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the farmers, 423; the agriculturist
not the only sufferer of the country,
ib.; mercantile distress, ib.; the pre-
sent distress is common to all the in-
dustrious part of the nation, 424;
poverty the source of this general
distress, 425; causes of this poverty,
ib.; remedy, 426; remarks on the
conduct of government in regard to
its expenditure, 427

Dooraunee monarchy in Canbul, ac-
count of its establishment, 460
Druids' circle at Stonehenge, poetical des-
cription of, 474, 5

Duncan's essay on the nature of parish
banks, &c. 509, 609, et seq.
Durant's sermon on the best mode of
preaching Christ, 174, et seq.; stale-
ment of facts (in preaching) should be
full and unequivocal, 174, 5.
Durie, Mr. a native of Bengal, remark-
able account of him, 563, et seq.

East India Company, contrast of the
conduct of the Dutch and the British,
in regard to the propagation of re-
ligion, 229

Edgeworth's, Sneyd, memoirs of the
Abbé Edgeworth, 173, 4
Egede, Mr. the Danish missionary, ac-
count of his labours among the Green-
landers, 233

2

Elbrus, a Caucasian mountain, its great
height, 339; superstitions notions of
the natives concerning it, 340
Eliot, his intrepidity and firmness in
preaching among hostile Indians, 229,
et seq.; his labours in translating the
scriptures, 230; account of his
successors, ib.

Elphinstone's account of the kingdom

of Caubul, 457, et seq.; British domi-
nion in Asia beneficial to the na-
tives, ib.; arrangements of the ob-
jects of inquiry, ib.; divisions of sub-
jects treated of in the work, 460; ac-
count of the establishment of the
Dooraunee monarchy in Caubul, ib.
et seq.; their invasion of Persia, ib.;
successful enterprises of Ahmed Shah,
461; intrigues of Futteh Khan, 462;
origin of the mission, 463; its equip-
ment, ib.; sands of Canound, 464;
Singuana, &c. described, ib.; hills of
shifting sand, ib.; distress of the
party, 465; Bikaneer, ib.; character
of its prince, ib.; Pooggul, 466; a
mirage, b.; Moultan, b.; Soliman's
throne, ib.; credulity of the natives,
ib.; Calla-baugh, its remarkable situation,
467; Peshawer, 468; ridiculous cere-
monies attending presentations to the

king, 469; audience given to the em
bassy, ib.; magnificent appearance of
the prince, 470; the monarchy in a
declining state, ib.; Caubul seized by
Shah Mahmood and Futteh Khan,
ib.; dangerous predicament of the
embassy, ib.; perverse adherence of
the natives to old habits, 471; recal
of the embassy, ib.; total defeat of
the king, ib.; return of the party, ib;
description of the Punjaub, 472; geo-
graphy of Caubul, 556; population,
557; greatest height of the Hindoo
Coosh chain, b.; triple chain of Soli-
maun, ib.; description of the country
round Peshawer, ib.; of the inhabitants,
558; tradition that the Afghauns are
the descendants of the ten tr.bes, 559;
extract, ib.; internal regulations of
the Afghauns, 561; their manners,
ib.; literary pursuits, ib.; poets, 562;
religion, ib; trade, ib.; agriculture,
ib.; government, ib.; remarkable ac-
count of Mr. Durie, 563; Caufiris-
tan, inhabited by the supposed des-
cendants of the Greeks left there by
Alexander the Great, 564

Embassy to Caubul, ceremonies attend-
ing its presentation to the king, 469,

et seq.

English historical writers, neither of the
three, strictly speaking, an English-
man,
18; their excellence in the art
of writing history originated probably
in a mixture of French vivacity and
British gravity, 19

Entomology, Kirby and Spence's intro-
duction to, 572, et seq.; prejudice
against this and other similar studies,
ib.; government alarmed in regard to
the Hessian fly, 573, (note) study
not to be confined exclusively to par-
ticular objects, 574, et seq.; some ac-
count of the authors, 576; contents
of the work, 576; arrangements of
subjects injudicious, ib.; transforma-
tions of insects, 577; their enormous
increase, ib.; destructive nature of some
insects, 578; formica saccharivora, 579;
flight of locusts, ib.; benefit derived
from insects, 580; instances of it, 581;
utility of insects as food, ib. et seq.;
anecdote of James 1st. 583; appara-
tus of the spider for spinning described,
584

