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pearl fisheries assigned to Messrs.
Rundell and Bridge, ib. note; a pa-
tent to establish steam-boats on the
Orinoco granted to Colonel Hamilton,
&c., ib.; Columbia not an eligible
country for English agriculturists,
31; ascendency of British influence,
ib.; jealousy and mis-statements of M.
Mollien on this subject, 31, et seq.;
route of Captain Cochrane, 33, 4;
design and value of Colonel Hall's
'Columbia,' 34; route of M. Mollien,
ib.; character of his work, ib ;
notice
of his former travels in West Africa,
ib.; Captain Cochrane's directions for
travelling in this country, 35; melan-
choly picture of the banks of the Mag-
dalena, 36; dangers from crossing the
Andes, ib.; Captain Cochrane's descrip-
tion of the disastrous passage of the An-
des by a division of the patriot army,
37, el seq.; appalling passage of the
paramo of Cerradera, 39; passage of
the Quindiu, ib.; Captain Cochrane's
account of his journey over it, 39, 40;
cruelty and deserved fate of a Spanish
officer, 40; wretched life of the cargueros
or men of burden, ib.; predilection of
the robust young men for this mode
of life, ib.; dangers attending this
mode of travelling, 41; character of the
Columbians, by M. Mollien, 41, 2; his
portraits of the military leaders, Bolivar,
&c., 42, et seg. ; remarks on Mr. Hip-
pisley's character of Bolivar, 46; the
probable stability of the present form
of government considered, 48; the
present aspect of the government,
49; advantage to the country from
the abolition of slavery, ib. ; testimony
of Humboldt in favour of free labour,
50; suppression of the smaller monas-
tic establishments in Columbia, ib.
Columbus, the first discovery of,' a song,
170.

Conception, the town of, its population,
&c., 411, 12.

Cochrane's, Captain, journal of a resi-
dence and travels in Columbia, during
the years 1823 and 1824, 27; see
Columbia.

Confession, auricular, remarks on, 325.
Correspondence relative to the prospects
of Christianity, &c. in India, 482, et
seq.

Costello's, Louisa Stuart, songs of a
stranger, 108, el seq. ; the spirit's song,
168, 9; to my mother, 169; the first
discovery of Columbus, 170; Colabah,
the camel secker, 170, et seq.

Cracow, its wretched state, 240, 1.
Craig's translation of Pascal's thoughts
son religion, &c. 528, et seq.; criti-
cism of Voltaire on the Provinciale,
528, 9; Pascal's triumphant defence
againt the charge of unfaithful citation,
529; character of the Pensées,'
529; admirable work of the Abbe
Guenée, entitled, Letters of certain
Portuguese Jews to M. de Voltaire,
530; excellent remarks of the author on
the degrading influence of the popish su
perstition, 531; appeal to the protestant
population of Britain, to make exertions
in aid of their popish brethren, ib.
Crayon's, Geoffrey, tales of a traveller,
65, et seq.; character of the present
tales, 65; the author's statement of his
plan, 66, 7; extract from the bold dra-
goon, 67, 8; Wolfgang, 69, et seq.;
portrait of the captain of banditti, 72;
manners, &c. of the bandilli of Abruzzi,
72, et seq.

Dawson, Lieut. George Francis, pro-
ceedings of a general court martial
held at Malta respecting his conduct,
1, et seq.; peculiar claim of the pre-
sent case to public attention, 1; re-
marks occasioned by the ex parte
statement of the present affair in the
public papers, 2; extract from Lieut.
Dawson's letter to the bishops, in justifi-
cation of his conduct, 3, 4; proceedings
on the festival of the image of St. Lo-
renzo, ib.; conduct of Captain Atchi-
son, 4; procrastination of the inquiry
into the conduct of Lieut. Dawson
and Captain Atchison, 5; conduct of
the Duke of Wellington, 6; unjust
act of Sir Thomas Maitland, ib.; the
president of the court martial a Ro-
man catholic and foreigner, 7; Lieut.
D. compelled to decline making his
defence, ib. ; appeals from the deci-
sion of the court, ib.; the court mar-
tial severely censured, and ordered to
re-assemble, and consider bis defence,
ib.; its mitigated sentence, ib.; re-
marks on the position of his Majesty's
advisers, that orders issued by au-
thorities legally constituted, are law-
ful,' 7, 8; defence of the order, for dis-
obeying which the two officers were ca-
shiered, 8, 9; nature of the service re-
quired of the British officers and troops,
at the popish ceremonies in Corfu,
Malta, and the Mauritius, 9; remarks
on the proceedings against the two
officers, 9, et seq.; noble conduct of

