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Ecliptic, obliquity of, iii, 16;| Fête Dieu, ceremony of, ii, 172
Filberd-tree, a poem, ii, 271,

iv, 9, 45
Edmund, king and martyr, i,
288; ii, 302; iii, 314; iv, 319
Edward, king of West Saxons,

i, 58; 1,83; iii, 72; iv, 61
Edward III, character of, iii, 5
Edward IV, character of, iv,58
Edward VI, character of, iv, 7
Elephant, picturesque descrip-
tion of its haunts, iv, lxvi,
Intr.

Elizabeth, sonnet by, iii, 314
Elm, description of, iii, 127
Ember Week, i, 55; ii, 53; iii,
70; iv, 42

Emmet, falsely called parsimo-
nious, iv, 215, note
Ephemeris, explanation of the
word, i, xxvii, Intr.
Epiphany, i, 4; ii, 5-celebra-
tion of the Eve of at Rome,
6, 7-iii, 3; iv, 2
Equation of time, i, 12, 60; iii,

19

Equinoctial points, iii, 16
Eton Montem, account of, ii,
168; iii, 165
Euripides, translation of a pas-
sage in, by Dr. Johnson, not
published in his works, iv,
343

Even-tide of the year, iii, 326
Excursion, extract from the
poem of, iii, 327-high cha-
racter of, 326, note
Expiation, day of, a Jewish fes-
tival, iii, 284

F

Fasts, extraordinary in Lent, i,
39-fasting, what? lines on,

ib.
Feather, mechanical wonders
of, iv, xxxviii, Intr.
February, explanation of, i, 27;
ii, 42; iii, 39; iv, 30
Fête de l'Ane, account of, ii, 318

note

Finches, lines descriptive of, iv,
liii, Intr. note
Finnish peasants, sudden transi-
tion of, from heat to cold, ii,

73
Fir-tree, account of, iii, 159–
Scotch fir, 160-spruce fir,
ib.--silver fir, 161--Wey-
mouth pine, ib.-larch, ib.
Fishes, lines on, iv, xxv, xxvii,
Intr-general description
and divisions of, ib., xxvii—
great fecundity of, ib.—pecu→
liarities of the spinous fishes,
Xxx-xxx-of the cartilagin-
ous class, xxxiii
Fisher-boy, employments of, iv,
122-winter occupations of,
362

Fixed stars, of the, i, 174, 234;
ii, xi, Intr. xlv. ib.-of the
distance of, iii, 242-magni-
tude of, 266

Flies, account of various species
of, iii, 243, 244; iv, 274-276
-mode of destroying, 277
Fly, lines on the excursions of,
iv, 179-verses to, 277
Flying-dragon, absurd tales of,
iv, xxxiv, Intr. note
Flower Gardens, sketch of the
history of, iv, 184-187
Flowers, poetically described, i,
105, 135 -remarks on, 134–
prognostics from, 349-poe-
tical enumeration of these,
ib.; ii, 148-simile from Ca-
tullus, 198-poetically de-
scribed, iii, 123, 154-reflec-
tions on the beauties of, ib.
156-account of what ap-
peared on examining a car-
nation by the microscope, iii,
156-158-poetical descrip-
tion of, 178, 179-lines on

the fragility of, 203-on the
beauty and economy of, iv,
176-178-lines on, 178-taste
for the cultivation of, 185
Fools at court, account of, ii,

G

Gad-fly, species of, ii, 216-
manner of laying its eggs, iv,
xxiv, Intr.

118—witty reply of one, 119 | Galeas, John, anecdote of, iii,
-Shakspeare's description

258

of, ib.-dress of, 120-an-Galileo, account of his discove-
tient character, 121
ries, ii, 189-anecdote of,
Forest, autumnal, observations
iii, 4
on, iii, 302-picturesque beau- Gallina, or poultry kind, charac-
ties of, 303
ter and genera of, iv, liv,
Intr.

Forests and woods, useful la-
bours of the commissioners
of, noticed, iv, 156
Forests, wonders of, in a savage
country, iv, 268, 269
FOREST TREES, description of,
iii, 37, 65, 95, 127, 159, 184,
215, 243, 277, 309, 328, 352
Fowler, picturesque lines de-
scriptive of his winter sports,
iv, 361
Fowling, poetically described,
iii, 27

Fox, natural cunning of, iv,
lxiii, Intr. note

Fox, Charles James, lines on
the rose, by, iv, 184, note-
epitaph on, 258
Fox-hunting, lines on, i, 276
France, south of, observations
on its climate, iii, 346
Franklin's, Dr., invention of
conductors, noticed, iv, 220
-tribute to, ib.
Friday, etymology of, i, xxxiii,
Intr.

