arctic circle, 506-followed by
Flocke, a Swede, ib.-discovery
of Greenland by Eric Rauda, ib.—
its colony cut off by the accumula-
tion of ice, 507-Captain Scoresby
of opinion that their descendants
still inhabit it, ib.-Kerr's account
of the discovery of America, ib.-
Biorn the discoverer of Newfoundland,
508-Thorwald and Cortereal, ib.
-Portuguese expedition under Diaz
and Gama, Spanish under Columbus,
and English under Cabot, a Vene-
tian, 509-Magellan, Drake, and
Martin Behem, ib.-Gomes, Juan
Verazzani, Sir Hugh Willoughby,
Frobisher, and Gilbert's voyages to
the north, 510-Davis, Walsingham,
and Barentz's discoveries, 511-fabu-
lous voyage of Maldonado, ib.—unsuc-
cessful voyages of Waymouth, Hall,
and Knight, 512-Hudson's disco-
veries, 512, 513-Button's voyage in
search of Hudson, 513-discoveries
of Gibbons, Bylot, Button, and Baf-
fin, 513, 514-Jens Monk and Luke
Fox, 514-captain James and De
Gronsseliers, 515-difficulties thrown
in the way of discoverers by the
Hudson Bay Company, ib.-They
send out Captain Knight, ib.-
Behring's discoveries and his death,
516-Captain Middleton's voyage, ib.-
expedition under Moor and Smith,
517-inhumanity of the governor of
the Hudson Bay Company, ib.-expe-
dition from Philadelphia under Cap-
tain Swaine, ib.-his second voyage,
518-discoveries of Hearne, 519-
expedition from Virginia under Cap-
tain Wilder, ib.-Cook's northern
discoveries, 520-Captain Pickers-
gill and Lieutenant Young, 521-
Mackenzie's discoveries by land, ib.
-Malaspina's, ib.-ridiculous cir-
cumstance in relation to Cluny, ib.-
Vancouver and Duncan, 522-Kotze-
bue, 523-Ross, 523, 524-Parry's
voyage, 524-Captain Franklin sent
by land to co-operate with him, 525
-the magnetic pole, ib.-Franklin's
discoveries and adventures, 525, 526
-Parry's second voyage,
527-

third, 528-Franklin and Beechey,
ib.-possibility of a passage round
Icy Cape, 529-531-currents and
climate, 529-shallowness of the sea,
530-accumulation of ice, 531-im-
possibility of a perfect congelation

the Arctic Sea, 531-icebergs,

532-534-currents, 584-account of
a whale, 535-remarks on Captain
Parry's last voyage, 537, 538-Par-
ry's mode of proceeding, 539, 540-
dangers of the mode, 540-ex-
treme point of their journey, 541-
vast quantity of rain, 542.

Nyerup, professor, instigator of the
Scandinavian National Museum, no-
tice of, 485, &c.

P.

Parry, Captain William Edward, his
narrative of an attempt to reach the
North Pole, &c. reviewed, 505, etc.
See North-West Passage.
Peking, notice of, 275.
Penry, a Welshman, executed under
the law of libel, 38.

Perennial Calendar, &c., by T. Fors-
ter, reviewed, 423, etc.
Picard, his improvements on astrono-
my, 298.

Pike, Zebulon, notice of, 111—his suf-
ferings in his first and second expe-
ditions, 112, 113.

Popular Superstitions, importance of
lexicographical works in tracing, 424
-festivals established by Bishop Gre-
gory, 428-New-Year's day, in Scot-
land, an old superstition derived from
the Picts, 429-prognosticating the
weather, from the state of the atmo-
sphere, 430—festival of kings, ib.—
Plough Monday, 431-St. Agnes's
day, ib.-St. Vincent's day, 432-
conversion of St. Paul, ib.-Candle-
mas-day, 433-Shrove Tuesday, 434
-St. Valentine's day, 435-St. Da-
vid's day, ib.-Carlin Sunday, 436-
Palm Sunday, ib.-Maundy Thurs-
day, ib.-Good Friday, ib.-Easter,
and origin of the phrase, 437-Sham-
rock, why worn on St. Patrick's
day, 438-borrowing days, 439-All-
Fool's day, 440-St. Mark's eve,
441-ass-ridlin, ib.-leaping the well,
ib.-first of May, ib.-chimney-
sweeper's holiday, 442-beltein, ib.
deasil, 444-widdersinnis, ib.-Ro-
bin Hood, 445-rood-day, 446—
Whitsunday, 447-St. Urban's day.
448-vigil of St. John the Baptist,
ib.-St. Swithin's day, 450.-—St.
Martin of Bullion's day, ib.-Lam-
mas-day, 451-Harvest home, ib.-
St. Bartholomew's day, 452-Mi-
chaelmas, ib.—St. Luke's day, ib.—
St. Crispin's day, ib.-feast of St

