THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES OF STOCKS FOR EACH MONTH IN THE YEAR 1790. 3 per 3 per 4 per | 5 per | Long | Short | India | India | India S. Sea Bank Stock. Ct. red. Ct.con. Ct.con. Cent. Ann. Ann, Stock. Ann. Bonds. Stock,
Affection, conjugal, 363.
Atterbury, bishop, anecdote of, 395-
ABYSSINIA, fingular and spital Anatomy, curious improvements in,
cuftoms in, 204, 304.
punishments of, compared with
thofe of Perfia, 233. State of mar-
riage in that country, 243. Cruel
dettiny of their young princes, 244.
Thoughts on the propriety of eating
raw flesh, 241. Witchcraft, ftate
of, 275, 280. Kingly affaffinations
in, 306. Difeafes of, 414. Account
of the religious books of, 301.
Curious ftate of both fexes in this
country, during a religious cere
mony, 338.
Abyffinian king, anecdotes of, 273.
Amufements of their princes when
first called to the throne, 281. Man-
ner of going and returning from
church, 337.
Proceffion into his
capital after a victory, 334. Curious
account of Mr. Bruce's introduction
to him and his minifter, 335.
Acts, public, list of, 476.
Artifice in a Chefter landlady, a com-
mendable, 37.
Action, a brave, 155-
Autemquas, country of, defcribed,
$181.
Alata, account of its great cataract,
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Accident, dreadful, 432.
Addrefs of the city of London on the
convention of peace, 461. His
majesty's answer to it, 461.
Accidents, lift of, 32, 53, 80, 100,
104, 189, 226, 267, 309, 347, 392,
432,469, 472.
Ahes considered as marks of grief and
repentance, 13.
Arts, the, 101.
Affaffinations, 101, 389.
Aeroftation, 101.
Animal courage, 30.
of, 24.
Auftrian Netherlands, hiftory of, 109.
Revolution of, 110.
Appellation, curious, beftowed on the
French king, 133.
Antimony, first discovery of, 15.
Adventurers, the, a farce, ico.
Aleuthes iflands, fhort fketch of the,
275.
Adolefcens, anecdotes by, 322.
Affociation, particulars of the late
grand confederative, in France, 267.
Antwerp, maffacres at, &c. 343.
Annuity allowed the duchefs of Cum-
berland, 389.
Amusements, public, method of con-
ducting them in France, 25.
Bells, origin of, 14.
Boyes, Mr. his firft appearance at Drury
Lane Theatre, ico.
Bodily ftrength, instance of, 5-
Belligerent powers, relative Itate of the,
and travels, 174, 262, 263, 289, 369,
371, 376.
Bounty, armed fhip, narrative of the
mutiny on board of, 217, 249.
Bell of Glasgow, large one, defcribed,
347.
Basket-Maker, the, à mufical drama,
346.
Becca, or Mecca, the market for the
trade from India and Africa, de-
fcribed, 302.
Breafts, uncommon length of those of
the women of Sennaar, 386. Ex-
traordinary customs obferved among
them, 386. Uncommon request of
their queens, made to Mr. Bruse,
387.
Butying grounds, origin of them, 15.
Bruce's Travels, 255, 256, 257, 260,
261, 280, 281, 282, 297, 298, 299,
300, 301, 302, 304, 305, 306, 307,
309, 326, 327, 331, 332, 333, 334,
335, 338. Critical remarks on the
immediate object of Mr. Bruce's
journey, 339, 341. Continued, 378,
379, 380, 381, 384, 385, 386, 387,
401, 403, 404. Concluding opinion
on the merits of this work, 415,
416.
Bligh, lieutenant, his narrative, 209.
His feizure, 209. Proceedings of
the mutineers while he remained
under confinement, 210. Departure
of the boat from the fhip, 211. De-
termines to proceed to Tofoa, 211.
Tranfactions at Tofoa, 211. Com-
mencement of hoftilities at that
ifland, 212. Death of John Norton,
212. Manœuvre of lieutenant Bligh
to escape from the favages, 212. Re-
folution of the captain to proceed to
Timor, 213. Dreadful fituation of
the crew, 215. Defcription of the
Noddy, 216. Mode of dividing small
portions at fea, 216. Arrival on the
coaft of New Holland, and meeting
with feasonable relief, 216. Conclu-
fion of his narrative, 249. His
fpirited behaviour among the muti-
neers, 251. Congratulation on a
profpect of relief after clearing the
coaft of New Holland, 251. Sickly
ftate of the crew, 252. Their arrival
at Coupang, the refidence of the
Dutch governor, and their proceed-
ings at that place, 254.
Balance of power in Europe, 107.
Compact of certain powers for pre-
ferving it, 107
Biography, Select, 15, 44, 71, 88, 167;
201, 245, 329, 407, 447.
Better Late than Never, a comedy, aes
count of, 468.
C.
Cyrus, account of his expeditions, 297.
Cambyfes, his ftrange expedition in
fearch of gold, 298. Fate of bis
army, 299.
Contrivance, a horrid one, of a colonist
of Bruyntes Hoogte, to destroy a
hoorde of Caffres, 202.
Caen, in France, mode of a lady's
travelling there, 22.
Church of the Carmelites at Paris, an
account of a vifit to the, 26.
