Physle, strange peculiarity of the
practice of in China, 359.
Pindar, Peter, publications rela-
tive to his late fracas in a
bookseller's shop, 104. 321.
Plants. See Vauquelin, and La
Grange.

Poet, the duties of his office and

province, in what respects dif
ferent from those of the philo-
sopher, 461.
Poetry, the dignity and utility of,
poetically asserted, 150.

abominable vulgarity and
grossness of the antient Scottish
poetry, 204.

--, Apology for the bodily
excellences of the heroes of
antient poetry, 462. See also
Aristotle, Voltaire, Epopee, and
Tragedy.
Poor, management of receptacles
for, in houses of industry, &c.
33. Other publications on
this subject, 332...
Porson, Mr. his edition of the

Phoenissæ of Euripides, 375.
Potatoes, the frequent culture of.
them unfavourable to the soil,
277.

Pretyman, Ep. his Elements of

Christianity criticized, 162.
Prony, M. on balancing, 534.
Provisions, high price of, ascribed

to the war, 433; also to a re-
duction of the national debt,
435.

е
Quackery, in religion, bad conse-
quences of, 212.

R

Raymond, M. on phosphorus, 532
Rennell, Major, his curious exa-

mination of the geography of
Herodotus, 337, &c. See also
a note relative to this work, in-
serted in the Correspondence for
December, 448.
Resurrection of the body, question
how far that doctrine be or be

not asserted in the book of
Job, 501. General design of

the author of that work ex-

plained, 502. Antiquity of
the doctrine questioned, 503.
Reversions, contingent, &c. See
Morgan.
Revolution in France, primary
causes of, 167. Early mea-
sures of the French court to
produce a feigned coalition of
other powers against France,
170. Plan to rescue the King,
172. Views of the Royalists,
175.
Mr. Fox's assertion of
the regal conspiracy canvassed,
176.

Rhus radicans. See La Grange.
See Mons.

Rumsey, Mr. account of the croup,

as it appeared at Chesham, 78.
Russel, Dr. two cases of the ex-
istence of the small-pox and
the measles at the same time,
in the same person, 79,

S

Salmon-fishery in Northumberland,
curious estimate of, 369.
Sandwich, Earl of, memoirs rela-
tive to, 2. His political ca-
reer, 3. His private character,
4. His voyage to the Levant,
5. Character of the Turks, 9.
Visit to Egypt, 12.
Saxons, antient language of its
origin, &c. 294.
Scarcity. See Forestalling, Far-
mers, Scarcity, Grain, &c.
Shrewsbury, account of the House
of Industry there, 32.
Somerville, Lord, letter to, at-
tacking the conduct of the
Board of Agriculture, 371.
Sophocles, critical stricture on his
Tragedies, 464. Compared
with Euripides, 465.
Sores, successfully treated by the
application of gastric juice, 82.
See Harness, Dr.
Sound and light, outlines of ex-
periments and inquiries relative.
to, 260.
Spaniards, their proceedings in
the discovery of unknown
countries,