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Druses, origin, religious tenets, &c. of,
303, et seq.

their principal towns, &c. 148,

et seq.
Edinburgh Bible Society, vindication of
its proceedings relative to the Apo-
crypha, &c., 377, et seq.

statement of
the committee of, relative to the cir-
culation of the Apocrypha, &c., 185,

et seq.
East's sabbath harp, 354, et seq.
Engraving, present state of the art,

519, et seq.; the order in which inven-
tion has travelled through the differ-
ent forms and stages of art, 519; pro-
bable origin of sculpture, ib.; of paint-
ing, 520; engraving not discovered
by the ancients, ib. ; claims of Fini-
guerra to its invention, 520, 1; high
merits of some modern engravers,
521; superior skill of Sharp, 522;
skill in the principles and practice of
design, too frequently neglected by
the engraver, ib; system to be pur-
sued in the education of a youth
possessed of real feeling for art, 523;
state of the English school of engrav-
ing, prior to and during the eigh-
teenth century, 524; state of the art
in France and Germany, ib.; present
state of the English school, ib.; cha-
racter of Turner's rivers of Eng-
land,' 526; William's select views
in Greece,' ib. ; illustrations of War-
wickshire,' 526; ' views in Provence,'
ib.; Martin's illustrations of Milton,'
527; notice of some other works, ib.
Essays and letters, by John Kitto, 273,
et pl.

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Ess, Leander Van, his extensive circulation
of the scriptures, 327.

Fever, its nature, &c., 214, et seq.
Fisheries, pearl, of Columbia, monopoly
of, assigned to Messrs. Rundell and
Bridge, 30, note.

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Fraser's narrative of a journey into
Khorasan, 418, et seq.

Gainsborough's studies of figures, 519, et
seq.

Galt's fictions of Scottish life, remarks
on them, 15.

Germany, Russell's tour in, 227, et seq. ;
France, with the exception of Nor-
mandy, the most unpicturesque coun-
try in Europe, 227; the author's
route, 228; German and French cook-
ery, ib.; M. de Stael's description of
Weimar, 229; state of society al, ib. ;
character of the grand duke, 230;
notice of Wieland, 230, 1; of Goethe,
231, et seq.; his novels, 233, 4; cha.
racter and conduct of the grand
duchess, 234; her interview with, and
dignified conduct towards Bonaparte,
234, 5; atrocities of the Russians and
Austrians, 235; admirable conduct of
the ducal family, 235, 6; university of
Jena, 236; total absence of discipline
among the students, ib.; their charac-
ter and conduct, under the name of Bur-
schen, ib. et seq. ; their secret societies as
landsmannschaften, 238, 9; opposed by
the government, and their cautious con-
duct, ib.; wretched stute of Cracow,
240, 1; depraved morals of the Viennese,
241, 2; political character of their public
men, 242; pilgrimage to Mariazell,
242, 3; character of the Austrians, 243;
Austrian police, 244; system of espio-
nage, 244, 5; portraiture of Prince
Metternich, 245, 6; the aristocracy of
Britain a political and moral phenome-
non, its causes, 247.

