Hands of monkeys and apes, 253.

Hare, artful manoeuvre employed by a, to
escape the hounds, 369.

Harpy eagle, the, 78, 79.

Harvey, Mr., discovers the circulation of
the blood, 330; description by, of a sin
gular instance of the insensibility of the
heart, 332, note.

Harvest-mouse, the nest of the, 34, 35.
Hastings, 10-25, 162-175.

Heart, the centre of the circulating sys.
tem, 330; its shape and weight, ib.;
arrangement of its muscular fibres, 330,
331; its interior structure, 331; its
nerves, 332; is insensible, and not under
the influence of the will, 331, 332; its
pulsations, 333; its veins and arteries,
334-336.

Heat, distribution of, over the earth, 200-
204.

Heavenly suitor, the, 329.

Heber, Bishop, manifestation of sympathy
in an elephant observed by him, 374,
375.

Hills, the, 114, 115.

Holmes, Rev. W., Religious Emblems and
Allegories, 9.

Horne, Hartwell, new edition of his Intro-
duction to the Critical Study of the Holy
Scriptures, 358.

Horns, difference of, in quadrupeds, 254;
the annual growth of, in stags, 254, 255.
Horse, the, how appreciated by Arabs,
Cossacks, Gauchos, and North Ameri-
can Indians, 379, 380, 384; in the East,
380, 384; not employed as a beast of
burden in Scriptural times, 381; de-
scription of, in the book of Job, ib.; re-
ferences to, in the Bible, 381, 382.
Horsfield, Dr., on the Javanese fox-bat,
221, 222.

Hottentots, the low state of their physical
and intellectual development, 223; their
treatment by the Dutch settlers, 223,
224; beneficial results of missionary
labours among them, 231-237; their
present industry and morality, 233.
Hugo, Herman, Pia Desideria, 2, 6.
Humming-bird, nest of the, 179.
Hung-tse-suen, leader of the insurgents in
China, 53, 54.

Hunt, Mr., mineral statistics compiled by
him, 216.

Hydrogen lamp, 58.

Ileum, 67.

Illissa, oil of, 340.

Inflammable air-lamp of Volta, 58.

Insect-wax of China and Japan, 349; an-
nual value of, ib.

Instantaneous light machines, 58.

Instinct, 367, 368.

Intercostal muscles, 405.

Intestinal canal, 67.

Intestines, the, 67, 68.

Javanese sea-eagle, 79, 80.
Jejunum, 67.

Jerboa, the, 28.

Jesse, Edward, on the rapid increase of,
and ravages committed by, field-mice,

32-31.

Job, Book of, illustrated edition of, 425.
Johnson, Dr., his rules for the observance

of the Sabbath, 89; remark by, on the
liberality of booksellers, 424.

Jones, Professor, on the variety of appear-
ance and uses of epidermic appendages,
254, 255.

Judson, Adoniram, his birth, 145; at col-
lege, 146; his conversion, and determi-
nation to study for the Christian mi-
nistry, 148; arrives at Rangoon, 150;
is cast into the death-prison at Ava,
150-154; his translation of the Scrip-
tures, 154; his missionary success, 156;
his death, ib.; his personal characte-
ristics, 156-158.

Kangaroo, its habits, 258, 259.

Karens, progress of the gospel amongst
the, 156.

Lacteals, the duties fulfilled by them in
the animal economy, 116, 205-207.
La Grange, M., on the precision of the
law of gravitation, 318.
Lamps. See Candles.

La Place, M., on the stability of the ar-
rangements of the solar system, 316.
Lardner's Museum of Science and Art, 426.
Larynx, its cartilages, muscles, nerves,
and ligaments, 411, 412.
Last comfort, the, 271-273.

Leang-Afa, his evangelistic labours in
China, 53.

Leaves from the Linden-groves, 321-329.
Lemmings, 27.

Le Verrier, M., his discovery of the planet
Neptune, 320.

