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,
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
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
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,
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
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.
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,
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
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,
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.
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,
Howard, the philanthropist, tri- bute to, iv, 5
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
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,
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
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,
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
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
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
Lammas-day, i, 198; ii, 237; iii, 219; iv, 224 Lamps, lighting of, a Jewish festival, ii, 321; iii, 338 Lapland, winter calendar of,
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
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,
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