Gilbert's memoir of the life and writ-
ings of Dr. Williams, 281, et seq.;
sketch of the life of Dr. Williams, ib.;
he enters the school at St. Asaph, 282;
acquires a distaste to become a clergy-
man and quits the school, 282, 3; ex-
ercise of his mind under religious im-
pressions, 283, 4; is placed under the
tuition of a clergyman, with a view

to entering into the ministry of the
established church, 284, 5; re-
nounces his intention on seeing the pro-
faneness of some candidates for the
holy office, 285: enters the dissenters'
academy at Abergavenny, 286; ex-
tracts from his diary about this time,
286, et seq.; becomes tutor to some
young men destined for the Christian
ministry, 289; judicious advice of Dr.
Davies, 290; list of his various
works, 291; removes to Birmingham,
and afterwards to Rotherham, ib.;
publishes his essay on the equity
of Divine government, &c. 291, 2;
the author's delineation of the character
of Dr. Williams, 292, et seq.
Goldsmith's, Oliver, rising village, a
poem, 268, et seq.; letter from ano-
ther Oliver Goldsmith, to another Henry
Goldsmith, 268; extract from the poem,
ib. et seq.; Bishop of Nova Scotia's
notice of the Author and his poem, 270.
Good's, John Mason, study of medicine,
97, et seq.

Gorham on the apocryphal contro-

versy, 377, et seq.; see Guardian
Christian, and Apocrypha..
Gorham's statement, &c. on the im-
propriety of circulating the apocry-
phal books, indiscriminately inter-
mixed with the sacred writings, 185,

et seq.

Goethe, nolice of; his novels, &c. 231,

et seq.

Graphic illustrations of Warwickshire,

519, et seq.

Greece, Williams's select views in,

519, et seq.

Groser's six lectures on Popery, 322,
et seq.; subjects of the lectures,
324; remarks on the declared insuf-
ficiency of the Scriptures, ib.; pope
John XXII. threatened to be burned
as a heretic, ib.; note; auricular con-
fession considered, 325; on the assumed
authority of the pope, in regard to pe-
nance, excommunication, &c. 325, 6;
all the adherents of popery do not par-
ticipate in its spirit, 326, et seq.; ex-
tensive circulation of the bible, and of
his own translation of the new testa-
ment, by Leander Van Ess, 326, et
seq.
Guardian, Christian, on the apocry
phal controversy, 377, el seq.

Hack's, Maria, familiar illustrations of
the principal evidences and design
of Christianity, 173, el seq.; the au-

thor's statement of the design of her
work, 174, 5; its contents, 175; il-
lustrative extract, exhibiting both a me-
dium and a model of admirable religious
instruction, 175, et seq.
Hall's, Colonel, Columbia, its present
state, 27.
Hall's sermon
on the death of Dr.
Ryland, 511, et seq.; the charge that
the gospel neglects to cultivate friend-
ship considered, 511, 12; specimen of
a spiritual friendship in the beloved
disciple and his Lord, 512, 13, 14;
peculiar privileges of the Evangelist
after the resurrection, 514; sketch of
the character of Dr. Ryland, 515, 16;
his early connexion with the Baptist
missionary society, 516, 17; joys occa-
sioned by the consideration of the reunion
of the just in a future state, 517, 18.
Harmony, the late purchase of Mr. Owen,
of Lanark, in North America, descrip
tion of the town, grounds, granaries,
&c. &c. 477,

et

seq.
Harp, the Sabbath, by the Rev. J. East,
354, et seq.

Heraclea, description of the valley of, in
the island of Cefalonia, 295, 6; fine
view from the neighbouring summits,

ib.

Heshbon, ruins of, 144.
Holiness, personal, March's importance
of to the Christian minister, 555, et
seq.
Holman's travels through Russia, Si-
beria, &c., while suffering total
blindness, 532, et seq.

Il Pastore Incantato, a drama, Pom-
peii, and other poems, 164, et seq.;
origin and dramatis person of the
'Euchanted Shepherd,' 165; solilo-
quy of the guardian spirit, 165, 6; plot
of the drama, 167.

Indians, North American, advantages pos-
sessed by the preacher of the Gospel
among them, 180.

Irving's orations for missionaries after
the apostolic school, 343, et seq.;
the apostolic and the modern mis-
sionary placed in very different cir-
cumstances, 344; Mr. Irving's re-
marks on prudence as a Christian qualifi-
cation, ib.; drift of the Author's ora-
tions, 346; his attack on the cha-
racter of the missionaries, ib.; reply
of Mr. Orme, 346, 7; his interpreta-
tion of the scriptural expression the
"Son of peace, 348; requisite qualifi-
cation to the office of an apostle, 349;

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extract from Mr. C. Anderson's dis-
course on the Christian spirit essential
to the triumph of the kingdom of God,
351, et seq.

