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of the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop
of Chester, holden at Liverpool, on
Saturday, July 6, 1799. By the
Rev. FRODSHAM HODSON, M. A.
Fellow of Brazen Nofe College, Ox-
ford. 1s. Gore, Liverpool; Riving-
tons, London.

A Sermon preached after a Storm, on
board his Majefty's Ship Valiant,
in Chatham Harbour, May 12, 1799.
By the Rev. WILLIAM TREMEN-
HEERE, Chaplain to the faid Ship.
4to. IS. Faulder.

A Sermon at the Parish Church of
St. Mary in Truro, before the Go-
vernors of the Cornwall General
Infirmary, on its being opened for
the Reception of Patients, Monday,
August 12th, 1799. By CORNE-
LIUS CARDEW, D. D. Master of the
Grammar School in Truro, &c. 4to.
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TRAVELS TOPOGRAPHY.

Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt.
By C. S. SONNINI, &c. Illuftrated
by Engravings. 4to. 2l. 12s. 6d.
(See p. 450.) Debrett.
Letters from Italy, between the Years
1792 and 1798; containing a View
of the Revolutions in that Country,
from the Capture of Nice by the
French Republic to the Expulfion of
Pius VI. from the Ecclefiaftical

State: likewife pointing out the

matchlefs Works of Art which fill
embellifh Pifa, Florence, Sienna,
Rome, Naples, Bologna, Venice,
&c. with Inftructions for the Ufe
of Invalids and Families, who may
not choose to incur the Expenfe
attendant upon travelling with a
Courier. By MARIANA STARKE,
Author of the "Widow of Mala-
bar," the "Tournament," &c. 2vols.
8vo. 145. Phillips.

The New Defcription of Blenheim,

the Seat of his Grace the Duke of
Marlborough; containing a full and
accurate Account of the Paintings,
Tapefiry, and Furniture; a pic-
turefque Tour of the Gardens and
Parks; and a general Defcription
of the China Gallery, &c.; with a
preliminary Effay on Landscape Gar-
dening. By WILLIAM MAVOR,
L. L. D. With a coloured Plan.

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INDEX

INDEX

TO THE

REMARKABLE

PASSAGES.

N. B. For the Titles of the Books, Pamphlets, &c. see the Index prefixed to the

Volume.

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on the mode of travelling in, 327
Agriculture, great perfection of, in China, 13
Alexander's attack of a Sogdian hill fortress,
176

Alexandria defcribed, 321

Alphabets and language of Divine origin, 352
America, obfervations on, 28
American landfcapes, 6

Andaman islands defcribed, 14

uncivilized fate of the inhabitants

of, 15
Antioch, city of, defeription of, 80

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rude manners of the inhabitants, 81
their diflike to Chriftians, ibid.

a difeafe peculiar to that city, 82
Antiparos, grotto of, defcribed, 127
Anturia, 365

Apartments, mode of warming, in China, 12
Apiary at Grove Hill, 185

Arab robbers, fingular fcenes with a troop of,
369

Arcadian Academy, origin of, 104
Architectural folecifm, 422
Armorial bearings, origin of, 360

Art, works of, taken from Rome by the
French, 56

Arthur, Prince, anecdote of, 48

probable hiftory of, 425

Arts, fine, danger of an exceffive cultivation

of, 92

Athol, Black Jock of, 136

B.

Bantam, king of, vifit to, 39

Baths, hot and cold, in Ruffia, 282

at Siout in Egypt, 450

Bear, fea, defcription of, 326
Beggar Girl, a fong, 18

Bengal, of the inhabitants, 43

Bengalefe woman, ceremony of burning, 45
Berwick formed by Edward J. 372
befieged by Edward III. 373

Bird, a remarkable, 399
Blow gun, use of, 8

Boyd, Mark Alexander, account of, 344
Brantome, extract from, 422

Breeches, trunk, or flops, 448

Bridge, a celebrated rock, described, 5
Bristol Newgate, Verfes on the wall of, 349
Britain, a poetical sketch of, 20
Britons, ancient, drefs and appearance of, 179
fuppofed origin of, 220
Brown, Dr. John, life of, 107, 132
Browne, Mr. villany of his agent, 290
converfation with the Melek

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Cairo and its inhabitants defcribed, 406
---, perfecution of foreigners at, 408
ladies taking an airing at, 409.
---, manners of the Dervifes at, 130
Calthrop, Sir Philip, anecdote of, 448
Catacombs, ancient, 244
Catherine de Medicis, anecdote of, 50

relict of Henry V. anecdote of, 220
Caves, hiding, in Scotland, &c. 175
Cellini's bell, 422

