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INDEX.

A.

Aba of the Persians and Arabs,

What? 342.
Abbey Lands, dispute of the
monks and secular clergy
about in Charles I.'s reign,

132.

ABBOT, ABP. speaks malig.
nantly of Laud, 130. Com-
plained of by Falkland as
neglecting Ireland, 178.
Neglected young Ormonde
when under his care, 204.
Aberdeen, beautiful workman-
ship of the high altar of, and
noble conduct of the carpen-
ter who would not lift up his
hatchet to destroy it, 151.
ABRAHAM LEVITABAR DAVID,
story of, 658.
ABRAHAM, place where, at the

command of Nimrod, he was
thrown into the fiery fur-
nace, 404.
Absolution and Confession, the
necessity of in the strict Ro-
man Catholic sense, one of
the early corruptions of
Christianity, 385.
Acacia Vera, or Gum Arabic
thorn, 582, 605.
Achaquas, care of for their
graves, 576.

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Alabaster burnt, or, plaster of
Paris, 337.

ALARIC and the Enchanted
Statue, 360.
Albatrosses, 577.

Albigenses and Wuldenses, 400.
Aleppo, lightness of the water
of, and consequent goodness,
432.

Aleutian Islanders, their uses
of the Sea-Dog, 560.
ALEXANDER, how he got rid
of his horns, 618.
Allegiance, uncertainty of the
Oath of, 79.
Alliteration, use of by Philip
Henry, 23.

Almanack, Poor Robin's, 659.
ALPHONSUS ad Valentiam ABI

AHMEDо parcit, 260.
Alquitran, Fuego de, read by
Jayme at Valencia, 330.
Alten, the river of, 633.
ALVAR FANEZ, mentioned by
Sandoval, 262.

ALVARA DE BRITO PESTANA,
a el Rey D. Fernando, Trovas
de, 238.

Amanuenses women, early use
of, 359.

Amazon, the current of, 666.
Ambassadors, handsome allow-
ance made to by the Parlia
mentarians, 154. Travels,

497.

Ambergris, use of, 518.
Amboynese Christians, their
offering to the Evil Spirit,
505.

AMBROSE, SAINT, his works
castrated by the Francis-
cans, 390.
Amentum of the Orinoco Tribe,
533.

AMERICAN TRIBES, Incidental
and Miscellaneous Illustra-
tions, 522, &c.

America, suggestions as to the
population of, 522.

Amiens, the white Pigeon of,

345.

Anas Glacialis, account of, 604.
ANCHIETA, JOSEPH DE, ac-
count of, 226.
Anchovies taken by Flame, not
so good as those not so ta-
ken, 597.
Angels, doctrine of, 5. The
queen of, title of a Poem by
Fr. Alonzo Perez Seraphi-
no, 15.
"Angling, Secrets of," direc-
tions for line-making from,
330.

ANTHOLOGIA CATHOLICA, 378.
ANTHOLIN, SAINT, averter of
barrenness, 111.
Antioch, soap and oil-olive of,

476.

Ants of the river Corentyn,
525. Omnivorous Ants of
Africa, Ibid. The White
Ant an article of food, 526.
The Amphisbona, or King

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of the Emmets, Ibid. Huge | Atahualpa, the cruelty of, 522. | BANDARRA, GONCALO ANNES,

Ant hills, 529. Destruc-
tiveness of the Ant tribe,
530. Used as food, 532.
Great red ones of Ceylon,
589.

Apostles' Spoons, 663.
Apparition, Eastern, 404.
Apricot Stone, the delicacy of,
479.

Aprons, green, 338.

Arab Horsemen, dexterity of,
439. Music, 451. Hospi-
tality, 487. Simplicity of
the Bedouin, 487. Accou-
trements of, 516. Longe.
vity of, 632.
Arabic, pattering of by Mus
selmen without understand-
ing, 77.

Arafat, Kufa, and Mecca, the
successive abodes of Adam,
402.

Araucana, extracts from, 528,

529. Language, 535.
Archers, instructions for In-
dian and Hindoo, 426.
Archery, latest mention of the
intended use of, 148.
Areca Tree, 501.
Arithmetic Easy, the value of,

640.

Armour, death from weight and
heat of, 319. Impenetrable,
347. Forged for themselves
by early Knights, 355,
Arms, combat of, trial by, 338.
Arms and armour, 345. Go-
thic skill in the use of, 360.
ARNEOSTE, the great giant of
Quiquifs, 470.
Arslan-Ula, the Lion's Moun-
tain, 515.

Artichoke, used by the Greeks

to curdle milk, 647.
ARTHUR, KING, his hall, 635.
Fabulous history of referred
to as a true history, 636,
641. Hebrew MS. of his
history in the Vatican, Ibid.
Asiatic Cities, difference be-
tween the distant prospect
and the interior of, 468. Re-
searches quoted, 483.
Ass, superstition relative to the
Ass of Jesus, 406.
Assum, belief of the natives
concerning the treasure of
the Barabuinia, 426.
Astronomy, Wesley's doubts
about, 116.

