Shuckburgh, Sir George, his acc. of some endeavours to ascertain a standard of weights and mea- sures, 70.
Siddons, Mrs. verses on seeing her in the character of Belvi- dera, 105.
Skirving, William, dies of a broken heart at Botany Bay whither he was transported for sedition, 254.
Smeaton, the late Mr. memoirs of, 196. His amiable character,
Stout, Capt. commander of the Hercules, his narrative of the loss of that ship, 236. Switzerland, Miss Williams's Tourin, 134. Lake of Lucerne described, ib. Valley of Schel. lenen and Devil's Bridge, 137. Mount St. Gothard, 138. Le- vantine Valley, 110. Abbey of Engelberg, 143. Lavater's se- vere remonstrance to the French Directory, on account of the French invasion of Switzerland, 351. Pleasing description of the simplicity of manners pre- vailing among the rustic inha- bitants of the Canton of Appen- zell, 481. Wonderful delight taken by them in the care and management of their cows, 482. Their cultureof snails, and con- siderable trade in that commo- dity, ib. Simplicity of their dress, food, &c.485. Strangers to taxation, and every kind of oppressive government, ib. To- tally illiterate and superstitious, yet happy in their ignorance and innocence, 486. Their in- dustry, linen manufactures, and Trade, 487. Remarkable fond- ness for their own Country, 489. Remarks on Switzerland, in general, 540. Patriotism of the inhabitants, 542. Origin of the name Swiss, ib. Revo- lution in the Cantons, 543. Simplicity of manners among
V and U Vaillant, M. his very valuable Museum of Natural History, in danger of being dispersed, 532. Recommended to the at- tention of the British public, ib. His "Histoire Naturelle des Oi- seaux d'Afrique" commended, 535-
Vandelli, Professor, his observa- tions on Natural History and Chemistry, as published in the Mem. of the R. Acad. Lisbon, 551. His acc. of curious sub- jects of Natural History in the Brazils, ib. Of some extraor- dinary fossil bones, ib. Of an astonishing large mass of na- tive copper, found in a valley, two leagues from Cachoeira, weight 2666 pounds! 552.- On increasing the strength of gunpowder, ib.
Vandermonde, M. his Memoir on the fabrication of steel, 562, On bright arms, ib. Variola Kaccine, acc. of that dis- case, 447.
at Strawberry-Hill, 272. Sar- castic reflections on the peace of 1748, and the fireworks, 273. On the impressions made, on some minds, by the earthquakes, 274. Letters to General Con- way, 275. Letters to Mr. Bent- ley, 278. Correspondence with Mr. Gray, the Poet, 281. Let- ters from Paris, 286. 11- boding of the French revolu- tion, 288.
Verona, the famous Roman am- phitheatre there noticed by Buonaparte, in his letter to the French Directory, 499.
Villas-boas, M. (of the Lisbon R. Acad.) his Mem, on the lati- tude and longitude of Lisbon, 554-
Vulture. See Oricou
Wakefield, Mr. his letter to Sir John Scott, Attorney General, relative to a late trial at Guild- hail, 107.
Walpole, Hor. Earl of Orford, his poetical portrait of Lord Gran- ville, 51. His unfavourable character of Lord Clarendon, 53. Of Lord Chesterfield, ib. * His Doubts on the Life and Reign of Richard III. 57. His De- tection of a Forgery pretend- ing to be the Political Testa- *ment of Sir Robert Walpole, 60. His letter to Mr. Pitt, 61. Το Lord Bute, 62, 63. His tract on Modern Gardening, 65. Vin- dicated respecting his conduct I towards Chatterton, 174. His : handsome letter to that young genius, ib. More censurable for his harsh treatment of Rous- Correspondence seau, 175. with David Hume, ib. His anecdote regarding Geo. I. and the royal family, 176. Cha- racter of Q. Caroline, 177. Of Geo. II. 181. Remarkable true love-story, 182. Criticism on Johnson's writings, 184. The criticism censured, 186. Pretty verses on the Marchio- ness du Deffand, 187. Song on a Kiss, 188. Letter to Mr. 'Conway, describing his House
Ware, Mr. his successful practice in treating the fistula lachryma- lis, 431.
Watson, Bishop, his opinion re- specting the British constitu- tion, 203.
Weights and measures. See Shuck- burgh.
West-Indies. See St. Domingo. Wilberforce, Mr. vigorously at- tacked by Mr. Belsham, re- specting nis ideas of the Chris- tian religion, &c. 145. Wilkie, the poet, his Epigoniad estimated, 14. Williams, Miss Helen Maria, her travels in Switzerland, 131. Her Hymn to the Supreme Being, written among the Alps, noticed, 139. Her address from the Glacier goddess to Dr. Darwin, ib. Her acc. of the political state of the Levantine valley, 140.
Windmills, comparative advan- tages between the vertical and horizontal kinds, 269.
Wye, river, picturesque beauties of, 264.
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