Ceylon, pearl fishery at, 304

Charles Stuart, Prince, 137
Chinese, fuperftition of, 11
Cibber, anecdote of, 147

Clarendon's Hiftory, MS. copy of, 52
Climate, effects of, on the English character,

264

Clove

Clove trade, and burning of cloves, 84
Coal, pit, 62

Cold, effects of, in Ruffia, 281

Colonists in the Isle of France, immorality
of, 402

Condé, Prince, sketch of his life, 345
Conflagration in the woods in America, 414
Conftantinople, ftate of learning in, 365
Conful, French, affaffinated at Alexandria, 322
Convent of Copts in the defert, Egypt, 369
Coromandel, feafons on the coaft of, 398
Courtship of the Welsh, 90

Crabs poisonous in October and November, 400
Crifpe, Henry, anecdotes of, 405
Crofs, ancient, near Bun-Awe, 63
Cruden, Alexander, anecdotes of, 29
Curiofity, prying, of the Highlanders, 139
Custom, peculiar, 269

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Dennis the critic, 310

Dervises at Cairo, manners of, 130

Dilipation of fathionable life, 94

lity, I

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Handel, principal occurrences of his life, 336
Harems, Turkish, defcribed, 128

Drawings, rules for aftertaining their origina Hartop, Jonathan, account of, 416

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Haftings, old Mr. account of, 415
Head-drefs, horned, of the ladies, 446
Hedge-heg, fea, defcribed, 400
Hemp, intoxicating quality of, 450

Horned head-drefs of the ladies in fifteenth

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Jaloffs, remarkable conduct of the King of, Minifters, two, scene between, 421

283

James I. anecdote of, 222
Jaspar, 96

Jefferies, Judge, anecdote of, 223

Jezzar, Palha of Damafcus, anecdotes of, 364
Joan, Princefs, fplendid cavalcade at her mar-
riage, 373

Jock, Black, of Athol, 136

Johnfon's, Mr. Narrative, taken prifoner by
the Indians, 332

Jones, Sir William, fketch of his literary
character, 199

Journals of the Miffionary Voyage, extracts
from, 167

Jubilee in 1775, celebration of, 381

Jupiter Ammon, Mr. Bowne attempts to pe-
netrate to the temple of, 242

K.

Minnikin, John, account of, 416
Minstrels and players retained by the nobility,

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Negro woman, hofpitality of, 209
Necker, anecdote refpecting, 433

Karfa Tauro, Mr. Park's kind reception by, Neva, freezing of the, 280

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Niagara, falls of, defcrited, 7

Niger, the river feen by Mr. Park, 208

----- ancient and modern ideas refpecting the
course of, 284

Ninos, account of a portrait of, 423

Norfolk Town, America, account of, 412

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Parifian electors, feditious affemblies of, 440
Park, Mr. his fufferings in his journey through
the Wilderness, 205

Pearl fishery at Ceylon, 304

fith, natural hiftory of, 306

Perfians, ancient, rettrained from engaging in
maritime expeditions, 360

Peter the Great, anecdote of, 50
Petrarch, anecdote of, 47

Phenomenon, a remarkable, 414
Philofophers, the modern tippling, 427
Philofopher's tone, 169

Phyfic, practice of, in Egypt, 409
Pictures, plan for a gallery of, 27
Pius VI. character of, 377

his taste for fplendid enterprifes, 378

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Pius VI. his oftentation in the performance of Simms, Anne, account of, 415

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Ralph, Archbishop, account of, 406

Ramus, Profeffor, anecdote of, 48

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Slave, female, miferable fate of a, 255
Smith, Dr. Adam, account of, 65
J. C. anecdotes of, 340
Snakes, remarkable, 401
Sogdian hill fortrefs, attack of, 176
Solitude, the difadvantages of, 429
Solomon's throne defcribed, 142
Souls, raufmigration of, 400
Speed, Mary, account of, 415
Spider, to a, 348

Spirit, the, a tale founded on fact, 347
Squirrels, emigration of, 6
hunting, 8

Star, fea, described, 400
Stephens, Henry, anecdote qf, 49
Sterne, Archbishop, account of, 201
Stone circles, various ufes o,, 181
Storm, violent, described, 63
Sundon, Lady, account of, 262
Surgeon's Warning, 93

Swift, Rev. Tho. anecdotes of, 269

T.
Tamarisks, when imported, 406
Tarantula, of the dance, 105
Target, anecdotes of, 441

Telegraph feen from Grove Hill, 184

Rates, increase of, adds to the number of the Tenga fruit, ufeful properties of, 399

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