Polar winter, reflections on, i. 27,

37.

Pope quoted, passim.

Poppy, lines to the, i. 196, note.
Price, Mr. opinion on the origin
of minerals, ii, 343.
Priestley, Dr. experiments and
observations on air, i. 128, 153,
158. Cautions respecting light-
ning, ii. 98.

Prior quoted, i. 90; ii. 251.
Psalms of David quoted, passim.
Ptolemaic system, account of, i.

60.

Purpura, curious contrivance of,
ii. 334.
Pyrenees, shells found in, under
beds of stone, ii. 334.
Pyrites, inflammable nature of, ii.
144. Analysis of, ib. Large
quantity of, takes fire, at Whit-
stable, in Kent, 145. The cliffs
near Charmouth, ignited from
containing pyrites, 146.
Q.

Quadrupeds, physical and mental
changes in, i. 359. Partial mi-
grations of, ii. 263. Wonderful
instinct of, 272. On the habita-
tions of, 290.
Queen-bee, affection of the hive
for, i. 384. M. Huber's observa-
tions respecting, 386, 387. One
made from the grubs of workers,

ib.

Quicksilver, properties of, ii. 345.
R.

Rain, phenomena of, explained, i.
120.

Rainbow, poetically described, ii.
62.

Rains, part of the ocean so called,
i. 12.

Rats, singular migrations of, in
Norway, ii. 263, 264. In Kamt-
schatka, 317.

Ravens, artifices of, ii. 318.
Rays, coloured, of the sun, ii.
65.

Reaumur, discoveries of relative

to bees, i. 380. On the internal
economy and manners of wasps,

ii. 5.

Account of an immense
bed of oyster-shells, 334.
Redbreast, lines to, i. 5, 6.
Recupero, Canon, objections to
the Mosaic account of the crea-
tion refuted, ii. 151–153.
Refraction, phenomenon of, ex-
plained, ii. 57.

Red Sea, beautiful appearance of
its bed, ii. 204.

Reimar, M. observations on the
nature of instinct, ii. 274, 275.
Reindeer, the support of the Lap-
lander, i. 42.

Republic, instance of a perfect
one, ii. 301.
Revelation, objections to, deduced
from volcanic phenomena, re-
futed, ii. 148.

Reverie, what, i. 207, note.
Richer, M. observations on the
pendulum, i. 97.

Rivers and fountains, remarks on,
170. Poetical and philosophi-
cal descriptions of, 172-178.
Of the progress of a river to the
sea, 179. Lines on one by Dr.
Hawkesworth, 180.

Robinson, Mrs. lines on insects, i.
330.

Roebuck, habits of, ii. 312. Po-

etically described, 313.
Rose, lines to, i. 255.
Russell, Dr. lines to a lady fearful
of thunder, ii. 100.
Russians, their attempt to colo-
nize the country of Spitzber-
gen, i. 39. Their mode of life
there, 40,41. Picturesque lines
on the inhabitants, ib.

S.
Safety-lamp, account of, i. 132,

note.

Saintfoin, crop of, how prema-
turely destroyed, ii. 211.
Saint Kilda, immense perpendicu-
lar height of its coast, ii, 200.
Transmigration of birds to, 243,
244. And disappearance from,
poetically described, ib.
Saint Paul quoted, i. 178. Saint

Paul's cathedral, echo in, ii. 79.

and Shetland, ii. 263. Remark-
able sagacity of, in the choice
of their food, 279.
Sheppey, isle of, in Kent, extrane-

ous fossils found there, ii. 336.
Shetland, beauty of the aurora bo-
realis there, i. 29. Migration
of sheep in, ii. 263. Great
shoals of herrings there, 266.
Ship-building, origin and progress
of, ii. 159. Poetically describ-
ed, 161. Construction and bulk
of a large ship, 165. Its vast
freightage, ib. Gradual pro-
gress of navigation, ib. 166.
Picturesque description of a
ship, ib. Immense quantity of
provisions required for a large
ship's company, 167.

Siberia, species of aurora borealis
in, i. 30.

Sight, the most perfect of our
senses, ii. 68.

Silene, poetically described, i.
301. Its flowers closed all day,
305.

Sleep, reflections on, i. 193. Poe-
tical eulogies of, 195, 196, note.
Philosophical remarks on, 197.
Fine contrast between a sound
sleep and a restless night, by
Shakspeare,199. Beautiful epi-
gram on, 200. Sir T. Browne's
address to, 201. Great abuse
of, ii. 34. See DREAMS.
Smell, philosophical account of,
ii. 85.

Smellie, Dr. on vegetation, i. 303.
Smellie, Mr. reasons to prove the

submersion of swallows, impos-
sible, ii. 256. On the archi-
tecture of the beaver, 300.
Smith, Charlotte, lines on night-
flowers, i. 301.

