GENERAL INDEX TO VOLUME FOR 1842.
AARON MANBY, iron steamer, 506.
A borgines, protection in N. Zeeland, 811.
Acbar steamer, account of, 488.
Actæon, struck by lightning, 772.
Adelaide, Australia, port, 232.
directions for, 391, 596.
bank, Seychelles, 745.
Adelphi terrace, origin, 530.
Aden, on lon, of, 597.
commerce of, 857.
Adjudication of slave vessels, 250.
Admiralty orders,
Allowances for loss of cloth-
Engineers regulations, 712.
Establishments of ships, 210.
Fuse Caps as stores, 508.
Marriages on board, 880.
Naval Instructors, qualifica-
tions, pay, and half pay, 355.
Ön coppering coal boxes, 206,
On engineer boys, 209.
On examining machinery, 209.
On leading stokers ratings,
On midshipmen passing, 68.
On muster-books, 880.
On shipping coals, 209,
On stopping allowances res-
Reports on articles trying, 796.
Seamen gunners pay, 508.
Seamen on completing time,
Seamen on ratings of, 880.
Seamens effects, deposit on
harbour, Com. Collinson, 217.
Amplimont rocks, 792.
Amsterdam I., 161.
Andros island, 337.
Annunciation I., 677.
Anson's voyage, 504, 572.
Appointments, 69, 142, 212, 291, 364
436, 508, 580, 652, 725, 797, 886.
Apprentices in merchant ships, 183.
Aqueduct of Croton, N.A., 620.
Arafuras, of New Guinea, 179.
Araya guard, 405.
Archangel entrance, 428.
Archipelago, rock in, 134.
Ardasair, typhoon of, 523.
Amstrong, Dr., on sul. hyd., 379.
Arnad I., 445.
Arrowsmith bank, 729.
Arthur, port, V. D. Land, 13, 232.
Arzobispo islands, account of, 390.
Ascension bay, Yucatan, 336.
Asia, struck by lightning, 772.
Astove island, 741.
Auckland, directions for, 809.
as seat of government in New
Zeeland, 816.
Audax on sympiesometers, 497.
Audience at Japan court, 554.
Australian directory incorrect, 9.
navigation, 9, 299, 230.
Austrian prince, landing of, 726.
Autumnus, boat of, captured, 560.
Ayer Pulo, position of, 340.
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Babbage, Prof., calculating machine, 486. Births, 71, 143, 213, 295, 368, 439, 511,
Bacalar coast, 334.
sound, 730.
Balance of chronometer, 760.
Ballast regulations at Riga, 345.
going to Rio, 804.
Balscombe, Mr., notice of, 580.
Baita sound, 15.
Bance, Mr., on Table Bay, 496.
Bantry, caution to vessels, 200.
Banyosi defined, 331.
Barata island, 79.
Barometer, remarkable height of, 661.
at New Zeeland, 853.
attention to, 802.
Barquero, roads of, 441.
Bars, formation of, 433.
Bartin river, navigable, 375.
Bass strait, on lighting, 309.
Batavia roads, 223.
shoal off, 340.
climate of, 381.
Bateman, Mr., on coast of Syria, 445.
Bau island, Viji, 79.
Bay of islands, account of, 74.
Beacons, proposed at Orkneys, 24.
Beadon, Com., life buoy of, 835.
Beaufort, Capt., on Dover harbour,
Beagle, H.M.S., proceedings, 177.
struck by lightning, 771.
Beechey, Capt., visit to Bonin I., 591.
Beecroft, Capt., visits Niger steam boats,
194.
Belgium restrictions on vessels, 648.
Belize river, 731.
Bengal hydrography, 663.
Berbice, directions for, 578.
Best, Judge, opinion on law of slavery,
427.
Bethune, Capt., on Australian naviga-
tion, 9, 74, 230.
on E. I. navigation, 221.
remarks of, 810.
Bezaleel, effects of lightning on, 397.
Bianco shoal, buoy on, 135.
cape, anchorage off, 373.
Biddlecombe, Mr, on Gulf of Nicome-
dia, 372.
on Seri Pervas, 524.
Bing, Com., on loss of Medina, 486.
Biographical Memoirs.
Butterfield, Adml. 796.
Digby, Adml. Sir H., 725.
Rickets, Sir R., 725.
Rowley, Sir J., 140.
Scott, Vice-adml. Sir G., 141.
Edge, Capt., W., 725.
Harrington, Capt. T. T., 364.
582, 656, 727, 799, 887.
Black Eagle, named, 191.
sea, navigation of, 374.
worst winds of, 376.
Blackwall rock, river Thames, 531.
Bloom rock off Falconera, 852.
Blossom, H.M.S., at Bonin I., 591.
Boudeuse I., 679.
Boats, safety, Smith's, 418.
Bombay, on lon. of, 598.
Bonacca island, 734.
description of, 444.
water at, 445.
Bonetta rock, parting word, 45.
where? 753.