Erghum, bishop, his great power, 454
Frror, its nature and influence, 538, 9
Established church, solid grounds on
which it may apprehend danger, 58;
declared by one of the clergy to be di-
vided into the orthodox and the evangeli-
cal parties, 60

Evangelical and orthodox clergymen,

their points of difference, 545
Evidence of a fact is either defective,

sufficient, or compelling, 184, et seq.
the disciples had sufficient evidence of
the resurrection, 185; inquiry into
what constitutes sufficient evidence of
a fact, 186; self-love or self-interest
oppose the due impression of just evi-
dence, 186

Exercise, Mr. Finch's estimate of its im-
portance to insane patients, 300

Faith has for its object always some fact,
182; inquiry how this faith becomes
praiseworthy, or the contrary, 183,
et seq.; illustrated in the conduct of
the disciples in regard to the resurrec-
tion of Christ, 184; the truth and
the belief of a fact different, ib.; evi-
dence of a fact either defective, suffi-
cient, or compelling, ib.; the disciples
had sufficient evidence of the resurrec
tion, 185

Faith, Mr. A. Fuller on the nature of,

481, et seq.; various controversies oc-
casioned by Mr. F.'s strictures on it,
482, et seq.

Farmers, inquiry into their present dis-
tressed state, 420, et seq.
Fecundity of insects, 577

Fez, description of, population, &c.
528;
its mosques very numerous,
529; place in one of them for the wo-
men to attend at public prayers, ib.
Fortifications, ancient American, des-
cribed, 115; their extensive magni-
tude, 116; one mound covered with
cotton trees, ib.;
France, deplorable state of its present

moral condition, 210; was never
really a commercial country, 214
Freedom of the press, its tendency to
preserve true patriotism, 215
French mobs, their rate of hire, 70
French patriotismn prior to the revolu-
tion, its nature, 215; English patri-
otism contrasted with it, ib.
French Protestants resolutions, &c. re-
lative to the persecution of, extracted
from the proceedings of the Protes-
tant dissenting ministers, 177, et seq.;
the details not of doubtful authority,
ib.; conduct of the dissenting minis-
ters on the first rumour of the perse-
cution, 178; letters purporting to
have been written by the French cler-
gy to the English dissenting ministers,
written merely to allay the suspicions
of the French police, ib.; insuperable
difficulty of forming a just estimate
of the internal state of France, 179

Fuller, Andrew, Morris's memoirs of the
life and writings of, 478, et seq.;
early years of Mr. Fuller, ib.; his
settlement at Soham, 479; change
in his religious views, ib.; removes to
Kettering, ih.; becomes secretary to
the baptist mission, ib.; arduous na-
ture of his labours in that office, ib.;
statement of his last moments, 480;
controversy on faith, 482; crude
objections of Mr. Button and Mr.
Martin, ib.: faith and repentance the
gift of God but the duty of man, ib.;
objections of Mr. Dan. Taylor, ib.
et seq.; Mr. F. a firm believer
in the doctrine of personal election,
ib.; the provision made by the death of
Christ, of two kinds, 485; Mr. D. Tay-
lor's system inefficient, ib.; objection
of Mr. A. Mc Lean; ib.; its nature,
ib.; second objection of Mr. A. Mc
Lean, 487; controversy on the Sys-
tems compared,' ib.; some objec-
tions against it examined and refuted,
488; Mr. Hall's remarks on the
manners and character of Mr. Fuller,
489; Mr. Morris's sketch of his minis-
terial talents, 490; concluding re-
marks, ib.; et seq.

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Gandshuhr, or miraculous pillar of re-
ligion, 334

Gardanne, general, his embassy to the court
of Persia, 463

Gass, Patrick, his unsatisfactory narra-
tion of the expedition to the source of
the Missouri, 106

Gates of the rocky mountain, Captain-
Lewis and Clarke's passage up the
Missouri, through them, 127
Geneva, Sismondi's considerations on,
94, et seq.; probable evil that would
arise from its annexation to the Hel
vetic league, 95; its importance as
an enlightened Protestant continental
state, 96; belongs morally to England,
ib.
Georgia, Klaproth's travels in, 328,
et seq.