Frill-fish, described, iii, 215
Frog, observation of, by the
microscope, when in its tad-
pole state, iv, xxxiv, Intr.

note

Frost, effect of, at a milldam, ii,
33-extraordinary one of
1813, 34-36
Fruitage, excess of, in the cider
counties, iv, 307

Gannets, or Soland geese, de-

scribed, i, 75-manner of
robbing their nests, 76, note
Garden, pleasures of, poetically
described, iv, 337

Gardening, Dutch system of, iv,
185-modern improvements
in, 186—lines descriptive of,
ib. 187
Geography indebted to astrono-
my, iv, 14
Georgian planet, account of, i,
322; ii, xxxi, Intr.-satel
lites of, xliv

Gibbon's reflections on conclud-

ing his Roman History, iv, 4
Giraffe, description of, iv, lxviii,
Intr.

Glow-worm, lines on, i, 132; ii,

196-remarks on and lines
to, 253; iii, 239; iv, 246
Gnat, poetical description of,
iv, xxi, Intr.-lines on the
annoyance of, xxii, note
Golden fleece, order of, iii, 39
Goldfinch, lines on, iii, 85
Goldfinches, the, an elegy, iv,

156-160

Goldsmith, Oliver, epitaph on,
iv, 92

Golenos oak, account of, iii, 245
Good Friday, i, 82; ii, 88- -ce-
lebration of, at Rome, ib.-
origin of cross-buns, ib. 89;
iii, 99-ceremonies on, at

Barcelona, iv, 89-his Sa-
viour's words going to the
cross, a poem, 91
Goose, lines on, iv, lix, Intr.
note-custom of eating on
Martinmas day, 316-tes-
timonies in favour of, from
the antients, ib.-veneration
of the moderns for, 317-See
also MICHAELMAS DAY

Goose pies made on St. Ste-
phen's day, i, 316
Gossamer appearance, account
of, i, 272-further descrip-
tion of, iv,
298-301
Gralla, or Waders, character
and genera of, iv, Ivi, Intr.
Gransden, Great, present obser-
vation of May day at, iii, 130
Grass, cattle sent to, in May,
iv, 157
Greenhouse, poetical description
of, i, 274

Grey, Lady Jane, and her hus-
band executed, iv, 38-cha-
racter and acquirements of
Jane Grey, ib. 39-anecdote
of, ib. 40
Grotto, inscription for, iv, 255
Grouse-shooting, poetically de-
scribed, iii, 212
Gunpowder plot. See Powder
plot

H

Hares, barbarity of killing in
spring, iv, 124-lines on see-
ing a fellow wound a hare
with a shot, April, 1789, ib.
note-lines on the pursuit of,
iv, lxiv, Intr. note
Harvest-bug, described, iv, 244
Harvest-gathering, Jewish fes-
tival of, ii, 283; iii, 288
Harvest-home, description of,
and lines on, i, 214, 215—a
harvest scene, iii, 235-time
and manner of taking, iv,

237-lines on, 236, 237, 238
-mischiefs of refinement at
the harvest home, 239, 240
-turkies turned into the
harvest field, iv, 282
Harvest Moon, ode to, iv, 273
Hawk, lines descriptive of, iv,
xli, Intr. note
Hawkesworth, Dr., remarkable
epitaph on, iv, 318
Hawthorn, account of, iii, 184
Hay-making, lines on, iv, 212
Hazel, described, iii, 185-lines
on gathering the nuts of, iv,
279

Health, lines on, iv, 227
Heart's-ease, various names of,
and poetical allusions to, iv,
152-154

Heaths, varieties of, i, 218
Heaving, strange custom of, iv,

94

Henry I, character of, iv, 224
Henry III, of France, anecdote
of, iii, 41

Henry V, character of, iii, 72
Henry VI, character of, iv, 228
Henry VIII, character of, iv,96
Herbs, poetical description of,
iv, 281

Herdsman, an office of emolu-

ment in the spring, iv, 167
Heron, lines on, iv, lviii, Intr.

note

Herrings, migration of, i, 246—
astonishing fecundity of, iv,
xxxi, Intr.
Herschel, Dr., prognostics rela-
tive to the weather, from the
moon, with his celebrated
table, i, 356, 357-sketch of
his life and discoveries, ii,
291, 310
Hevelius, account of, ii, 210
His Saviour's Words going to

the Cross, a Poem, iv, 91
Hogarth, epitaphs on, iv, 288
Hogs, luxurious pasturage for,

i, 249-manner of treating
in September, ii, 272-lines
on, iv, 273
Holly, description of, iii, 186
Holy cross, i, 227; ii, 257; iii,
259; iv, 258
Holy Thursday, i, 114
Honey-bird, i, 73

Hooke, Dr., account of, ii, 213,
229

Hooper, Bp., burnt, iv, 36
Hops, plantation of, i, 221-po-
etical description of hop-pick-
ing, iv, 247, 248-prohibited
as a pernicious weed, 249
Hornbeam, account of, iii, 215
Horne, Bp., character of the
Psalms, iv, 4

Horse, ardour of described
by Shakspeare, iv, lxvii, Intr.
Horse-chesnut, described, iii,

