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1 caftoms in, 204, 304. Capital
punishments of, compared
with
those of Perfia, 233. State of mar-
riage in that country, 243. Cruel
deftiny of their young princes, 244.
Thoughts on the propriety of eating
raw flesh, 241. Witchcraft, ftate
of, 275, 280. Kingly affaffinations
in, 306. Difeafes of, 414. Account
of the religious books of, 301.
Curious ftate of both fexes in this
country, during a religious cere-
mony, 338.

byffinian king, anecdotes of, 273.
Amusements of their princes when
firft called to the throne, 281. Man-
ner of going and returning from
church, 337.
Proceffion into his
capital after a victory, 334. Curious
account of Mr. Bruce's introduction
to him and his minister, 335.
Acts, public, lift of, 476.

430.

His

Accident, dreadful, 432.
Addrefs of the city of London on the
convention of peace, 461.
majefty's answer to it, 461.
Accidents, lift of, 32, 53, 80, 100,
104, 189, 226, 267, 309, 347, 392,
432, 469, 472.

Athes confidered as marks of grief and
repentance, 13.
Arts, the, 101.
Affaffinations, 101, 389.
Aerostation, 101.
Animal courage, 30.
Affociation, particulars of the late
grand confederative, in France, 267.
Antwerp, maffacres at, &c. 343.
Annuity allowed the duchess of Cum-
berland, 389.

Amusements, public, method of con-
ducting them in France, 25.
B.

Artifice in a Chefter landlady, a com- Bells, origin of, 14.
mendable, 37.
Action, a brave, 155.

Autemquas, country of, defcribed,

181.

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Boyes, Mr. his first appearance at Drury
Lane Theatre, Ico.

Bodily ftrength, inftance of, 5.
Belligerent powers, relative itate of the,

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347.

Bafket-Maker, the, a musical drama,
346.

Becca, or Mecca, the market for the
trade from India and Africa, de-
fcribed, 302.

Breafts, uncommon length of those of
the women of Sennaar, 386. Ex-
traordinary customs observed among
them, 386. Uncommon request of
their queens, made to Mr. Bruce,
387.

Burying grounds, origin of them, 15..
Bruce's Travels, 255, 256, 257, 260,
261, 280, 281, 282, 297, 298, 299,
300, 301, 302, 304, 305, 306, 307,
309, 326, 327, 331, 332, 333, 334,
335, 338. Critical remarks on the
immediate object of Mr. Bruce's
journey, 339, 341. Continued, 378,
379, 380, 381, 384, 385, 386, 387,
401, 403, 404. Concluding opinion
on the merits of this work, 415,
416.

Bligh, lieutenant, his narrative, 209.
His feizure, 209. Proceedings of
the mutineers while he remained
under confinement, 210. Departure
of the boat from the ship, 211. De-
termines to proceed to Tofoa, 201»
Tranfactions at Tofoa, 211. Com.
mencement of hoftilities at that
ifland, 212. Death of John Norton,
212. Manœuvre of lieutenant Bligh
to escape from the favages, 212. Re-
folution of the captain to proceed to
Timor, 213. Dreadful fituation of
the crew, 215. Defcription of the
Noddy, 216.. Mode of dividing small
portions at fea, 216. Arrival on the
coaft of. New Holland, and meeting
with feasonable relief, 216. Conclu-
fion of his narrative, 249. His
fpirited behaviour among the muti-
neers, 251. Congratulation on a
profpect of relief after clearing the
coaft of New Holland, 251. Sickly
State of the crew, 252. Their arrival
at Coupang, the refidence of the
Dutch governor, and their proceed-
ings at that place, 254.

Balance of power in Europe, 107.
Compact of certain powers for pre-
ferving it, 107.

Biography, Select, 15, 44, 78, 88, 167,
207, 245, 329, 407, 447.
Better Late than Never, a comedy, at-
count of, 468.
C.

Cyrus, account of his expeditions, 297.
Cambyfes, his ftrange expedition in
fearch of gold, 298. Fate of his

army, 299.
Contrivance, a horrid one, of a colonist
of Bruyntes Hoogte, to deftroy a
hoorde of Caffres, 202.

Caen, in France, mode of a lady's
travelling there, 22.

Church of the Carmelites at Paris, an
account of a visit to the, 26.
Covent Garden playhouse, their ma•
jefties vifit there, 14.

Child, the Spoilt, a farce, 100.
Czar, a new comic opera, by Mr. O'
Keeffe, 100.
Courage, inftances of, 30.
Cruelty, inftance of, 390.
Crimes, ftate of, 32.

