Maxims and Measures of the Jesuits in converting, and first Intercourse
between their Missioners and the Indians
National Character of the Turks
Physical Constitution, general Habits, Moral and Religious Education,
Behaviour of the Turks towards Strangers
Women and Domestic Economy of the Turks
Manners of the Greeks and the Boyars in Moldavia and Wallachia 56
Character of Oliver Cromwell
Character of General Monk
Character of the High Church Party in 1685
Deportment of the Earl of Argyle from the Time of his Capture to that
Hospitals of Madrid.-Country-Girls from Biscay.-Coffee Houses 66
Anecdotes and Character of James Bruce, Esq.
Of the Country and Customs of the Abyssinians..
Anecdotes of the late Lieutenant General Villettes.
On some new Phenomena of Chemical Changes produced by Electricity;
particularly the Decomposition of the fixed Alkalies and the Exhibi-
tion of the new Substances which constitute their Bases; and on the
general Nature of Alkaline Bodies. By Humphrey Davy, Esq. Se-
cretary, R. S. M. R. I. A.
89
On the Culture of Flax. By the late Robert Somerville, Esq. of Had-
96
dington in East Lothian.
On the Method of ascertaining the Value of growing Timber Trees, at
different and distant Periods of Time. By Charles Waistell, of High
Holborn
Tables respecting the Growth of Timber···
Sympathy of the Bird Alcatraz with its Fellows in distress
Curious Particulars relative to the Stork.....
Further Instances of Reason and Moral Sentiment, or Sensation, in the
inferior Animals
109
Of the General Structure and Physiology of Plants compared with
Animals.....
On the instantaneous Production of Fire, by the mere Compression of
Atmospheric Air. By Frederick Accum, M. R. I. A. Operative Che-
mist, Lecturer on Practical Chemistry, and on Mineralogy and
Pharmacy, &c. ...