Athenians Modern, belief a-

mongst that the ancient sta-
tues are real bodies tenanted
by a spirit called Arabian,
607.
ATHELSTAN, the sword of Con-
stantine and the spear of
Charlemagne sent as pre-
sents to, 355.
ATHERTON, BISHOP, supposed
by Carte to have been ac-
cused unjustly, and a victim
to Lord Cork's resentment,
204.

AUGUSTINE, ST. Origin of the
Africanisms in his style, 2.
Aurora Borealis, 580.
Aurungbad, city of, and throne
of Aurungzebe, 417.
AURUNGZEB, his letters to
Azim Shah, and Prince Kam
Bukhsh, 456. His horse-
men, and the Eastern Ama-
zon, 513.

Autumnal Leaf, effects of the
October frosts on, in Ameri-
ca, 593.

Avarice, the undress of, 316.
Aratar, the Buddha, 464.
Awa, the Rushing of, a whirl-
pool on the coast of Japan,

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249.

Banian Tree, near Manjee, 407.
Banner, gorgeous, 635.
Banquet, i. e. dessert, 323.
Bantam Cock and the Broad- ¦
side, 607.

Baptized, the, and the unbap-
tized, 108.

BARCENA, the Jesuit, instance
of profound humility in, 119.
BARD, HENRY, afterwards VIS-
COUNT BELLAMONT, account
of, 148.

Bardic, use of the letters O. I.
W. 623.

Bardouk Powder, 637.

Bark Indian, used as food, 604.
BARRIOS, MIGUEL DE, 264,
268, 274.

BARROS, his forcible use of
popular words, 214, 425.
Bases, what? 322.
BASTWICK, account of, 174.
Wrote an excellent Latin
style, 175.

Bats of Brazil attack the poul-
try, 594.
BAUMGARTEN's Travels. The

Arabian bitch that deserted
her whelps, 491. Moving
sands, Ibid. Musical lamps
and arrows of fire, 492.
Baran, the beautiful valley of,

512.

BAXTER, his Retrospect, 17.

Addison led to read his wri.
tings by a piece he found
under a Christmas pie, 107.
His extreme notions on the
efficacy of prayer. 111. On
infants' guilt and corruption,
113. His persuasion that
the Papists furthered the
work of schism and confu-
sion, 149.

Baya, the Hindoo Bird, 469.
BAYLE, on the increase of fa-
naticism, 144.
BEAL, his dying words, “I be-

lieve the resurrection," 194.
Beans, the questionable health-
iness of, 340.
Bear. A she-bear with young

never killed in America, 646.
Beauty, exquisite, 636.
BEDELL, BISHOP, Laud's high
opinion of, 135. Strafford
brought over to esteem, 179.
Sum devoted to the publica-
tion of the Irish Bible, 184.

INDEX.

671

View of the Pope's king- | Bible, difficulty in finding one

dom in Ireland, 197.
Beech-tree, antipathy of snakes
and vipers to, 580.
Begging like a Cripple at a
Cross, 295.

BEHMEN, JACOB, his notion
that the earth is to become
transparent as glass, 37.
BELLARMINE, monstrous pas-
sage from, 13.
Bells, superstitious ringing of,
54. First ring of bells in
England, 55. The Saints'
Bell, what? 78. Huge one
made from the cannon which
the Turks left when they
raised the siege of Vienna,

652.

Bemoll, i. e. B molle, soft, or,
flat, 334.
Benares, a Brahmin's notion
of its not belonging to this
earth shook by an earth-
quake, 409. Ornamental
embankments at, 477.
BENEDICTINES, 369. St. Be-
nedict said to be descended
from Anicius, the first great
Roman who was converted,
370. Have the same miracles
with the Dominicans, 390.
Benshi, origin of, 360.
BERCEO, D. GONZALO DE, 20.
Remedies, or rather appli-
cations for the gout in his
days, 287. Safeguard of in-
nocence, 289. Education,
291, 319, 320.
BERNARD, SAINT, his device,

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in Paris during the peace of
Amiens, 1.

Bilbo catch, game of, 316.
BINNING, HUGH, Cromwell's

reply to his learned opposi
tion to his ministers, 196.
Birch-wood, Sweedish shep-
herds' horn of, 613.
Birch-tree Bark, uses to which
it is applied in California,

561.

BIRCHBECK's Protestant Evi-
dence, quoted, 390.
Bird, the, shooting at, Danish
diversion, 353. How caught
by water near Jerusalem,
490. Immense flight of, 604.
Biscayans and Catalonians,

their love for their country,

538.

Biscayners, advance up the
river of Limerick forty or
fifty miles, and interference
with the fisheries, together
with a capture of two or
three Dutchmen, 182.
Bishops, unfounded charge
against them as hindering
the printing of good books,
47. Forbidden to keep dogs
and birds of prey, 90. Pro-
posal that bishops and arch-
bishops should be of noble
blood, 105. "No bishop,
no king," origin of the ex-
pression of, according to Mil-
ton, 395.
Black-Guard, what? 638.
Black-thorn, the leaves of, a
substitute for tea, 602.
Black Tents of the Bedoweens,

445.

