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Temperance and Intemperance: England

F Fact, the most extraordinary on record. 744 Cinchona, or Peruvian bark, curious effects of, Fairy rings, 667 390 Cleopatra's barge, 822 Clepsydra, 706 Clock-work, extraordinary pieces of, 704 Clouds, electrified, terrible effects of, 656 Coal-pit, visit to one, 469 Cocoa-nut tree, 371 Coins of the kings of England, 814 Coinage and coins of the United States, 816 Cold, surprising effects of extreme, 659 Colossus, 570 Colours, experiments on, 895 Colours, incapacity of distinguishing, 56 Falling stars, 681 Faquirs, travelling, 740 Fasting, extraordinary instances of, 65, 824 Fata, Morgana, 665 Feasts, among the ancients of various nations 614 Female beauty and ornaments, 596 Fiery fountain, 872 Fire-balls, 655 Fire of London, 748 Fire-fly, the, 323 Fire, perpetual. 806 Fishes, air bladder in, 201 Combustion of the human body by the im- Fishes, respiration in, 202 moderate use of spirits, 97 Common house-fly, curiosities of the, 337 Company of Stationers, singular custom annually observed by the, 766 Conscience, instances of the power of, 84 Cormorant, 242 Coruscations, artificial, 875 Cotton wool, curious particulars of a pound weight of, 391 Countenance, human, curiosities of the, 18 Creeds of the Jews, 775 Crichup Linn, 797 Crocodile, 163 Crocodile, fossil, curiosity of, 165 Cuckoo, curiosities respecting, 240 Curfew bell, why so called, 635 Curious historical fact, 744 D Dancer, Daniel, account of, 104 Dajak, inhabitants of Borneo, curious funeral ceremonies of, 612 Deaf, to make the, perceive sounds, 856 Deaths, poetical, grammatical, and scientific, 73 Death-watch, 347 Diamond mine, on the river Tigitonhonha, in the Brazilian territory, 460 Diamond, wonderful, 405 Diana, temple of, at Ephesus, 554 Dimensions, etc., of some of the largest trees growing in England, 382 Diseases peculiar to particular countries, 789 Dismal swamp, 798 Dog, remarkable, 194 Dog, curious anecdotes of a, 195 Dogs, sagacity of, 193 Dreams, instances of extraordinary, 70 Dwarfs, extraordinary, 40 Eagle, the golden, 237 E Ear, curious structure of the, 22 Earl of Pembroke, curious extracts from the will of an, 773 Earthquakes and their causes, 499 Eating, singularities of different nations in, 595 Eclipses, 676 Eddystone rocks, 797 Egg, to soften an, 878 Electricity, illumination by, 793 Electrical light, 841 Electrical experiments, 869 Elephant, account of an, 168 Elephant, docility of the, 170 Elwes, John, account of, 104 English ladies turned Hottentots, 744 Ephemeral flies, 343 Ephesus, temple of Diana at, 554 Escurial, 577 Etna, 443 Extraordinary custom, 6or Eye curious formation of the, 20 Fishes, shower of, 203 Flea, account of a, 325 Flea, on the duration of the life of a, 386 Florence statues, 579 Fly, the common house, 337 Fly, the Hessian, 336 Fly, the May, 340 Fly, the vegetable, 341 Fly, the boat, 342 Flying, artificial, 716 Flying machine, the, 838 Fountain trees, 375 Freezing, astonishing expansive force of, 661 Friburg, curiosities of, 575 Friendship, curious demonstrations of, 394 Fright, or terror, remarkable effects of, 82 Frog, the common, 160 Frog-fish, 196 Frosts, remarkable, 533 Flower, the animal, 392 Fruits, injuries from swallowing the stones ef 791 Funeral ceremonies of the ancient Ethiopiar a 609 Fungi, 395 Galley of Hiero, 584 Galvanism, 689 Gardens, floating, 580 Gardens, hanging, 558 G Garter, origin of the order of the, 623 Gas lights, miniature, 864 Gauts, or Indian Appenines, 421 Giants, curious account of, 39 Giant's causeway, 590 Gipsies, 732 Glaciers, 529 Glass, ductility of, 720 3 Glass, to cut, without a diamond, 861 Glass, to write on, by the sun's rays, 886 Glow worm, the, 319 Gnat, the, 347 3 Gold, remarkable ductility and extensibility of, 721 Gold, discovery of, 839 Gravity, experiments respecting the, 866 Great events from little causes, 746 Grosbeak, the social, 234 Grosbeak, the Bengal, 235 Grotto in South Africa, 445 Grotto del Cani, 446 Grotto of Antiparos, 447 Grotto of Guacharo, 450 Growth extraordinary instances of rapid, 37 Guinea, explanation of all the letters on a, 763 Gulf stream, 490 Gutenberg, John, 823 H Hail, surprising showers of, 518 Hair of the head, account of, 28 Hair, instances of the internal growth of, 30 INDEX.