. discoveries in aero-
logy, i. 131.
Blackmore quoted, i. 46, 93, 171,

241, 278; ii. 54, 186, 362.
Blink of the ice, what, i. 33.
Bloomfield quoted, i. 114.
Blossoms, lines to, i. 215.
Boerhaave, M. on the doctrine of
mineral fermentation, ii. 342.
Bologna-stone, account of, ii. 55.

note.

Bonnet, M. observations on the
sagacity of beavers, ii. 288.
Botanic garden quoted, i. 159,
295-298, 304, 306.

inclemency of, i. 44.
Clouds, reflections on, i. 112.
Fantastic forms of, 112-114.
Philosophical account of, 115.
New nomenclature of, 122.
Cockroach described, i. 335.
Colours, reflections on, ii. 10.
Philosophy of, noticed by the
poets, 61. Various phenomena
of, 63. Dr. Herschel's ob-

servations on the colours in the
sun's rays, 65.
Comets, reflections on, i. 73. Po-
pular superstitions respecting,
ib. Poetically described, 74,
75. Philosophical account of,76,
80. Remarkable ones, 81, 84.
Condillac, M. theory of instinct,
ii. 273, 274.

Copenhagen, poetical description
of the winter there, i. 28,

301.

Dalton, Mr. hypothesis of the
winds, noticed, i. 14. note. Ob-
servations on atmospheric air,
137, 138. Experiments on eva-
poration, noticed, 179. note.
Danish, poems from, quoted, i.

45.

Darwin, Dr. quoted, i. 159, 161.

note.

Davies, Sir J. quoted, ii. 83, 84.
Davy, Sir Humphry, his safety-
lamp noticed, i. 132. note.
Observations on atmospheric
air, 137. His extension of the
science of Voltaism, ii. 112.
Day and night, on the alternate
succession of, i. 181.
Deer-kind, their arts to deceive
the dogs, ii. 310. Battles of
the fallow-deer in parks for
pasture, 311.
Deity, doctrine of, satisfactorily
explains the system of the uni-
verse, ii. 366.

De Lille quoted, i. 211, 275;

ii. 207.

Derbyshire, fossil shells found in,
ii. 335.

Derham, Dr. observations on air,
i. 146, 147.

Des Cartes, theory of fountains,
i. 171. Of instinct, ii. 272,
273. On the origin of metals,
341.

Dew, poetical eulogies of, i. 230
-233. Philosophical account
of, 233-238. Peculiar bene-
fits of, 238-Recent theory of
Dr. Wells, 240.

Carter, Mrs. lines written on a
thunder storm, ii. 99, 100.
Cartesian philosophers, their the-
ory of evaporation, i. 115.
Casa quoted, i. 195.
Castle of Indolence quoted, i.

270.

Buffon, M. his idea of a mecha-
nical impulse in the economy
of bees refuted, i. 385. Ex-
periments with swallows, ii.
257. Opinion on their tor-
pidity and migration, 258.
Theory of instinct, 273.
marks on the various beds of
earth, 323. Goldsmith's beau-
tiful remarks upon his theory
of the earth, 332, note.
Bulbous root, what, i. 305.
Burns quoted, i. 3.
Butterflies, formation of their
wings, i. 338. On the beauty
and varieties of, 365. Splen-
dour of foreign ones, 366.
Lines by Lord Byron on, ib.
Extreme beauty of, when ex-
amined by the microscope,
367, 368. Down on the wings
of, what, ib. 369, note. Moral
reflections on the transforma-
tion of, 370. Names of the
most splendid butterflies seen
in England, ib. note. Birth of
the butterfly, a poem, 371-

373.

C.

Cactus, grandiflorus, account of, i.

304. Poetically described, ib.
Campion, viscous, its flowersclosed
all day, i. 305.
Carnation, account of one, exa-
mined by a microscope, i.'
315.

Cereus, night blowing one, account
of, i. 304. Poetically described,
ib.
Charmouth, the cliffs near, take
fire from containing a large
quantity of pyrites, ii. 146.
Chatterton quoted, i, 64, 68.
Chaucer quoted, i. 205.
China, magnificent butterflies in,
i. 366, 377. Nest of a non-
descript bird in, a peculiar de-
licacy, ii. 298.

Chrysalis state of insects, i. 347.
Churchill quoted, i. 375.
Cicero quoted, i. 57, 138, 212;
ii. 74, 89, 129.
Cichorium, poetically described,
i. 301.
Cirrocumulus, Cirrostratus, and

Cirrus, modifications of clouds
described, i. 124.
Clarke, Dr. E. D. account of a
beautiful phenomenon in the
winter at St. Petersburgh, i.

22.