Blacksmiths, their value in-

stanced, 325. Great swords
and smiths of Spain, 346.
Bleeding immoderate, 340.
BLESSIS, ST. and ST. ALGARE
at Malvern, 56.
Blood, Deluge of Christian,272.
Blood-stone of New Spain, ac-
count of from Doctor Mo-
nardus, 538.

Blouses, the Turcoman, 423.
BOHEMIA, Conversion of, 53.
Boiling-Spring of Barbadoes,

582.

Bolt and Screw, to fasten doors
with, 339.
BONAVENTURA, introducedAve
Maria at Vespers, 371.

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Brazil, Anchietas's supposed
prophecy relative to the gold
of, 659.
Bread Fruit, 577.
Brecknockshire, JONES's His-
tory of, quoted, 321, 325.
Facilities of breeding fish
in, 595.

Breech, salt and vinegar used
in making one, 330.
Bridge, hammock, wonderful,
533.
BRIDGEMAN, BISHOP, OF CHES-
TER, Letter from to Straf-
ford, thanking him for judi-
cious Church promotions,

181.
Brith-unde Britones, 662.
Broughton Hall in Craven, tra-
dition there, 147.

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cle, 665.
BUCHANAN, the buildings call-
ed by the Europeans Choul-
try, what? 499. The Hu-
vina, or, Flower Gardens,
501.

Buchsinoe, Lake of, 609.
BUCKINGHAM, DUKE OF, do-
minus equorum et aquarum,
177.

BUDDAS-BOODHA-vestiges
of Christianity in the East,
519.

Buffaloes, concealed in the
water in hot weather, 423.
Buffin Gowns, 338.
Bumbard, mention of, 311.
Bupleurum Giganteum,
count of, 584.

ac-

BURG, MR. his Utopian Ro-
mance, 641.

BURGESS, CORNELIUS, sermon
before the House of Com-
mons, 144.
BURGUILLOS, TOME DE, 260,
270, 289.

Burial inefficient, one cause of
the frequent pestilential dis-
eases in Turkey, 446. At
sea, 570.

BURNET, BISHOP, his declara-
tion that resistance on ac-
count of religion is unlaw-
ful, 195.
Burning of an Indian Chief in

the district of Castilla del
Oro, 531.
BURNYEAT, JOHN, the l'Envoy
which follows the Preface to
his Work, 664.
Butterflies at Catharina, 586.
Buzo, or, White Wood, 605.

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INDEX.

the English criminal law,

456.

CALDCRON, 252-254.
Calicut, Thevenot's mistake,
respecting, 279.

California, New, baskets of,
594. Boxes of, 660.
Calumet, description of the,
572.

CALVIN, his ill temper, that
devil of impatience that
raged in him, and was not
yet tamed, 192. Calvinism,
political character of, 193.
Cambay, trade of, precious
stones at, 428.
Fine Mau-
soleum of the Mogul of
Cambaya, 433.

Camel, honour paid to the,
which carries carpets to
Mecca, 443. Saleh's camel,
453. The old camel, 607
Cameleopard, 601.

Camelion, change of colour in,
598.

Camfrain, what, 344.
CAMOENS, 258

CANCIONERO GENERAL, quo-

tations from, 211-224, &c.
264, 273, 283, 294, 352, 359.
Candles made of pine splints,

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the Mongals and Tartars,
474. Chingis Cham's pro-
gress impeded by a cloud,
ib. Eastern Troglodytes:-
noise of the sun rising the
cause of their living under
ground-How the Tartars
were driven out of the coun-
try by men in the shape of
dogs, 475.
Carruck, huge Portugueze,

617.

Carrion, river, 281.
Cartagena, 273.
CARTE'S LIFE OF ORMONDE,
extracts from, 203, &c.
His just, hard, character of
Archbishop Abbot, 204.
CARVER, JONATHAN, Travels
&c. Sand Cherries - The
Sumack, 561. Question of
Indian entrenchments and
fortifications, 562. Hiero-
glyphics of the cave of Wa-
konteebe, or, the dwelling
of the Great Spirit-Eagle's
eyries-Blue clay paint, a
mark of peace - Rattle-
snakes, Water lilies, and
Water snakes, 563. The
hissing snake- Thunder
bay-Indian designation of
the months, 564. Life and
death of the moon - War-
dance-Wakon-Kitchewah,
or, Initiation into the
Friendly Society of the
Spirit, 565. The red paint-
ed hatchet of war, 566.
The death-song of the In-
dians-Indian war-whoop-
Indian adoption-The Car-
cajou, 567. The Whipper-
Will, or, as it is termed by
the Indians, the Muckawiss

The Wakon bird- The
swift lizard-The yellow
ash, which is only found
near the head branches of
the Mississippi, 568. The
Whickopick or Suckwick—
Species of the willow-The
elder, 569. Indian stealth,
and form of submission,
575.

CASAUBON, MERIC, excellent
conduct of, when required
by Cromwell to write the
history of the war, 194.
CASHELL, ARCHBISHOP OF,
said by Strafford to be as

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