Snail, wandering into a bee-hive,
how attacked and killed, and
buried by the bees, i. 382.
Snow, reflections on, i. 17. De-
scriptions of, from the bible, ib.
From Homer and Lucretius, 18.
From Thomson, 19, 20. Philo-

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sophical account of, 20-22.
Curious phenomenon of, in
Russia, 22. To make artificial
snow, 23. Uses of snow, 23--25.
Society, the natural state of man,
ii. 225. Among animals, 226.
Origin and progress of, 227-
230. Innumerable advantages
of, to man, 231. These poeti-
cally described, 232.

Solar System, reflections on the,
i. 57.

Solstice, winter, account of, i. 4.
Solution, Dr. Hamilton's theory of,
i. 116.

Somerville quoted, ii. 272, 313.
Sound, reflections on, ii. 75. Phi-
losophical account of, 76. Of
echoes, 77. Structure of the
ear, 80.
Sparrows, instinctive sagacity of,
ii. 241.

Spiders, species of, described, i.
343. Lines on, 344. Peculiar
faculty of, ii. 238, note. Curious
particulars of certain species,
302.

Spitzbergen, singular and majestic
forms assumed by the ice there,
i. 33. Ice-bergs or glaciers of,
35. Magnificent description of
these icy regions, 36. Single
night of, 37. The country de-
scribed, 38, 39. Account of
Russian and English mariners
left here, 39. Manners of the
inhabitants, 40, 41. Poetical
tribute to, 41.
Spring, characteristics of, i. 186,
213. Poetical description of,
211-214. Moral effects of
upon the reflecting mind, 216.
These poetically enumerated,
217. Various beauties of, 218.
Sonnet to, 220. Moral reflec-
tions on, 221.
Spring-fly, account of, i. 339.
Staffordshire, fossil shells found
in, ii. 335.

Stag, artifices of, to deceive the
dogs, ii. 310.

S

nary formation of its nest, ii.
238, 239, 295. Pensile nest of
the hang-nest titmouse, 296.
Torricelli observes the pressure of
the atmosphere, i. 139. Cele-
brated experiment of, 140.
Touch, philosophical account of,
ii. 87.

Touraine, immense bed of oyster-
shells in, ii. 334.
Tournefort, M. on the origin of

minerals, ii. 341, 342.
Trade winds, account of, i. 13.
Tragopogon closes its flowers in
the day, i. 305.
Transformation of insects, reflec-
tions on, i. 346. On transforma-
tion in general, 357. Of plants,
361. In the mineral kingdom,
362. Lines on the transforma-
tion of man, 365.
Trees, and other vegetables, fre-
quented by bees, i. 379. Va-
riety of colours assumed by the
fading leaves of, ii. 206, 208.
Triumphetti, M. observations on
vegetation, i. 293.
Tropical flowers, i. 299.
Tufa, nature and properties of, ii.
156, note.
Tulip-root, experiment with, i.
305. Poetical description of its
retiring to its hybernacle, 306.
Tweed, immense number of sal-
mon taken in, ii. 266.

U.

Ulloa, Don Juan, account of a
journey to the Andes, ii. 356
-360.

V.

Van Helmont, M. his opinion of
water, i. 160.
Vegetables and trees frequented
by bees, i. 379, note.
Vegetation, influence of snow up-
on, i. 24-26. Of air on, 145,
149. Of vegetation on air, 149.
Account of various experiments
on, 150. Food of plants, 152,
note. On the sexes of vegetables,
261. Reflections on vegetation,

278. Process of, in a bean, 288.
Various phenomena in the ve-
getable kingdom, 294.
Venus, account of this planet, i.
64.

Venus's fly-trap, account of, i.

296. Poetically described, 297.
Vernal reflections, i. 211. See
SPRING.

Vesta, discovery of this planet, i.

66.

Vesuvius, eruptions of, ii. 149.
Village-Curate quoted, ii. 238.
Virgil quoted, i. 8, 31, note; 230,

373; ii. 23, 77, 138, 205.
Vision, reflections on, i. 67.
Sight, the most perfect of our
senses, 68. Anatomical descrip-
tion of the eye, 69. Experiment
with the eye of an ox, 71.
Phenomena in the theory of, 72.
Volcanos, reflections on, ii. 138.
Poetical descriptions of Mount
Etna, 139. Philosophical ac-
count of, by Dr. Watson, 140-
147. To make an artificial one,
142. Remarks on, by Sir W.
Hamilton, 155-157.
Voltaism, discovery of, ii. 111.
This science extended by Sir
Humphry Davy, 112.

W.
Wager, Sir Charles, account of
swallows seen on a ship in the
British Channel, ii. 249.
Walker, Mr. his translations from
the Danish, quoted, i. 45.
Walpole, Horace, his observations
on gardening noticed, i. 277.
Wasps, on the wonderful ingenuity

of, ii. 1. Particular account of
their cells, 2. Their subter-
raneous city extremely popu-
lous, 3. Different stories of
their combs, 4. Observations of
Reaumur on their internal eco-
nomy and manners, 5. Mate-
rials employed in constructing
their nests, 6. Number of neu-
ters or labourers, ib. Immense
number of cells in a nest, 8.