father of Prince Lee Boo, 250. Arrives in Prince William's Sound, and fails thence to the Sandwich iflands, 253. Revolution at Owhyhee, 254. Anchors in Nootka Sound, where he is feized and plun- dered by the Spaniards, 256. Dracunculus, fome account of, 501. Droply. See Camper. See Ba- raillen.
England, its conftitution of go- vernment, wherein defective, 65. Plan for an adequate re- prefentation of the people in parliament, 70. Plan for pay- ing off the national debt, 73- Equal reprefentation farther contended for, 98. Industry of the people, how far their characteristic, 286. Their re- ligious character, 288.' Epilepsy, &c. See Fits. Eswara, an East Indian deity;
fome account of, 441. Euler, M. his two memoirs con- cerning tractory curves, 483. His memoir on the method of finding the fums of feries, of which the terms have alter- nate figns, 485. On the mo- tion of a perfectly flexible thread, 488. Explanation of a difficulty relative to the fi- gure of the earth, ib.
Farden, M. his Stolpian prize- differtation, 528. Fires, or conflagrations, in the metropolis, thoughts on pro- viding fecurity againft, 79. - Institution of a fire-jury pros pofed, ib.
Fits, epileptic, &c. cautions al gainit confining, too much, the limbs of perfons afficted with them, during the pa- roxyfms, 560. Ferber, M. his reflections on the comparative antiquity of the rocks, and ftrata, which compofe the fhell of our globe, 491. Fevers, putrid, &c. Sit W. For-
dyce's method of treating, 571. Flax, curious account of prepar. ing, by boiling, 23.
Fox, Mr. his political character, 63.
France, the late revolution in, pregnant with falutary influ- ences on the political and re- ligious fyftems of Europe, 53. New conftitution of France preferred to that of England, 65. Eulogium on, by Mrs. Mac- aulay Graham, 97. The re- volution a fubject of univerfal joy to every friend of the hu-
man race, 272. Franklin, Dr. his remarkable in-
terview with Voltaire, 265. French, characterized as a light. and airy people, 301.. Charg- ed with ill treating their pri- foners of war, 330. The con- trary behaviour, in the Eng- lith, exemplified, ib. Furze, or whins, management of, as food for cattle, 24. Fufs, M. his folution of three problems in fpherics, 486.
Geoffroy, M. his memoir on the
conftitution of the years 1784, and 1785, 569. Enumeration of the difeafes moit prevalent in Paris daring thole years, ib. His account of two inftances of the fatal effects of curiosity, in regard to anim. mag. 570. George II. his good character, and profperous reign, 326. Georgi, M. his analysis of the
water of the Neva, 49+ Georgium Sidus, obfervations on the places of, made at Edin burgh, 154. Germany, hit. of the conftitu- tion of that empire, 143. Seeds of liberty fown in, 149 - Account of the German theatre, 415.
Grange, M. de la, his inveftiga
tion of the attraction of ellip tic fpheroids confirined by M. Krafft's folution of the pro- blem, 490.
Jacob, M. his prize differtation
for the Stolpian fund, 525. Impeachments, parliamentary, con-
troverly relative to, 335. 448. Indian drama, a curious one, of great antiquity, 12!. Scene extracted from it, 125. See more, under Sacontala. Indians, a tragedy, written by Profeffor Richardfon, com- mended, 430.
Infects, fome fpecies of, fuppofed capable of being rendered ufe- ful to painters, dyers, &c. 552. Alfo as food, ib. Ireland, the ancient language of,
(the Erfe) high encomium on, 38. Poetry of, 40. Speci- men of the poems of Carolan, 45. Account of the ftrata and volcanic appearances in the north of Ireland, 48.
K Krafft, M. his memoir on M. de la Grange's inquiry concern- ing the attraction of elliptic fpheroids, 490.
Keith, Mr. his description of a mercurial level, 150. Keir, Mr. publishes the first part of a new chemical dictionary, 304-
L Leibnitz, brief eulogium on that great man, 533. Leming, remarkable account of that animal, 85.
Leflie, Mr. on the refolution of
indeterminate problems, 161. Leftock, Admiral, his unfortunate quarrels with General Went- worth, and Admiral Matthews,
Level, a mercurial one defcribed, 150.