Life, in its Higher Forms: III. Reptiles,
36-42; IV. Birds, 126-105, 176-184 ;
V. Mammalia, 251-259, 305-313, 366-
377.

Life's lesson, 25, 26.

Light, distribution of, over the earth, 121–
125; general principles involved in the
production of, 281, 282.

Light, its Nature and Applications, 359.
Liver, the, 116, 117.

Lizards, the sand, 38; the viviparous, ib.
Lockyer, Mr. Stewart, St. Bartholomew,
and other Poems, 71.

Long-tailed tit, construction of its nest,
182, 183.

Lucifer-matches, 55-63, 96-113; antece-

dents of, 56-63; inflammable materials
employed in their manufacture, 96, 97;
dipping and drying, 98, 99; preparation
of the splints, 102, 103; manufacture of
the boxes, 103, 104; statistics of amount
of consumption of, 104-109; cheapness
of, 109, 110; diseases arising from the
manufacture of, and their remedy, 110-

in what respects he is to be compared
with other animals, 367; what consti-
tutes the difference between him and
the inferior animals, 367, 368.

Mare, the flesh of the, used for food by
the Gauchos, 379; the milk of, used in
a prepared form, called koumis, 385.
Marion Falconer, 360.

Marsupialia, significance of the term, 257;
peculiarities of their structure, ib.;
species of, 256-259.

Martin, Mr. W. C., anecdotes by, of the
knowledge of the human language pes-
sessed by dogs, 372, 373.

Martyn, Henry, reminiscences of, by Mrs.
Sherwood, 296–298.

Massey, Gerald, Craigerook Castle, 425.
Mesentery, the, and mesenteric glands,
116, 207.

Meteorology, science of, 204.

M'Gilchrist, Mr., History of the Turks, 71.
Mice, 27-35; allusions to, in the Scrip-
tures, 27, 28; varieties of, 29-35,
Milky way, the, 389, 390.

Milne, Dr., assistance rendered by him to
Dr. Morrison in the translation of the
Bible, 51.

Mineral statistics of 1855, 216.

Miracle rod of the Prophet, 141, 142.
Moderateur lamps, 338.

Mombert, Mr., his translation of Tholuck's
Commentary on the Psalms, 69.
Monitors, aquatic, their great strength, 40.
Moon, her changing phases, 124; her
functions, 125.

Morrison, Robert, his early life, 45, 46;
is ordained as a missionary to China,
46, 47; arrives at Canton, and the diffi-
culties he encounters there, 49, 50; is
appointed translator to the East India
Company, 49; his Chinese Grammar and
Dictionary, 51; his translation of the
Scriptures, ib.; his visit to his native
country and his return to China, 51, 52;
his death and character, 52.
Mould candles, manufacture of, 393, 394.
Mylodon, the, 306, 307.

Naphtha, 342, 343.
Nebulæ, 389.

Neptune, discovery of the planet, 320.
Nests of birds, 176-184.

Night, a, among the breakers, 185–200.
Nightingale, its powers of song, 134.
North British Review, 71.

Number, to what extent the notion of, is
possessed by the inferior animals, 371,
372.

Nutrition, 64-69, 116-121.

Oersted, of Copenhagen, his discovery of
the powers of a magnetised bar, 137, 138.
Esophagus, the, 64.

Old dog, the, barks, 291.
Oleine, 395, 396.

Olive oil, in what manner obtained, 338.
Omar, Mosque of, built by Caliph Omar in

636, 363: associations connected with its
site, 361-363; history and vicissitudes
of, 363, 364; jealousy with which it is
guarded by the Turks, 364; surreptiti-
ous visits to, by Christians, ib.; descrip-
tion of, 365.

Open-air preaching, 143.

Orangs, anecdotes of, 370, 375.

Ornithorhynchus, or duckbill, 257, 258.
Ourselves: Nutrition, 64-69, 116-121; The
absorbents, 205-209; The blood, 276-
278; The circulation of the blood, 330-
336; Respiration, 405-412.

