Ecliptic, obliquity of, iii, 16;|
iv, 9, 45

Edmund, king and martyr, i,
288; ii, 302; iii, 314; iv, 319
Edward, king of West Saxons,
i, 58; ii, 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,

Fête Dieu, ceremony of, ii, 172
Filberd-tree, a poem, ii, 271,

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

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.

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, iii, 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
Humming-birds, beautiful plum-
age of, iv, xliii, Intr.-their
food and curious nests, xliv
manner of taking them, xlv—
worn as ear pendents by the In-
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