Liberty, of the prefs, the true
principles of, afferted, 80. Light, obfervations on the mo-
tion of, as affected by refract- ing and reflecting fubftances,
&c. 154. Linnéan fyftem, hiftory and ex- planation of, 364. Liturgy, the reformation of, ad. vantageous to the church esta- blishment, 478.
Livy, the hiftorian, remarks on his ftyle, 372. Lobftein, M. the anatomift, eu. logium on, 563.
Lorry, M. his obf. on the vola- tile and odorous parts of me- dicines, drawn from vegetable and animal fubftances, 569. Love, genuine, its nature invef- tigated, 513.
Macaulay Graham, Mrs. her ex- poftulatory letter to the Re- viewers, 119. Correspondence. Mackenzie, Mr. his account of the German theatre, 415. Macleod, Donald, the old Scotch ferjeant, account of, and of his adventures, 107. Maquilla, a favage chief at Noot-
ka, his horrid appetite for hu- man flesh, 252. Extraordinary manner of his felecting victims for his table, from among his flaves, ib.
Maret, M. his learning, abilities, and ftudies, 565. Marrignes, M. his eulogy, by M. Vicq-d'Azyr, 563. Martin, Com. his refolute and fpirited conduct at Naples, 203. Martinico defcribed, 501. Materialism, letter to the Re- viewers, on that fubject, 237. 359. Correfpondence. Matthews, Admiral, ill effects of his misunderstanding with Ad- miral Leftock, 202. Meares, Capt. his voyage from
Madras to the N. W. coaft of America, 184. Croffes the Chinese and Japanese feas, ib. Arrives at Cook's River, 185. Winters in Prince William's Sound, 187. Proceeds to the Sandwich Isles, and thence to Macao, ib. Arrives at Nootka Sound, 189. Proceedings there, and departure for Port Cox; where he is magnificently en- tertained by King Wicananish, 190. Trades along the coaft, fouthward, 192. Returns to Nootka, and is joined by Capt. Douglas, 194. His account of the Nootka people; who are characterized as man-eaters, 252. Defcribes a Canibal feaft, ib. Sails to the Sand- wich Islands, and thence pro- ceeds to China, 253. His ftrictures on Capt. Cook con- troverted, 257: Meafles, not confined to a fingle attack on individuals, 276.
Meidanius, the Arabic gramma- rian, propofals for an edition of his works, by Profeffor Schultens, 530. Mesmer, Dr. the famous animal magnetift, ftory of his flight from Vienna to Paris, 523. Meteorology. See Cotte. Milk of animals, the peculiar pro- perties of, chemically invetti- gated, 517. That of women particularly confidered, 520. Mills, Mr. his account of the
trata and volcanic appearances in the N. of Ireland, &c. 48. Moliere, his merit as a dramatic
writer briefly estimated, 533. Monaftic lif, origin of, 195.
Founded on heathen maxims, 197. Highly injurious to Christianity, ib. Some good derived from it, 198. Monster. See Williams. Monument on Fish-treet-hill, commemorating the burning of London, obfervations rela- tive to, 246.
Morison, the botanift, his cha- racter, 363.
Mufic, definitions of fome terms uled in the fcience of, 171.
N Neva, water of, chemically ana-. lized, 494. Newcastle, on Tyne, particulars
concerning its trade, &c. 26.. Its history as a corporate town,
uncommon marine
animais defcribed by, 494. Pantheon, a new dictionary of the
quhart's tranflation of the odes of Anacreon, 578. From Mifs Pearson's poems, 579. Poland, plan for a new conftitu. tion of government in that country, 544.
Pope, Mr. cenfured for the ob-
fcurity of his couplet on Sir John Cutler, 246.
Port, Mr. (the furgeon) outline of his life, and extenfive prac- tice, 375.
Priestley, Dr. his obfervations on refpiration, 48.
Prize-money, in war, unequally diftributed, in the English fer- vice, 33!. Punishment by death, for criminal offences, chargeable with the guilt of murder, under the form of law, 515.
heathen deities, criticised and Quixote, Don, copied by Burke,
recommended, 438. Paffion flower, botanically de- 1cribed, 303.
Pitt, Mr. faid to lie under the control of an imperium in im- perio, 99. Playfair, Mr. his remarks on the altronomy of the Brahmins, 157.
