Labergerie, M. on the disease of

Rye, 462.
Labour, economically discussed,
295-301.

La Lande, M. on the Zodiac on
the church at Strasburg, 456.
On Eclipses, 457. Other me-
moirs, ib.
Lambert, Mr. on the Bos Fron-
tals of India, 31. On the
Zizania aquatica, 8.
Lamoignon-Malesherbes, M. par-
ticulars of his great character,
159-168. Anecdote of, 499.
Languedoc, canal of, account of
its source, the bason of St.
Ferréol, 357
Laocoon, elaborate remarks on

that celebrated statue, 524.
Laplysia depilans, injustice of that
epithet, 4.
Layer-Marney House
256.

described,

Lead, oxyds of, experiments on,
462, 463.

Lelievre, M. on Uranite, 464.
Leslie, Mr. his letter in reply to
that of Count Rumford, 223.
Lespinasse, Mlle. de, her charac-
ter, 356

Levêque, M. on M. Ferrer's as-
tronomical observations, 449.
On a new system relative to

Masts, 450.
Lichens, four new, described, 6.
Link, Prof. on Botanical Geo-

graphy, 35.
Lizards, British, description of,3.
Logarithmic Tables, memoirs re-
lative to, 451 454.

Loureiro, M. de, on Agallochur
or Aloes wood, 351.
Louis XIV. view of his character,
525.

XV. his indecent conduct
and contemptible character, 503.

XVI. his imbecile indiffer-
ence to the admonitions of
Lamoignon Malesherbes, 165.
Is magnanimously defended
by that great and good man,
when accused by the Revolu-
tionists, 167. His good dispo-
sition, but lamentable incapa-
city, 505.

M
Machines, observations on the
power of, 474-476.
Madoc, the Welsh Prince, his
return from America poetically
depicted, 115. His combat
with an Indian, 120.
Malesherbes, See Lamoignon.
Marches, Lords of, remarks re-
lative to, 343.

Marie Antoinette, Queen of France,
character of, 505.

Marivaux, M. his portrait, 355.
Marmontel, M. various particulars
of his life and writings, extract-
ed from his own memoirs, 242.
-254.

Mary, Queen of Scots, docu-
ments relative to her connec
tion with Bothwell, 428.
Massillon, visited in his old age by
Marmontel, 244.

Masts, on a new system for, 450.
Materia Medica, articles of, che-
mical analysis of, 49.
Maton, Dr. and Rackett, Mr.
account of testaceological
writers, 7.

Maunoir, M. observations on the
eye, 459.
Maupeou, chancellor, his infam-
ous conduct, 499.
Maurepas, Comte de, his charac-
ter, 507.
Medicine, History of, 465-469.
Menzini,

Menzini, Benedotto, memoirs of, za
Mercury and Platina, their action
on each other, mem. on, 260.
Mercury, memoirs relative to that
planet, 457.

Messier, M. on circles round the
Moon, 457. On the passage
of Mercury, ib.

Moon, see Duc Lachapelle, see
Messier.

39.

Metres, greek, observ. on,
Mineral, found in Devonshire,
analysis of, 262.
Minho, in Portugal, Arcadian de-
scription of that province, 518.
Montagu, Mr. on marine animals,
4- On some quadrupeds,
birds, &c. 8.

Montmartre, hill of, obs. on, 461.
Morocco leather, mode of prepar-
ing, 461.

Mosses, remarks on, 7.

Motion, geometrical, obs. on, 470.
Mouse, harvest, observations on, 8.
Muscles, motion of,lecture on,258.
Mushet, Mr. his experiments on
wootz, 262.

N

P
Palladium, obs. relative to, 260.
Palm, date-bearing, memoir on,

462.

Paris, manners of the fashionable
females of, 86. Expences of
living there, ib.

Parliaments, of Paris, particulars
respecting, 500-502.
Parr, Dr. his character of Mr.
Wakefield, 150.
Paul, Emperor of Russia, his
conduct towards Kotzebue,
76-79. Character of, 80.
Account of his murder, 138.
Pearls found in Conway river,
account of, 187.
Pennant, Mr. character of, 186.
Perier, M. on the steam en-
gine, 463.
Peler I. of Russia, anecdote of,
136.

Pfiffer, the Swiss commandant,

anecdote of and of his son, 497.
Phosphorus, observations on, 458.
Pigott, Mr. on the changes of the

variable star in Sobieski's
shield, 266.

Pilkington, Mr. on fossil shells, 6.

tions on, 450.

Pitchford, Mr. of Norwich, ac-
count of, 10.
Plague, remarks on, 387.
Plants, various, of the Coroman-
del Coast, properties and uses
of, 107.

remarks on their perspira
tory organs, 350.
Poetry, of very early and of mo.
dern date, obs. on, 412.
Polignac, Duchesse de, portrait
of, 506.

Pomfret, Countess of, account of,
276. Specimens of her letters
from Italy, 278–281.
Pompadour, Mme. de, anecdote
of the effect of her attention
to Marmontel at her levée,
248.
Pope, procession of described, 279.
Portugal,

Steam-Engine, memoir on, 46;.
Steel, manufactured in Hindostan,
experiments on, 262.
Stimulants, obs. on, 52.
Sugar, see Achard.
Superstition, instances of in Italy,
278.

Swartz, M., on the genera of

Orchidea, 352.
Swisserland, its impressive and
beautiful scenery, 81-84.
Synesius, see Delambre.

T

Tannin, obs. on the mode of pro-
curing it, 458.
Taurida Palace, description of,
140. Magnificent fête given
in, 14!.

Tasso, view of his character and
writings, 538.

Telescopes, experiments on, 264.
Tencin, Mme. de, her assembly of
literary men characterized, 247.
Her portrait, 248.
Testaceology, acct. of writers on, 7.
Thesaurus Mathematicus, remarks
on, 454.

Thunberg, Sir C., on wild Chi.
ronia, 7.

Tiraboschi, Girolama, mem. of, 16.
Tokens, distribution of, in the
Scotch Church, explained, 295,

custom at that time explain-
ed, 3+5.

Tyrol, view of that district, sta-
tistical and military, 481. &c.

V
Vaccine inoculation. See Hallé,
Vanity See Pride
Vauquelin, M. on Proust's chemical
memoir, 458. On a viscid sub-
stance on the Robinia Viscosa,
462 On the muriat of soda,
ib. On oxyds of lead, 463.
Velocities, virtual, obs on, 470.
Venice, marine of, mem. on, 463.
Ventenat, M, on the Robinia Vis-
cosa, 462.

Villars, M., on Fossil wood, 463.
Viper. See Coluber.
Ule tree, acct. of, 353.
Volcanoes, of Quito, said to emit
fish, 530.

Volta, M., report on his experi-
ments, 456.

Voltaire, account of Marmontel's
first visit to, 245. Anecdotes
'of, 249.

His efforts to be-
come a courtier, 24 ›. 254.
Uranite, notice respecting, 464.

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