Owen, Professor, his description of the
gigantic mylodon, 306, 307.

Owen, Rev. Mr., Life of Mr. Thorneycroft,

425.

Oxen in the gardens of Susa, 371, 372.

Palmer's tallow candles, wicks for, how
made, 392, 393.

Palm-oil, 338; interesting connexion of its
introduction into commerce with the
suppression of the slave trade, 338, 339;
plans employed for bleaching it, 340.
Pancreas, the, 117, 118.
Paraffine, how obtained, 343.
Parting, 321.

Passing away, 323.

Paws, 253.

Pensile grosbeaks, bottle-nests of the, 183.
Pericardium, 331; liquor of the, ib.;
dropsy of the, ib.
Peristaltic action, 116.

Perry, Commodore, Narrative of his Ex-
pedition to Japan, 288.

Perspiration, sensible and insensible, 410,
411.

Philip, the Hottentot, his Christian ex-
perience, 234, 235.
Phosphorus match, 63.

Phosphorus, quantity of, employed in the
manufacture of lucifers, 108, 109; dis-
eases arising from the use of, and their
remedy by the substitution of amor-
phous phosphorus, 110-113.
Pioneers and First-fruits: Morrison in

China, 43-54; Judson in Burmah, 145-
158; Van der Kemp and the Hottentots,
223-237.

Pitch, or dead oil, 343.

Planets, their motions and their satellites,
237, 315; their magnitudes, distances,
and velocities, 239, 240; their propor-
tions as compared with the Earth, 314;
original projectile force necessary to
control their movements, 315; how af-
fected by the laws of attraction and
repulsion, 316, 317.

Planetary system, the, 237-241; stability
of the arrangements of, 319, 320.
Planetoids, 237.
Platina lamp, 58-f0.

Platinum, spongy, its properties, 58, 59.
Pleuræ, the, 405, 406.

Pneumatic tinder-box, or light syringe, 57.
Polynesia, progress of the gospel in, 144.

427

Porter, Mr., description by, of a Bedowin
and his horse, 384.

Pratt, Rev. Josiah, Eclectic Notes, 216.
Price and Co., machine for moulding can-
dles, 400, 401; their night-lights, 402.
Prichard, Dr., on the manifestation by
the inferior animals of mental attributes,
367, 368; new edition of his Natural
History of Man, 358.
Prometheans, 62.

Protestantism and Roman Catholicism,
statistics of, 426.

Psalmist, the, 357, 358.

Pulsations of the heart, 333.
Pyrophorus, preparation of, 57.

Rape-oil, 337; mode of obtaining and
c.arifying it, ib.

Rat, the black, 29; the Hanover, brown
or Norwegian, ib.
Rectum, the, 68.

Red-breast, the, 135.
Reptiles, 36-42.

Repulsion, the law of, 317.
Resins, 286, 341.

Respiration, 405-412; in what manner
performed, 408; duties fulfilled by it in
the human economy, 408, 409.

Review of the Months, 70-72, 142-144,
214-216, 286-288, 358-360, 424-426.
Ribs, the, 405.

Right hand, holding by the, allusions to, on
Egyptian sculptures, 265, 266.

Robinson, Prof. Edward, Biblical Researches
in the Holy Land, 358.

Rock-soap, 398.

Rodentia, 252, 253, 307-309.
Ross, Sir John, death of, 287.
Ruminantia, 309.

Rüppell, Dr., on the rats and mice of
Egypt, 28, 29.

Russian explosive machines, 62.

Sabbath, a, well spent, 81-97.
Sabbath-breaker, punishment of a, 81, 82.
Sabbath question, the, 142, 143.
Sardinian soldiers, their eagerness to re-
ceive the Scriptures, 287, 288.
Sauria, the order of, 38-42.
Schimmelpenninck, Mrs., death of, 287.
Schmidt, George, a Moravian missionary,
the first who preached the Gospel to the
Hottentots, 224, 225.

Sea-eagle, the, 73, 74.

