F
Madagascar and Mosarabique, character
of the slaves of .
Madeira
Madness, cure of, by the datura and hen
bane . ||
Magaaga, or Iron Mountain
Maggots snorted from the nostrils of th
gnoo
Malabar, character of the slaves of
Malays, extraordinary character of
addicted to gaming
atrocious murder by
Mandarin of Cochinchina
Mar do Sargasso
Marriage, ceremony of, among the Boo-
shuanas
Mediterranean, water of, salter than that
of the Atlantic
Meny, James, anecdote of
Merchants, British, hospitality of, in
Madeira
Meteor seen in Madeira
Militia of Madeira
Minerals of Java
Missionaries of little use to the cause of
Christianity
in Southern Africa
Moravian and Gospel compared
Monopolies in Teneriffe
Monorchides among the Koras
Moolibaban, chief of the Booshuanas .
Moravian missionaries, wise proceedings of
Mortality of Batavia
Mosquitoes of Rio de Janeiro unusually
troublesome
Mountains of Madeira
Mountaineers of Madeira
Music, D r. Johnson’s opinion of
4
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Navies capable of being built at Rio de
Janeiro
Negro, new character assumed by, in St
Domingo
Nelson, daring attack of, upon Tene
riffe
Nests, esculent
of the gregarious loxia
Nine o'clock flower, what „
Nos sa Senhora-do Monte, convent of
Nuns, reflections on the condition of
228
410
240
*33
235
*37
289
397
3
34
i 5
'7
183
10S
377
380
32
375
389
380
178
88
3
11G
30
160
40S
214
5
9
Offering made to Fo . | _
Officer, British, seized by the Cochin.
. chincse ' - , - 292
Opera, Cochinchinese „ _
Orange river
:m ' i - 37*
plants and minerals in the vicinity of - 376
Oratava, city-and port of _ 3
Oriental cities, traces of, soon obliterated 3 n
Overseer of the waggons wounded by a
buffalo
• 417
- 99
Paintings describing the productions of
the Brazils - _ - 8->
Palla, new species of antelope _ | | |
Passeo Publico of Rio * ,-97
Patagonians of South Africa - § g | |
Potanie, a Booshuana town I , T.
* 4 J4
_
I N D E X .
Patton, Admiral, experiment made by,
for explaining the current in the
Strait of Gibraltar - - 3
Peak of Teneriffe, journey up - 42
height of - ' - " 4 5
Peasantry of Europe compared with slaves
of the West Indies - - 113
..Phosphorescent light in the bay of Batavia 231
Pitcher plant - - - j 89
Pithing of cattle, experiments on " 433
Plants of ¡Madeira - - 19
of Teneriffe - - 37
on the peak of - 42
o f the Brazils ‘ - - - ‘ 84
of Amsterdam island - - 148
remarkable dissemination of - 149
of Java y fc • v. . ■ *83
near the Orange river - - 376
cultivated by the Booshuanas - 394
used as food by the Cochinchinese - 313
maritime, extensive use of - - 314
Pliny, stones falling from heaven mentioned
by - - 25
bite of a man considered dangerous by 196
doctrine of, concerning new animals - 411
Plutarch's description of the Fortunate
Islands - - * 55
Poisons, efficacy of, in warm climates - 193
Population of Batavia - - 1 7 7
of Leetakoo - - - 391
Port in Cochinchina a desirable object - 342
Portuguese dress themselves to go a begging
- - - 1 3
jealousy of, at Rio de Janeiro - 86
impolitic system of, respecting their
colonies . -
traders, jealousy of
Pray a, town and bay o f'
119
249
65
Processions in Rio de Janeiro
Productions of Teneriffe -
of S t. Jago
of the Brazils
of Java
of Cochinchina
Pulo Lingin, extraordinary heat of
- 52
| 69
2. 119
- 183
- 34°
- 243
Pulo Wait the retreat of the King of
Cochinchina 257
Q_
Quae ha, new species of 4 1 0
Quadrupeds of Madeira - - - 23
of Java - 197
Queen Elizabeth, veneration shewn by, to
the memory of Drake - - 64
R
Rebellion in Cochinchina
Religion of the Booshuanas
of the Cochinchinese
Resolution, the ship of Captain Cook
Revenues of Madeira - - 21
Revolution in South America, the dangerous
- 250
- 399
- 328
- 64
consequences of - 133
Rhinosceros, two species of - 420
Rice, trial by, what - ^ - 241
the chief support of Oriental nations - 315
Rio de Janeiro - - 72
strength and defences of - - 135
harbour of, compared with the Strait of
Sunda - - - *58
River of Donnai . . . 246
Ruins of a town in South Africa - 402