Geography of Caubul, 556
Gibbon's miscellaneous works, 1, et seq.;
character and estimate of the author's
letters, 3; Gibbon less irreligious than
Hume, 4; the subject of his history
possesses advantages superior to
those of his two competitors, ib. et
seq.; his long hesitation in regard to
the choice of his subject, 6; great ad-
vantage possessed by the historian of
his own times over other historical
writers, 7; nature of Voltaire's, &c.
historical attempts, ib.; other advan

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tages of Gibbon over Hume and Ro-
bertson, 8; his ardour and perseve-
rance, ib.; extract, ib.; difficulty of
the historian to arrive at truth, 10;
two leading features of his history
stated, 12; inferior to Hume and
Robertson in historical painting,
ib.; its causes endeavoured to be
accounted for, 13; some remarks
on Gibbon's manner in regard to
notes, ib.; notes unknown to the an-
cients, ib.; sanctioned by our three
great historians, 14; character of
Mr. G.'s notes, ib.; objections to them,
ib; Mr. G.'s style considered, ib.;
character of Hume's style, 15; Ro-
bertson's, ib.; art a prevalent feature
in Gibbon's style, ib.; deficient in con-
cealing it, ib.; followed Tacitus as his
model, ib.; his style to be justly ap-
preciated must be studied, ib.; many
objectionable peculiarities of his style
adduced, 16; extract, illustrative, ib.;
peculiar construction of Gibbon's pe-
riods, 17; instances, ib.; his gallicisms
comparatively few, 18; two particu-
lars in which these three historians
remarkably agree, ib. et seq.; their
excellence as historians dependent
probably upon an admixture of the
French and English character, 19;
neither historian ever wrote poetry,
ib. poetry incompatible with the
eloquence essential to historical com-
position, ib.; Gibbon's style approxi-
mates too closely to poetry, and that
of the worst kind, 20; two exception-
able features of Gibbon's history,
180; reviewer's confession of his former
infidelity, ib.; Gibbon's scepticism
pervades his work on the Decline and
Fall, 181; instances from the present
work, ib.; inquiry into the nature of
religious doubting, 182; man, praise
or blame-worthy in proportion as his
conduct proceeds from the heart, ib.;
fact always the objects of faith,
ib. ;
man required to believe not
to comprehend, for his salvation,
ib.; inquiry how this faith becomes
praiseworthy, and the contrary, ib.;
nature of faith, ib.; on the unbelief
of the disciples in regard to the resur..
réction of Jesus Christ, ib.; evidence
considered as being either defective,
sufficient, or compelling, ib.; in-
quiry into what constitutes sufficient
evidence, 186; self-love the great ob-
stacle to the reception of just evi-
dence, ib.; absolute indifference not
the proper state for the accurate dis-
crimination of truth, ib.; hardness of

heart the true source of the unbelief
of the disciples, 187; import of the
term, hardness of heart, ib.; its scrip-
tural import different from the gene-
rally received meaning, 188; the
scepticism of Hume and Gibbon, ori-
ginated in hardness of heart, in the
scriptural sense, ib.; Hume and Gib-
bon passed through life comparatively
free from trouble, 190; the stimulus of
hope necessary to excite man tu con-
stant exertion, ib.; men in elevated
life, not feeling the want of religion,
inquire not into its evidences, 191;
inquiry into the origin and into the
nature of the faith of the general body
of the clergy, 192, et seq.; inefficacy
of mere clerical faith, 193; unbelief
the prevailing disease of human na-
ture, 194; investigation into the
causes of the exemplary lives of our
most noted infidels, and of Gibbon,
195; some other circumstances tend-
ing to strengthen unbelief, &c. 196;
causes of the luminous views of reli⚫
gious truth, as exhibited in the writ-
ings of bishop Horsley, and other
such writings, 197; Dr. Robertson
possessed at least clerical faith, ib;
Mr. Gibbon's propensity to indelicacy
in his quotations, its causes investi-
gated, 197, et seq.; Gibbon more inge-
nuous than Hume who was less inde-
licate, 198; his character artless, ib.;
scorned to conceal the real propen-
sities of his heart, ib.; Dr. Robertson's
writings perfectly free from indelicate
allusions, 199; some objections
against destroying any of the writings
of Mr. Gibbon, 199, et seq.; advan-
tages that may be expected from
studying the springs and motives of
so extraordinary a mind as Mr. Gib-
bon's, 200

Gisborne's letters to the bishop of Glou-
cester, on the subject of the British
and Foreign Bible Society, 53, et seq.;
see Bible Society.

Glover's thoughts on the character and
tendency of the property tax, &c.
417, et seq.