216

Howard, the philanthropist, tri-
bute to, iv, 5

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state in which they appear,
ii, 234-lines on, ib. 235;
iii, 204, note; iv, 213—dis-
tinctions and transforma-
tions of, iv, xix, Intr.-as-
tonishing number of their
muscles, XX, XXipicturesque
lines descriptive of, xxi-
their thousand eyes, ib. note
-several orders of,xxii-xxiv
-lines on the numbers of,
xxiii

Instrument-makers, scientific,
account of, ii, 327
Invention of the cross, i, 113;
ii, 63; iii, 132; iv, 132

J

Jackdaw, propensity of, to pil-
fer plate, or other glittering
substances, iv, xlii, Intr.
Jacobins, origin of, iv, 96
James I, sayings of, iv, 63
James II, character of, iv, 31

Humming-birds, beautiful plum-January, explanation of, i, 1;

age of, iv, xliii, Intr.—their
food and curious nests, xliv
manner of taking them, xlv-

ii, 1; iii, 1; iv, 1
Jerusalem taken by Titus, iii,

259

worn as ear pendents by the In-JEWISH FESTIVALS in March

dian girls, ib.-lines descrip-
tive of, ib. and note-beauti-
ful collection of, at Mr. Bul-
lock's Museum, ib.
Huygens's improvements in as-
tronomy, ii, 211

I

Ice, account of, i, 20-ice-hills
of St. Petersburgh, 25-ice-
palace, 26-ice-islands, ac-
count of, iii, 62
Indian ink, preparation of, iv,
xiv, Intr.

Inferior planets, of the, ii, 21
Innocents, i, 316; ii, 321-lines
on, iii, 339; iv, 346
Insects, lines on, i, 187-first

1815, ii, 78-April, 125-
May, 164-June, 200, 201
-September, 258—October,
279, 281, 282,283-Decem→
ber, 317, 321
JEWISH FESTIVALS in January
1816, iii, 2, 9-March, 71-
April, 99, 103-May, 131,
134-June, 165, 167-Oc-
tober, 281, 284, 287-De-
cember, 338

John Dory described, iii, 214
John, King, character of, iii, 98
Johnson, Dr. translation of a

passage in Euripides not
published in his works, iv,

343

Jonson, Ben, sonnet to his
bookseller, iv, 225

July, explanation of, i, 165;
il, 218; iii, 187; iv, 194-
description of a morning's
walk in, iii, 205-after a
shower, iv, 212-elegy writ-
ten in the hot weather, July
1757, 222-224
June, explanation of, i, 139;
ii, 200; ii, 164; iv, 160-
natural appearances of, poe-
tically described, 180
Juno, the planet, account of,
i, 240; ii, xxvi, Intr.
Jupiter, of, i, 265– theories of
his belts, ii, xxvii, Intr.-
satellites of, xlii

K

Kepler, account of, ii, 188
Kidderminster, extraordinary
practice at, on the election
of a bailiff, ii, 259
Kidlington, curious custom at,
i, 120

-

King Charles I, Martyr, i, 7;
ii, 16-character of, ib. 19-
of his court, 19, 20-account
of his trial, iii, 6-9; iv, 8
King Charles II restored, i,
117 and his escape to
France, ii, 176; iii, 135-
restoration, and favourite
stanzas of, iv, 135
King George III born, iii, 166
King John, character of, iv, 92
-lines on, 93

King William landed, i, 279;
ii, 300; iii, 312; iv, 309
King-fisher, lines descriptive of,
iv, xliii

L

Labedoyere, Col. last words of,
iv, 227
Lady Bird, utility of, iii, 238
Lady-day, i, 60; ii, 89
Lambs, lines on the sporting of,
i, 76

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Lammas-day, i, 198; ii, 237;
iii, 219; iv, 224
Lamps, lighting of, a Jewish
festival, ii, 321; iii, 338
Lapland, winter calendar of,

IV, 22

Larch, account of, iii, 161
Lurk, Goldsmith's description
of, i, 21, note-verses on, iii,
87, and note; iv, liii, Intr. 25,
50-description of, 76 — in-
stinctive attachment of, ib.
-melody of, 77-quantities
of eaten on the continent,
78

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Leaf, fall of, i, 301 — lines
on, ii, 295 observations
on, 315 in America, iv,
331--changes which leaves
undergo at this time, 332-
effect of a whirl-blast on,
333-picturesque and moral
reflections on, ib. 334-fine
moral stanzas, by Bp. Horne
on, 335

Leafing of trees, i, 138; ii,
199; iii, 158; iv, 155
Leek, custom of wearing, i, 54;
ii, 75

Lent, antient manner of keep-
ing, i, 37-lines on keeping
the true Lent, 39
Lichens, i, 334
Lifting, practice of, 84
Lightning, how to
against, iv, 217
Lily, lines to, iii, 307, note
Lily of the valley, lines on, iii,

152

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