Bonin island, account of, 590.
origin of name, 591.
settlers on, 596.
Booby Island, 179.
Bottle papers, 615, 646, 789.
Bouton I., 223.
Bourchier, Capt., on Amoy, 117.
Capt., RN., 708.
Bow, Japanese, regulation, 42.
Brazil, gales on coast of, 802.
Breaksea island, Australia, 306.
Breakwater at Plymouth, 856.
Bridal feast, China, found, 27.
Bridges of London, waterways, 534.
Bride, St., church, damage, 779.
procession in China, 26.
Bristol great steamer, 492.
British islands, Capt. Vidal, 13.
Brixton church, lightning on, 500.
Broken bay, Australia, 9.
Brookes island, Australia, 539.
Brooks on wreck of Susanna, 60.
Brotherton, Mr., on Warner's invention,
634.
Bruce, remark on, 225.
Buddle, Jackey, notice of, 544.
Budha temple at Amoy, 122.
Budhist temple, 333.
Bullock, Capt., on Thames river, 527.
piloting the Queen, 707.
Buncrana, longitude, 14.
Bungaloes or canoes, 729.
Buoys of Cockburn sound, 791.
on Ameland I., 284.
removal, 497.
on Bianco shoal, 135, 286.
Born reef, 708.
Brakkestoe rock, 577.
in Cardigan bay, 716.
at Cuxhaven, 852.
mouth of Dwina, 428.
proposed at Loch Eil, 371.
Cabot introduces sheathing of ships, 401.
Cadmus, men landed from, 595.
Cagayanes islands, note on, 823.
Calculating machine, 486.
Caledonia, H.M.S., 501.
Callagouk, port, account of, 663.
Camphor tree, size of, 333.
Cannibalism at N. Ireland, 7.
Cannon, Mr., on Fox rock, 154.
Canton river, proceedings in, 483.
typhoon at, 513.
fortification of, 558.
Cape Chatham island, 539.
G. Hope, current off, 795.
Capellas, port, Azores, 153.
Captain, reflections on situation of, 546.
Captures, slaves, disposal, 255.
Caraccas, duties at, 853.
Cards bridal in China, 27.
Cargoes, none from Valparaiso, 818.
— on discharging at Rio, 804.
Cargados islands, 742.
Carpentaria gulf, watering in, 179.
Carnicobar island, 669.
Carrington, Australia, 10.
Carrion crows, story of, 831.
Carte, life apparatus, 861.
Carthagenian fleet, capture of, 358.
Casuarina point, 853.
Castrepol, water at, 444.
Catoche, cape, 729.
Cattegat lights, expense, 430.
Catwick, great, note on, 519.
Cavelli I., 823.
Cawrie tree, note on, 75.
Ceicir de Mer, note on, 520.
Ceram, harbour in, 1.
rainy season, 1.
Ceremonies at Japan, 554.
Certificates, prices to merchant seamen,
349.
Chaffers, Mr., plan of P. Nicholson, 811.
Champion bay, Australia, 308, 469.
Channel, effect of contracting, 533.
Channel between Barber and Cockle,
Chaplins at sea, 829.
Chapel island, Amoy, 217.
Chapoo, capture of, 845.
harbour, 862.
Charterparty regulation, 806.
Character, traits of, 325.
Charts printed at the Admiralty, 204,
289, 434, 507, 879.
Charybdis, H.M.S., action of, 358.
Chatham, experiments, 773.
Cape I., 539.
Chaw-chat rock, 217.
Chauveau point, light on, 284.
Chiesheu island, 218.
Chichester, R. Č., effects of lightning on,
Collections, nautical, 657.
College, royal naval, continued, 205.
Colliers never sheathed, 404.
Collinson, Com., on Amoy, 217.
Colonists, new, 812.
Commander of British mercht ship, 801.
Communication at Nagasaki, 38.
Compass, Gilbert's improved, 133.
Compensation balance, 760.
Comus shoal, New Granada, 854.
Concussion shells, trial of, 287.
Concussion shell, See Shells.
Condore Pulo, note on, 519.
Confiscation of steam vessels, 252.
Congo river, navigation, 297.
notes on, 460,
Contact, metallic, experiments on, 395.
Contoy I., 729.
Cook, Capt., tribute to memory of, 809.
straits, New Zeeland, remarks, 811.
Copper, malleability, 403,
Cornwallis, voyage of, 415.
Corral, Mr., loss of, 650.
Corsair rock, investigation of, 518.
Cosmoledo group, Seychelles, 741.
Court presentation, Japanese, 480.
Courtenay, Capt., on Seringapatam reef
and Loyalty Group, 341.
Courts-martial, 205, 580, 865.
Cozumel, buildings at, 336.
Cragie, D. Mr., on rocks off, N.Z., 191,
Crichton island, 341.
Crimps at Jamaica, 630.
Croton aqueduct, account of, 620.
Cruelty of Chinese, 561,
Cumberland I., and slavery, 426.
Cummins, Mr., on sympiesometers, 565.
sympiesometer, 133.