Covent Garden playhoufe, their ma-
jefties vifit there, 17.
Child, the Spoilt, a farce, 100.
Czar, a new comic opera, by Mr. Q*
Keeffe, 100.
Courage, inftances of, 30.
Cruelty, inftance of, 390.
Crimes, ftate of, 32.
Childrens' heads, curious form given
them by certain people, 282.
Caffrarians, fome account of the, 220.
Conteft, account of a moft horrid one
on the island of Formofa, 372.
Cyprus, a high hill difcovered there,
fuppofed by Mr. Bruce to be Olym
pus, 225.
Cook, captain, life of,.
44. Manner of
his education, 44. Apprenticed to
a fhop-keeper, 44. Embarks in the
coal trade, 44.
Enters into the
king's fervice, 45. His fervices at
the memorable fiege of Quebec, 45.
Appointed to furvey the coafts of
Newfoundland, 46. Continued, 71.
Appointed to fuperintend the expedi
tion to the Friendly Ifles, 71. His
account of an adventure of Meffrs.
Banks and Solander, in the bay of
Good Succefs, 71. His account of
the arrival of the Endeavour at Ota-
heite, 72. Arrives in the Downs,
73. Is promoted to the command of
another, hip, in order to determine.
the existence of a fouthern continent,
His progrefs in fearch of a
fouthern continent, 88. Defcribes
the islands of ice which obftructed
his views, 89. His account of the
lights like the Aurora Borealis, 89.
Meets with the Adventure after
Jofing her above thirteen weeks, 89.
His fituation amidst the islands of
ice, 89. Paffes the antarctic circle for
the third time, 90. Describes an
amazing field of ice, 90. Afcertains
the extent and fituation of the New
Hebrides, 90.
Discovers New Cale-
donia, and names it, 90. Arrives
in England, 91, Promoted to the
rank of poft-captain, 91. Confents
to undertake another expedition to
determine the probability of a
northern paffage to the Pacific Ocean,
91. Obtains the promise of a reward
from parliament for the discovery of
a paffage through Hudfon's Bay, 92.
The Refolution and Difcovery fixed
on for the expedition, 92. Difpofitions
for the departure of the veffels, 93.
Some particulars of Nootka Sound,
169. Behaviour of the inhabitants
of Owyhee, 169. Change
conduct of thefe people, 170.
thod of procuring reftitution for
ftolen goods among the Indians, 171.
Critical fituation of the captain, 171.
Occurrences at Owyhee previous to
his murder, 172. His affaffination
by the Indians, and melancholy
death, 207. Sketch of his character,
207. Monfieur Vaillant's reflections
on his death, 208. Honours paid to
his memory. by the Royal Society,
208. His majefty's liberality to
Mrs. Cook and her children, 208.
Particulars of his family, 208.
Ceremonies, curious, at the death of
the Gingiro king, 281. Inhuman,
previous to the entrance of a new
Abyffinian king into his palace, 281.
Charles the Firft, faintship, and cha-
racter of, 10, 11.
Customs and Manners, Characteristic,
65, 163, 204, 240, 280.
Cromwell, Oliver, ketch of the life of,
15, 16, 17.
Chatterton, review of Gregory's life
of, his fuccefs as an author, and his
miferable fate, 19, 20.
Ceremony, religious, curious account
of a, 33, 34, 35.
Counts Struenfee and Brandt, elucida-
tion of their history, 48.
Campaigns of the year 1789, 106.
'Curious interview with the infant
Lama, 65. Account of Zeefkoo
VOL. II.
Lama, 66. The Calmucs method of
making their offerings to the Lama,
67.
Cat, fingular inftance of affection in
one, 70.
Crown, Blood's attempt to steal it,
154.
Cathedral, St. Paul's, account of,
157.
Crofs, St. Paul's, defcribed, 158.
Confcience, anecdote of, 158.
Ceremony, Abyffinian, extraordinary
163.
Ceremonies of the Seeks, 164.
Caffre wars, origin and caufe of, 184.
Contrivance, a horrid one, 1o1.
Condefcenfion in a fovereign, 234.
Columbus, anecdote of, 234.
China ware, introduced into England
by king William and queen Mary,
238.
Cromwell, Richard, copy of his writ
of fummons to parliament to lord
Barksted, 239.
Caglioftro, count, fketch of the life and
travels of, 79%
Coffee, origin of, 12.
Cards, origin of the use of, 15.
Courage and generofity, instance of,
Candour, inftances of, 364.
Creed, the courtier's, 375.
Crillon, count de, anecdote of, 397.
Ceraftes, a fpecies of the viper, de-
fcribed, 405.
Character, a fingular one, 436.
Clarke's Survey of the Lakes of Cum-
berland, anecdotes from, 438.
Cork lad, of Kentmere, account of
the, 438.
Cuftom, a fingular one, 441.
Coaches, origin of, 12.
Convention between his Britannic ma-
jefty and the king of Spain, 460.
Counter declarations exchanged be-
tween the British and Spanish minif
ters, 459.
Convention, articles of, between Pruf-
fia and Auftria, 462.
Convention, fubftance of, between the
Imperial, Dutch, Pruffian, and Bri-
tifh minifters, figned on the 10th of
December 1790, 465.
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