Simon and St. Jude, 453-Hallow-
een, ib.-All-Saint's day, 454-All-
Soul's day, 455-Martinmas, 456—
festival of St. Nicholas, 456-459——
St. Thomas's day, 459-Christmas-
eve and Christmas-day, 460-Roman
Saturnalia, 464 Christmas Log, 466
-St. Stephen's day, ib.-Childer-
mass-day, ib.-New-Year's eve, or
Hogmanay Trololay, 467.
Prague, Congress at, a diplomatic
show, 250.

Purveyance, endeavours of the Com-
mons to restrain, 41.

R.

Rabener, a German satirist, notice of, 171.
Ramler, a German imitator of Horace,
notice of, 171.

Rask, Professor, works of, reviewed,
481, etc.

Roemer, Olaus, his improvements on
astronomical instruments, 298.

S.

Salzmann, first instructer of youth in
Germany who had gymnastics taught
at his school, 136.
Sandwich Islands, general description
of, 349, 350-moral condition of the
inhabitants, at the time of Captain
Cook, 350, 351-vices introduced by
Europeans, 351-354-first missiona-
ry found a new king established and
idolatry abolished, 354-labours of
missionaries to reduce the language
to writing, 355-the chiefs, then the
people, instructed to read and write,
ib.-effect of Christianity among the
people, 356-a Constitution formed
for them by Lord Byron, 357-oppo-
sition to the missionaries by foreign-
ers, 358-360-anecdote of Keopuo-
lani, 361, 362-dissipation of the
king, 362-outrages upon the mis-
sionaries, 363, 364-extracts from
the voyage of missionary Stewart,
364-369-the tabu, 366, 367-sport
of Moku-Moku, 367-climate, 368-
equipage, 369-poverty of the peo-
ple, ib.-singular way of raising mo-
ney, ib.-the nobles larger than the
common people, ib.

Scandinavian Literature.--Scandinavi-

an and Teutonic nations and langua-
ges, remarks on, 481-the Eddas,
482-vast attainments of professor
Rask, 482, 483-his works, 483-485-
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professor Nyerup's proposal of estab-
lishing a national museum, 485-its
collections, 486, 487-royal and pri-
vate cabinets, 487-royal and uni-
versity libraries, 487-489.

Stewart, C. S., his Private Journal of
a voyage to the Pacific Ocean, and
residence at the Sandwich Islands,
&c., reviewed, 342, etc.-See Sand-
wich Islands.

Strafford, Thomas, earl of, impeach-
ment of, 46, 47.

Stubbe, a puritan lawyer, mutilation of,
under the law of libel, 38.
Suffolk, dutchess of, sequestration of
the property of, 36.

Swaime, Captain, expedition from Phi-
ladelphia to discover a north west
passage under, 517, 518.

T.

Timkowski, George, his travels through
Mongolia to China, &c. reviewed,
255-286.-See China.

Tournaments, in France, first held, 133.
Tugendbund, the founding of, in Ger-
many, and the effects, 137.

Turks, Bonaparte's policy in regard to,
234, 235 their affairs with Greece.
See Greeks and Turks.

U.

Udal, a puritan minister, sentenced un-
der the law of libel, 38.

United States and London Quarterly
Review-Englishmen insane on the
subject of the U. S., 491-spirit of
the Quarterly, ib.-De Roos and the
Reviewer, 492-Fearons and Faux-
es, 493-testimony of an English of-
ficer, ib.-impossibility of a Euro-
pean politician understanding our in-
stitutions, 494-surprising piece of
information from the London Re-
viewer!, 494-496-credit given for
our internal improvements, 496-his
misstatements in regard to our seven-
ty-fours, 497-his agony over the
great ship at Philadelphia, 497-499
-arguments on the comparative ef-
fects of 32 and 42 pounders, 499,
500-steam-ships and steam-boats,
500-our diplomatic intercourse,
501-American government's desire
of suppressing privateering, 502-
Reviewer's liberality exhausted, 503
-want of a national church, 504→→→
state of our court and bar, ib.