Jena, university of, 236; dissolute cha-
racter of the students under the name of
Burschen, ib. et seq.; the landsmann-
schaften, their secret societies, &c.,
238, 9.

Jerusalem delivered, Tasso's, Wiffin's
translation of, 456, et seq.

Jerusalem, Moore's poem on the destruc-
tion of, 362.

Jerusalem, Strauss's Helon's pilgrimage

to, 153, et seq.; purport of the
work, ib; detail of the plan, 153, 4;
Helon is early taught to reverence Jeru-
salem, 155, 6; historical sketch of the
rise of the kingdom of Judah, 156, 7;
Helon's first visit to the holy land,
157, 8; ceremony of the wave sheaf,
159; his examination before the Sanhe-
drim, on devoting himself to the sacer-
dotal office, 160; is invested with the
sacerdotal robes, 161; detail of the
official services of the priests and Levites
in the temple, 161, 2; the ninety-second
psalm, 163.

John XXII., pope, threatened to be

burned as a heretic, 324; note.
Jones's, Dr. history of Wales, 90, et
seq.

Journal of a residence in Chili, 406, et
seq.

Jowett's Christian researches in Syria

and the Holy Land, &c., 298, et seq. ;
paramount claims of Syria to the
attention of Christian missionaries,
298; peculiar difficulty of a Chris-
tian missionary in Syria, 300; pro-
testant England has not a protes-
tant government, ib.; note; the
author's arrival off the coast of Saide,
ib.; sees the country lighted up
with fires, on the eve of the festival
of the holy cross, ib.; he lands at
Beirout, and meets Messrs. Fisk and
Lewis, 301; protestant institution at
Antoura, ib.; missionaries assembled
there, ib. ; its numerous convents, &c.,
ib.; the Author visits the nunnery,
302; is introduced to the prince of
the Druses, ib.; M. Gandolfi's account
of the conduct of the Druses on be-
coming initiated, 303; Author's re-
marks on it, ib.; origin and religious
tenets of the Druses, ib. et seq.; sect
of the Ansairies, 305; Gibbon's ac-
count of them, 306, 7; notices of
them by Burckhardt and Niebuhr,

308; question how far the Druses
may resemble the Wahhabees, ib.;
the Author visits the convent of Yb-
zumar, 309; his interview and con-
versation with the Greek procurator,
310; remarks on the present state of
Greece, ib.; Beirout, Aleppo, Jeru-
salem, the central stations of the
Syrian Roman Catholic missions, in
a state of decay, 311; present state
of Saide (Sidon), 312; old Tyre, ib.;
its ruins, &c., ib.; the Author
preaches at Acre, 313; its popula-
tion, ib.; state of the Latin con-
vent, and of the popish mission, 313,
14; remarks on the site of the moun-
tain of precipitation, 314; mount of
the beatitudes, ib.; the Author's
feelings on the first view of Jerusalem,
315; his reflections respecting visiting
what are called the holy places, 315, 16;
and on the tendency of a pilgrimage to
the holy city, 316, 17; wretched state
of the Christians, at the time of his
visit, 317; probable advantage that
would be gained by the utter aban-
donment of Jerusalem by the Chris-
tians, 378, 9; reflections on the resto-
ration of the Jews to the land of their
fathers, 379, 80,

Key to Dr. Carey's Latin versification
simplified, 470.