Good's translation of the book of Job,
132, et seq.; Mr. G's eulogy on the
book, 133; states to be a regular
epic poem, 134; its supposed scene,
ib.; its divisions, ib.; the subject, ib.;
according to Mr. G. ib.; and Mr.
Scott, ib.; on the author and era of the
poem, ib. et seq.; objections, ib. et
seq.; doctrines of the book of Job,
136, et seq.: remarks on the doctrine
of angels, 137; on the resurrection,

138; commencement of the poem,
139; extracts from Mr. G's translation
and critical remarks on them, 139, et seq.;
extracts from the notes, 148, et seq.;
errors of the press, &c. noticed, 150;
see correspondence.

Government, true nature and extent of
its interference in regard to religion,
&c. 218; remarks on its late enor-
mous expenditure, 427, et seq.
Greeks, tradition of a country inhabited

by the descendants of those settled in
the east, in the time of Alexander,
564
Greenlanders, account of the first fruits of
the Moravian missions among them,
224, 5; the Christian Greenlanders in
1750, 232

Griffin's memoirs of Captain James
Wilson, 275, et seq; chief subjects of
the narrative, 276, et seq.; account of
his conversion, ib, et seq.
Gunpowder, a solitary discovery, its
cause according to lord Bacon, 256
Gurney's serious address to the clergy,
84, et seq.; reflections on the taking of
the priestly office, 85; striking instance
of ignorance in a Christian reviewer,
86

Hall, Robert, his expression of his great
veneration, for the late Rev. Andrew
Fuller, 489

Hamilton, Lady, memoirs of, 284;
her personal qualities, 285; her infe-
rior origin, 286; her residence with
Mr. Greville, 287; marries Sir
William Hamilton, ib.; her influence
over lord Nelson, ib.; becomes a vo-
luntary spectator of the execution of
the unhappy Carraccioli, 288; her anx-
iely on account of her daughter, 288, 9;
lady H. not concerned in the publica-
tion of lord Nelson's letters, ib.
Hardness of heart, inquiry into its scrip-

tural meaning, 187, et seq.; Dr. Ro-
bertson's misapplication of the term,
189

Hartgill, Mr. and his son murdered by

lord Stourton and his four sons, 457
Headlong Hall, 372, et seq.; a humour-
ous piece, ib.; description of the cha-
racters, ib. et seq.; extracts, conversa-
tion on modern picturesque gardening,
374; between a deteriorationist, and a
perfectibilian, 375; on the nature of
disinterestedness, 376, et seq.; Cranium's
lecture on skulls, 378; his practical in- ·
ferences, 379; love and opportunity, a
song, 380

Heathen, propagation of Christianity

among them since the Reformation,
223; see Brown.
Hebrew scriptures, difficulty in regard
to interpreting them, 22; new me-
thod of interpretation, ib.; third me-
thod followed and perfected by Schul-
tens, ib.

Hessian Fly, alarm occasioned by the
fear of its being brought into the king-
dom, 573, (note)

Hewling, B. and W. grandsons of Mr.
Kiffin, their execution, 407

Hill's, the Rev. Rowland, religious free-
dom in danger, 493, et seq.; era of
the enactment of the poors' rates, ib.;
evils that may be expected from tax-
ing places of worship, 494; import-
ance of the question, 495; Mr. Van-
sittart's bill of last sessions misunder-
stood, ib.; distressing case of a con-
gregation at Worcester, 496; libera-
lity of the congregation at Surrey
chapel, ib.; attempt to tax Surrey
chapel adverse to the great majority
of the inhabitants, and to the parish
officers, 496, (note.)

Highlands, letters from, 236, et seq.; in-
terest excited by the Highland cha-
racter, 237; military reverses of the
Highlanders during the early part of
the last century attended with the
decay of their peculiar customs, &c.
ib.; testimony of Dr. Johnson, 238;
remote date of their letters, ib.; their
information unsatisfactory, 239; the
author's qualifications examined, ib.;
style of the work objectionable,
description of the Highlanders, 241,
et seq.; intellectual superiority of
the Highland mountaineers over the
English peasants, 245; Scotch cookery,
246; the author's offensive description
of Highland scenery, 248; similarities
and variations in Alpine scenery,
ib.; Ben Nevis, the highest point
of the Highlands, ib.; character of
the Alpine scenery of Scotland, 250;
effects of grand scenery on the hu-
man mind and feelings, ib. et seq.;
on the Highlander in particular, 251,
et seq.; the author impeaches the hos-
pitality of the Highlanders, 252, 3;
change in the Highland character of
a highly beneficial tendency, 254
Hindoo Coosh, highest elevation of this
range of mountains, 557