Seal-oil, 345; pale, ib.; boiled, ib.
Seasons, the, 201.

Serum, 277.

Shepherd King, the, 70.

Sherwood, Mrs., her birth and parentage,
242, 243; her marriage, 250; her depar-
ture for the East Indies, 294; her em-
ployments there, 295; her reminiscences
of Henry Martyn and Daniel Corrie,

296-298; commences story-writing, 299;
returns to England, 300; her educational
labours, 301, 302; her intercourse with
Dr. Malan, 303; her latter days, 304.
Siamang, anecdote of a, 375, 376.
Slave-trade in America, suggestion for the
suppression of the, 339.

Sleep, its restorative influence, 124.
Slow-worm, or blind-worm, anatomically
a lizard, 36-38.

Smith's Shipwreck of St. Paul, 419.
Smugglers and smuggling, 22, 23.
Sociable grosbeaks, their nests, 183, 184.
Spallanzani, his experiments on the powers
of gastric juice, 119, 120; on the diges-
tive powers of birds, 132, 133.
Spermaceti, 347; candles, 402.
Spleen, the, 118.

Splints for lucifers, 102, 103.

St. Paul, Shipwreck of, Canto II. 350-357;
Canto III. 413-423.

Stars, their distance from the solar system
immeasurable, 388; the probability of
their being suns with attendant satellites,
389; their varying appearances, 390; all
supposed to be revolving round some
common centre, 391.

Stearic acid, methods of obtaining it, 396-
400.

Tahiti, results of its seizure by the French,
144.

Tailor-bird, construction of its nest, 182.
"Take me," 321.

Tallow, 345, 346; melting and purification

of, 346; clarification or rendering of, ib.:
by what means separated into oleine and
stearine, 395-399.

Tchitrec, pensile nest of the, 181.
Teeth, 252, 253.

Temple, Sir William, death of, 287.

Temples of Jerusalem, first, second, and
third, 362, 363.

Terrestrial magnetism, 136–141.
Thea butter or Galam, 340.

Thoracic duct, 207-209.

Thorax, or chest, 405, 406.

Tinder, preparation of, 56.
Tortoises, 42.

Townshend, Colonel, singular power pos
sessed by him of dying and coming to lif
again, 332, 333, note.

Tracts for Working Men. 143.
Trachea, or windpipe, 407, 408.
Trade winds, 204.

Train oil, 344.

Treading on enemies, references to, o
Egyptian sculptures, 266, 267.
Turkey, religious toleration in, 287.
Turpentine, 342.

Van der Kemp, John Theodore, his early
career, 225; his infidelity, 225, 226; hi
conversion, 227, 228; is ordained as
missionary to the Hottentots, 229; his
labours, 230, 231; his death, 231.
Vegetable fats and oils, 286.
Vegetable tallow of China, 341.
Veins of the heart, 335, 336.
Ventricles of the heart, 331.
Vestas, or taper matches, 101.

Voice, the sound of the, how produced, 412.
Voltaic electricity, production of light by,
60.

Wanderings through the Conservatories of
Kew, 359.

War with Russia, its results, 287, 288.
Wax candles, manufacture of, 403; mode
of colouring them, 404.

Wedge-tailed eagle, the, its size, ferocity,
and strength, 76, 77.

Westmacott, Sir Richard, death of, 287.
White, Gilbert, on the nest of the har-
vest-mouse, 34, 35; on the method of
covering rushes with tallow, 180.
White headed eagle, the, its predatory
habits, 79; the national emblem of the
United States, ib.

Whitney, Geoffrey, Choice of Emblemes,
extracts from, 2, 3.

Wicks for candles, how made, 392; ma-
chines for making, 393.

Wilson, Dr., The Five Gateways of Know-
ledge, 425.

Wilson, James, death of, 71, 72.

Wilson, Mr, his process for working up
impure and foetid fats, 397, 398.

Wilson, Professor, on the life of an eagle,
74, 75.

Winds, phenomena of, 204.

Withers, George, Collection of Emblems,