Khorasan and Turcomania, travels in
by J. B. Fraser and M. N. Mouravier,
418, et seq.; valuable researches of
Mr. Elphinstone and Mr. Moorcroft,
418; object, &c. of Mr. Fraser, 419;
his correction of the positions of
some principal places in Persia, ib.;
dangers of his voyage from Bombay
to the Persian gulf, 420; fatal effects
of the epidemic of Sheerauz, 421, 2;
he joins Mr. Rich and Dr. Jukes, at
Sheerauz, 422; death of Mr. Rich
by the epidemic, 423; specimen of
Persian falsehood, 423, 4; death of
Dr. Jukes, 424; Mr. F. assumes his
diplomatic character, to secure his
papers, &c. ib.; rapacity of the
the Persians, ib.; hazardous visit to
the tomb of Fatima, ib.; arrives at
Tehran, 425; death and excellent
character of the Shah's eldest son,
ib.; proof of his admirable address, ib. ;
great abilities of Meerza Abdool
Wahab, secretary for foreign affairs,
ib.; contemptible character and base
conduct of Meerza Abool Hussein
Khan, late ambassador to England, 426,

;Futch Allee Khan, poet laureate
of Persia, 427; base character of
the king, 427, 8; amusing instance of
self-inflicted torture, 428; suspected
assassination of Mr. Browne by the
express order of the king, ib.; Mr.
F. quits Tehran as a travelling mer-
chant, ib.; state of Semnoon and
Damghan, 429; unpleasant adventure
at the village of Meyumeid, 429, 30;
remarkable instance of the spirit of
clanship in the east, 431; revenge
generally the measure of punishment
in Persia, ib. note; legend of the
Saffron caravanserai, 432; curious ad-
venture there, 432, 3; Nishapore, its
various vicissitudes and present state,
433; Mushed, capital of Persian Kho-
rasan, ib.; the Author's hazardous visit
to the mausoleum of Imaun Reza, 435,
6; his critical situation at Mu-
shed, present state of Bockhara, its
reigning sovereign, population, &c.,
437; kingdom of Kokaun, ib.; pre-
sent state of the former powerful
empire of Khauresin, ib. ; real ob-
ject of the embassy of M. Mouravier
to Khiva, ib.; his account of the dried
channel of the Oxus, 438, 9.
Kitto's essays and letters, 275, et seq. ;
sketch of his early life, education,
&c. 276; is engaged to write in the
Plymouth journal, 277; his account
of his deafness, 277, 8; fears he is
becoming dumb, 278.

Krimea, present state of, 549.

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nal holiness to the Christian minister,
554, et seq.; on happiness, 555; per-
sonal holiness in the Christian minister
necessary to a well-grounded assurance
of the divine approbation, 555, 6.
Martin's illustrations of Paradise Lost,'
519, et seq.

Mausoleum of Imaum Reza, description of
it, 435, 6.

Medicine, study of, by J. M. Good,
97, et seq.; design of the work, 97;
reply to the question, Is there any
reality in medicine? 98; indications
of a hostile feeling in professors to-
wards their own vocation, ib.; the
art of medicine entitled to the con-
fidence and gratitude of the public,
99; the nugatory nature of medi-
cine not to be assumed from the con-
tinuance of disease, ib.; the dis-
eases termed nervous, the most fre
quent in modern times, 100; causes
of the lessened sickness and mor-
tality of the times, ib.; table of the
law of mortality at two different pe-
riods, 101, note; inference of the
available influence of remedial attempts
to shorten the duration of fever, 101;
proof from the Author's description of
the spasmodic cholera of India, 103;
and by reference to the works of
Hippocrates, ib. ; question respecting
the influence of medical doctrines
upon medical practice, 104; proof
of the great sacrifice of human life to
false theory, ib.; different practice
of the French and of the English
physicians, 105; variety of opinions
prevalent among our own specu-
latists, ib.; probable cause of the
great improvement of practical medi-
cine in the present day, 105; rea-
sons for objecting to the Author's
classification and nomenclature of
disease, 106, 7; mode of defining
and designating without the aid of an
artificial system, 108; certain pro-
posals of the Author highly worthy
of attention, ib.; objections to a
merely analytical and topographical
method of cultivating the art, 109;
the question of unprofessional medi-
cine considered, ib. ; the bent to be
given to unprofessional inquiries,
ib.; probable advantage from unpro-
fessional inquiry, in effectually
undermining quackery, 110; Mr.
Moore on the proclaimed virtues of nos-
trums, and on lists of cases, 110, 11; an
insuperable objection to the Author's

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