History, importance and advantages of stu-
dying it, 595

Home on the influence of the nerves

upon the action of the arteries, 515
Home's account of the fossil remains of

an animal more nearly allied to fishes
than any other classes of animals,
514

Home's observations on the functions of
the brain, 506

Hooker on the nature of sacraments,

439, et seq.; on the necessity of bap-
tism, 442
Hooper's advantages of early piety,
590, 1

Horsley's, bishop, book of psalms, 20,
et seq.; his diversified qualifications,
ib.; considered as a theologian 21;
announcement of his posthumous
papers, ib.; difficulties in regard to
interpreting the Hebrew scriptures,
22; new method of interpretation,
ib.; a third method adopted by Schul-
tens, ib.; the psalms are applied chief-
ly to the Messiah by bishop H. 23;
principle of his application stated, ib.
et seq.; his arguments, 25; general re-
marks on the subjects of the psalms, 26
objections to the bishop's hypothesis,
ib. et seq.; bases which may justify
the application of certain passages of
the old testament to the Messiah, 27;
versions of certain psalms by Dr.
Horsley and by the Reviewer, 28, et
seq.

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Horsley's, bishop, nine sermons, 151, et
seq.; prophecies among the heathens
concerning the Messiah, their origin
according to bishop Horsley, 152, 3;
objections, ib.; means by which those
prophecies were preserved among
them, 154; the evidence of the fact of
our Lord's resurrection, 155; applica-
tion of the expression some doubted, ib.
et seq.; extract in answer to unbelievers
in the resurrection of Christ, 157, 8;
Christ had no residence on the earth
after the resurrection, ib. ; his subse-
quent appearance said to have been
miraculous, ib.; on the sufficiency of
scripture, 158

Hume, his irreligion far exceeded Gib-

bon's, 4; his history indebted for its
chief interest to its being national, 5;
Gibbon and Hume not endowed with
the talent of rapid elocution, 6; cha-
racter of Hume's style, 15, 17; never
indulged in any poetical attempt, 19;
less indelicate in his writings than
Gibbon, 198

Hunt's story of Rimini, a poem, 380;
et seq.; character of the poem, narra-
tive, ib.; tale objectionable, 381;
a spring morning, ib.; various extracts,

ib. et seq.

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Indelicacy, Mr. Gibbon's propensity for
it in his quotations and allusions con-
sidered, 197; Hume less indelicate
than Gibbon, 198; Dr. Robertson's
writings perfectly free from this
charge, 199

Independents, first church of, in Eng-
land, 402

Infallibility, Romish, considered, col-
lective infallibility, 323

Influence of vast and antecedently un-
explored regions on a philosophic and
imaginative spirit, 107

Inquiry into the causes of the exem.

plary lives of some of our most noted
infidels, 195, et seq.

Insanity, remarkable instance of its alter-
naling with bodily disease, 296; its fre-
quent cessation previous to the ap-
proach of death, 296

Insects, transformations of, 577; their
surprising fecundity, ib.; destructive
nature of some species, 578, 9; flight of
locusts, ib.; benefits derived from in-
sects, 580; extract, 581, 2; considered
as articles of food, 581, et seq.

Jacob, Joseph, short sketch of his life,
586; strict laws adopted in his church,
586, 7; extracts from two remarkable
sermons of his, 587, et seq.

Jacobins, their state under Bonaparte, 69
James I. begs the loan of a pair of silk
stockings, 583

Jefferson, Madison, Gallatin rivers,
what and where, 128
Jewel, bishop, his character, 455
Jews, after the captivity, supposed to
have settled in Afghaunistan, 560, et
seq.

Jews, miserable state and cruel usage of
at Morocco, 527

Job, J. M. Good's translation of the
book of, 132, et seq.; see Good.
Johnson, Dr. his remarks on alpine sce-
nery, 248, 9

Jonah, a poem, by J. W. Bellamy, 289,
et seq.; extract, 290

by E. Smedley, 291, et

seq.; extract, ib.
Journal of Llewellyn Penrose, a seaman,
395, et seq.

Kaaba (El), or the House of God, at
Mecca, description of, 535; the black or
heavenly stone, ib; ceremony of wash-
ing its floor, 536

Kaïd, his powers and mode of adminis

tering justice at Fez, 525

Kidd's observations respecting the natu-

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