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Travels are the most instructive School of Man. SAVARY.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
BOSTON:
PUBLISHED FOR THE SUBSCRIBERS.
JOHN H. BELCHER AGENT.
CONTENTS.
Sect.
Fage
LXXXIII. Of Barcelona in Spain-Swinburne
LXXXV. Of Madrid. A. D. 1778-Swinburne
LXXXVI. Of the Royal Family of Spain-Ibid.
LXXXVII Character of the Spaniards-Ibid.
LXXXVIII. Of the Spanish Ladies-Ibid
LXXXIX. Anecdote of a Friar-Ibid.
XC. Of the Baths of Bagneres-Ibid.
LXXXII. Of Antwerp and Brussels-Ibid.
LXXXIV. Of the Flocks on the Pyrenean Mountains-Young
7
10
17
24
29
34
42
43
XCI. Journey into the Heart of the Pyrenean Mountains-Ibid.
XCII. Of Portugal in general; the Produce of the Country, and the Customs
and Manners of the People-Tour through Portugal
XCIII. Of Norway, and Bergen its Capital-Bishop of Bergen
46
53
57
XCIV. Of the Persons, Dress, Employments and Customs of the Inhabitants &
-1bid.
XCVIII. The Manner of Travelling in Sledges drawn by Rein-Deer-Ibid.
XCIX. The Ceremonies of a Lapland Funeral-Ibid.
69
72
C. Of the intense Cold experienced by some Gentlemen sent by the King of
France to determine the Figure of the Earth at the Polar Circle-
Maupertuis
CI. Of the Beauty of the Northern Lights in Lapland—Ibid.
CII. Of St. Andrew's in Scotland-Dr. Johnson
CIV. Description of a Highland Cottage-Ibid.
CV. Of the Climate, Soil, Produce, and Animals of the Hebrides, particularly
of Sky-Ibid.
CVI. Of the Inhabitants and Houses of the Hebrides-Ibid.
CIX. Presentation of the British Ambassador to the Chinese Emperor, at his
summer Residence in Tartary-Staunton
74
77
79
87
90
91
- 97
100
104
- 107
CX. Progress of the Embassy along the River Pei-ho towards the Capital of
China-Burying Ground detached from Temples-Singular Ceremo-
ny of Respect towards the Emperor-Ice applied to Fruits-Bread not
baked-Chinese Theatre-Wheelbarrows with Sails-Ibid
112
CXI. Reflections on Switzerland-Manners-Amusements-Miss Williams
CXII. Of Lavater-Mons. la Harpe-Ibid.
CXIII. Of the Theophilanthropists-Ibid.
CXIV. Ornamented Graves at Balstal-Ibid.
118
124
129
131
CXV. Curiosities at Basil-Comparative View of French and Swiss Peasantry
CXVI. Altorf-William Tell-Ascent to St. Gothard-Ibid.
CXVII. Travels through England in 1782, in which the Manners and Cus->
toms of the English are described, in a Letter to a Friend, by a Lit-
erary Gentleman of Berlin-M. Moritz
CXVIII. Of the Houzonanas in Africa-Vaillant
CXIX. Of the African Elephants-Ibid.
XX. Persons and Qualifications of the Aborigines of North America-Bartram 179
XXL Government and Civil Society of the Aborigines of North America-Ibid. 187
30 X 2 0.