Plays, English, how far cenfur-
aole for wanting the unities prefcribed by Ariftotle, 284- Poetic extracts in this vol. viz. From Mils Brooke's reliques of Irish poetry, 40. From Merry's laurel of liberty, 58. From Simkin the Second, 86. From Geddes's macaronic e- piftle, 87. From D'ifraeli's defence of poetry, 313. From Jerningham's Shakspeare gal- lery, 332. From Simkin, de- fcribing Burke's chivalry, 339. From Smith's poems, 340. From the Indians, a tragedy, 431. From Peter Pindar's Loufiad, canto iii. 466. From
No abolition of flavery,' 467. From the new parliamentary regitter, 468. From Ode ad Gallos, &c. 554. From Ur-
Recruiting fervice, of the British army and navy, our prefent methods of, wrong, 580. Pro- pofals for improving, ib. Refpiration, Dr. Prielley's ob- fervations on, 48.
Reviewers, Monthly, accused, by one party, of being too fevere on Mr. Burke's "Reflections," and, by the oppofite party, of having been too favourable to that performance, 239. Robertfon, Mr. his effay on Shak- fpeare's Hamlet, 421. Robifon. Mr. his obfervations on the Georgian planet, 154. On
the motion of light, 155. Roman Catholic religion, inquiry into its moral and political tendency, 162. Vindicated against the objections of Pro- testants, 163.
Roy, General, his account of the trigonometrica! operation by which the distance between the meridians of the royal obfervatories of Greenwich and Paris have been deter- mined, 406.
Rumoufki, M. two aftronomical memoirs by, 494. Ruffia, her growing power high- ly formidable and dangerous to the neighbouring nations, 34. S
an ancient Indian drama, translated by Sir Wil- liam Jones, from the Sanfcrit of Cálidas, 121. Sailors, medical report, relating to their proper diet, 567. Thofe of England live too much on falted animal food, 568. The Dutch incline to the oppofite extreme, ib. The French failors more healthy than ei- ther, ib.
St. Cruz, island of, defcribed, 499.
St. Paul, new argument in fa- vour of the truth of Chriftia- nity, drawn from his writings, 378.
St. Peter's, at Rome, that cele-
brated building criticized, 383. Saturn, the planet, a 6th and 7th fatellite of, difcovered, 403. Remarks on Saturn's ring, its atmosphere, rotation on an axis, and fpheroidical figure,ib, Scheele, M. his great character,
564. His death, 565. Schubert, M. his memoir on the projection of the sphere on the furface of a cone, 487. On the projection of the sphere, with respect to the area of the countries reprefented, ib. Scotland, ftate of religion in, 53. Account of the vestigia of some extraordinary fractures on the tops of hills, in the Highlands,
Seyros, defcription of that ifland,
and of its prefent itate, 550. Sea-falt, fpirit of, fuccessfully
ufed in malignant fevers, 572. Serrao, Dr. eulogy on, 563. His death, 564. Sexual fyftem of plants, history of its rife and progrefs, 364. Not the original difcovery of Linné, ib. Developement of, 365.
Shadwell, Dr. fuccefsfully adopts the method of cure for the by- drophobia, as recommended by Dr. James Sims, 240. Shakspeare defended, in respect to his difregard of the unities, in his dramas, 284. Effay on his Hamlet, 421. General index to his plays, ib. Compared with Corneille, 531: Signals, naval, great imperfec- tion in the management of, in the British navy, 330. Sims, Dr. James, his method of curing the hydrophobia con- firmed, 240.
Small, Dr. his demonftrations of fome of Dr. Stewart's general theorems, 156.
Small Fox, method of preventing the difagreeable consequences of, by pits, 281. Smith, Dr. Adam, memoirs of his life and literary character, 138. His death, 139. Ex- tract from his Confiderations on the first formation of lan- guages, 140.
Smut, in wheat, uncertainty of every known hypothefis rela- tive to the caufe of, 359. Cor. refpondence.
Solo Square, origin of the name of, corjectured, 245. Spain, the late convention between
the court of, and that of Eng- land, cenfured by Lord Landf down, in the House of Peers, 219.
Spaniards, their unjustifiable be- haviour to the English, at Nootka, 256. Stablian chemistry, obfervations relative to, 51. Stewart, Dr. M. fome of his ge neral theorems demonftrated, 156. Stopian fund, prize queflion pro-
poted by the directors of, 525. Account of the differtation which gained the prize, ib. Suicide, inveftigated and con- demned, 395–402. Pro- nounced to be "" murder, with the
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