Curieuse I., account of, 589.
Curiosity, Japanese, 482.
Curiosity at Japanese court, 555.
Curiosities, Chinese, 632.
Currents about Orkneys, 22.
of the ocean, 614, See also
Cape of Good Hope, 795, 807.
coast of Yucatan, 336.
Endeavour strait, 178.
in Pacific, 231.
Indian ocean, 74, 234.
Maldives, 666.
near equator, Atlantic, 797.
off Breaksea spit, 178.
off C. Leuwin, 162.
Pacific ocean, 77.
Possession strait, 178.
Seychelles, 677.
South of Australia, 3, 232.
note on, 855.
Cuxhaven, buoy at, 852.
Desertion, discussion on, 548.
Destruction of boats, 515.
Dezima, definition of, 44.
island, shape of, 44.
laws concerning, 95.
population of, 392.
Digue I., account of, 589,
Dillon's anchorage, Viji, 77.
Discipline on preserving, 323.
at sea, 385.
of navy, 465, 748.
naval, 828.
Dismissal ceremony, 553.
Districts of coast for ex., 349.
Docks at Sevastopol, 139.
Docks of Thames, formation, 530.
Domestic servants in Japan, 44.
Domingo, St., revolt at, 461.
earthquake at, 489.
Dover harbour, its condition, 176.
Double sextant, invented, 315.
Douglas, Sir H., on Warner's invention,
Endeavour strait, directions for, 179, 202. Fregate I., account of, 590.
Engineers, regulations, 712.
Fusi, mount, in Japan, 406.
Fairfax, mount, height, 470.
Fakoni, mount, Japan, 407.
Fall, Col., on loss of Medina, 485.
False point, pilot vessels off, 134.
Falster reef, wreck on, 135.
Falsterbo reef, proposed light, 430.
light, 853.
Fan, use of, in Japan, 43.
Fassack of Japan, definition, 101.
Feads islands, New Ireland, 4.
Feejee, See Viji.
Female school, naval, 578.
Females in Japan, 840.
rowers, 876.
Feroe islands, 15.
Festivals, Japanese, 239,
Fever, extraordinary features of, 381.
— note on, 322.
Filial duty in Japan, 327.
Firado, port in Japan, 44.
Fire, Japanese, precaution, 237.
Firebrand steamer, 191.
Fish, mode of preserving, 730.
Fisher island, New Ireland, 4, 5.
FitzJames, Lieut., of Cornwallis, 708.
FitzRoy, Capt., notice of his bill for ex-
amination of masters, 281.
Flannan islands, 19.
Flattery to seamen, 389.
Flinders bay, Australia, 304.
river, discovery, 179.
Flora, bottle of, 789.
Flores, Mr. May on, 153.
Fog signal whistle, 420.
Forbes, Mr. J., and his slaves, 426.
Forrester, Capt., on Bonetta rock, 47,
Fortune Bank, Seychelles, 745.
Foundering at sea, instances, 55.
Fowl dying, story of one, 409.
Frauds at Rio, 804.
Gage roads, Australia, 166.
Gales of the Azores, 145,
of West Australia, 161.
on Brazil coast, 802.
Galvanism, coppering by, 422.
Galveston, position of, 48.
Gardner island, New Ireland, 4, 5.
Garret Dennis island, New Ireland, 5.
General Steam Navigation Company,
and Belgium government, 501, 570.
General Steam Navigation Company, 648
Geographe bay, Australia, 304.
George I., Seychelles, 746.
St., port Bonin I., 595.
Gibraltar, proceedings at, 508.
Gilbert's compass improved, 133.
Gillolo shores, winds on, 222.
passage, island in, 340.
Girdle in Japan, 812.
Glaisher, Mr., on magnetism, 30.
Glorioso I, Seychelle, 742.
account of, 587.
Glory cay, 732.
Glue, marine, 864.
Gobanyosi, definition of, 38, 100, 328.
Goeree, buoys off, 576.
Goodwin sands, proposed harbour in, 129.
refuge harbour in, 173.
lighthouse, 721, 866.
Gough, Major, despatches on Amoy, 113.
Sir H, despatches of, 264.
Gout cured by tobacco, 81.
Governor of Nagasaki, 244.
Grace Darling, death of, 870.
Granada, loss of, 422.
Grant's patent fuel, 123.
Graves, Com., on Smyrna, 851.
Great Britain steamer, 492, 859.
remarks on, 784.
Grey, Capt., narrow escape of, 136.
port, Australia, 308, 469.
Greyhound straits, 223.
Guayaquil river, 410.
Guns, experiments with, 422, 490.
new, in steamers, 491.
on loading, 492.
Habai islands, account of, 76.
Haddington, Lord, administration of,
Haddock family, memoir of, 103.
Hair, Japanese fashion, 43.
Hakama, definition of, 42.
Hall, Capt. J. V., on Kangelang I., 73.
Capt. B., on Raper's Navigation,
133.
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