Childrens' heads, curious form given
them by certain people, 182.
Caffrarians, fome account of the, 220.
Contest, account of a most horrid úze
on the island of Formofa, 372.
Cyprus, a high hill discovered there,
fuppofed by Mr. Bruce to be Olyın
pus, 225.
Cook, captain, life of, 44. Manner of
his education, 44. Apprenticed to
a fhop-keeper, 44. Embarks in the
coal trade, 44.
Enters into the
king's fervice, 45. His fervices at
the memorable fiege of Quebec, 45.
Appointed to furvey the coafts of
Newfoundland, 46. Continued, 71.
Appointed to fuperintend the expedi-
tion to the Friendly Ifles, . His
account of an adventure of Messrs.
Banks and Solander, in the bay of
Good Succefs, 72. His account of
the arrival of the Endeavour at Ota-
heite, 72. Arrives in the Downs,
73. Is promoted to the command of
another ship, in order to determine
the existence of a fouthern continent,
73. His progress in search of a
fouthern continent, 88. Defcribes
the islands of ice which obftructed

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his

his views, 89. His account of the
lights like the Aurora Borealis, 89.
Meets with the Adventure after
lofing her above thirteen weeks, 89.
His fituation amidst the islands of
ice, 89. Paffes the antarctic circle for
the third time, 90. Defcribes an
amazing field of ice, 90. Afcertains
the extent and fituation of the New
Hebrides, 90. Difcovers New Cale-
donia, and names it, 90. Arrives
in England, 91. Promoted to the
rank of poft-captain, 91. Confents
to undertake another expedition to
determine the probability of a
northern paffage to the Pacific Ocean,
91. Obtains the promise of a reward
from parliament for the discovery of
a paffage through Hudfon's Bay, 92.
The Refolution and Difcovery fixed
on for the expedition, 92. Difpofitions
for the departure of the veffels, 93.
Some particulars of Nootka Sound,
169., Behaviour of the inhabitants
of Owyhee, 169. Change in the
conduct of these people, 170. Me
thod of procuring reftitution for
ftolen goods among the Indians, 171.
Critical fituation of the captain, 171.
Occurrences at Owyhee previous to
his murder, 172. His affaffination
by the Indians, and melancholy
death, 207. Sketch of his character,
207. Monfieur Vaillant's reflections
on his death, 208. Honours paid to
his memory by the Royal Society;
208. His majefty's liberality to
Mrs. Cook and her children, 208.
Particulars of his family, 208.
Ceremonies, curious, at the death of
the Gingiro king, 281. Inhuman,
previous to the entrance of a new
Abyffinian king into his palaces 281.
Charles the First, faintship, and cha
racter of, 10, 11.

Cuftoms and Manners, Characteristic,
12, 65, 163, 204, 240, 280.
Cromwell, Oliver, sketch of the life of,
15; 16, 17.

Chatterton, review of Gregory's life
of, his fuccefs as an author, and his
miferable fate, 19, 20.
Ceremony, religious, curious account
of a, 33, 34, 35.
Counts Struenfee and Brandt, elucida-
tion of their history, 48.
Campaigns of the year 1789, 106.
Curious interview with the infant
Lama, 65. Account of Zeefkoo
VOL. II

Lama, 66. The Calmucs method of
making their offerings to the Lama,
67.

Cat, fingular inftance of affection in

one, 70.,

Crown, Blood's attempt to fteal it,

154.

Cathedral, St. Paul's, account of,
157.

Crofs, St. Paul's, described, 158.
Confcience, anecdote of, 158.
Ceremony, Abyffinian, extraordinary
163.

Ceremonies of the Seeks, 164.
Caffre wars, origin and cause of, 184:
Contrivance, a horrid one, 101.
Condefcenfion in a fovereign, 234.
Columbus, anecdote of, 234.
China ware, introduced into England
by king William and queen Mary,
238.

Cromwell, Richard, copy of his writ
of fummons to parliament to lord
Barksted, 239.

Caglioftro, count, sketch of the life and
travels of, 79.
Coffee, origin of, iz.
Cards, origin of the use of, 15.
Courage and generofity, initance of,

323.

Candour, inftances of, 364.
Creed, the courtier's, 375.
Crillon, count de, anecdote of, 397.
Ceraftes; a fpecies of the viper, de
fcribed, 405.

Character, a fingular one, 436.
Clarke's Survey of the Lakes of Cum-

berland, anecdotes from, 438.,
Cork lad, of Kentmere, account of
the, 438.

Cuftom, a fingular one, 441.
Coaches, origin of, iz.
Convention between his Britannic ma-
jesty and the king of Spain, 460.
Counter declarations exchanged be-
tween the British and Spanish minif
ters, 459.
Convention, articles of, between Pruf-
fia and Auftria, 462.
Convention, fubftance of, between the
Imperial, Dutch, Pruffian, and Bri-
tifh minifters, figned on the 10th of
December 1790, 465.

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