Sabbath, etymology of (note), 102.
Sable, zoological description of, 467.

value of the skins of the, 467.
Saint Christopher, described (note), 253.
Martha, description of, 181.

De-

ibid.

pearl fishery described, 181.
-Paul's church, London, geographical
site of (note), 496.
Salee, R. C. carried prisoner into, 15.
scription of the town of (note),
Farther particulars (app.), 519.
Salt, chemical analysis of (note), 133.
Salt meat, various recipes for cut.ng, 300.
Salmasius quoted, 60.

-Ins definition of pagan (note), 82.
Samuel, quoted, 143.

Santa Cruz described (note), 26,
Savages discovered on the island, 157, 174,
190.

Scanderoon, geography of (note), 361.
Scaramouch, origin of the name of (note),

boat staved, 208.

taken possession of, 214.

on fire, discovered at sea, 240.

Shipping of China, degraded state of, 240,
Siami, account of (note), S67.

Siberia, description of, 458.

banishment to described, 466.
Siberians, R. C. and the caravan attacked
by, 482.

Sinbad the sailor, reference to (note), iv.
Simon (father), account of, 409.
Signs of peace and war in the island of
Madagascar, 346.

Sketch of the dress of R. C. 156.

-

of the diamond sent to the king of
Portugal, from Brazil, 480.
Skiff, definition of (note), 248.
Slave trade, origin of (note), 224.
Sleep, definition of (note), 169.
Sloop, fitted out at Brazil, 334.
Smythe (Adm. Sir William Sidney), juve-
nile conduct of, influenced by R. C. ix.
Snuff-taking, vicious habit of (app.), 528.
Solitary reflections of R. C. 170.
Soly-Kamaskoy, account of, 478.
Son of the russian exiled Prince, rescued
from banishment by R. C. 478.
Sound, description al (note), 159.

- velocity of, calculated by Roberval,
159. By Gassendus, ibid. Mersenne,
ibid. Duhamel, ibid. Academy del Ci
mento, ibid. Boyle, ibid. Roberts, ibid
Walker, 160. Sir Isaac Newton, ibid,
Dr. Derham, ibid.

[Nav.-Chron.-Edit.]

Spanish cruelty, specimen of, 283.

cated, 284, 559.

Vindi-

Spaniards, history of the (note), 371.
Spaniard rescued from the savages, 192.
sails from the island to rescue
his countrymen, 202.
Specimen of chinese law, 442.

Staunton's account of the chinese law, 443,
Start, geographical situation of (note), 226.
Stavorinus, J. S. description of a junk, 395.
State of the island on revisiting it by R. C.
259.

Sterling, definition of (note), 37. Various
opinions respecting it,ibid. Ascribed by
Camden to Richard I. 529.
Sterne, quoted (note), 448.

Stoics, history of the sect of the (note), 134.
Storm near the Humber, 4.

Strait of Malacca, detention there, 378.
Subtlety of Friday, 184.

Sugar, natural history of (note), 35, 59.
Sugar Cane, discovered in India by Near-
chvs (note), 36.

-european manufacture of (app.) 527.
Sumatra, description of the island of (note),

China, 468.

Theophrastus, the first who had a know-
ledge of sugar (note), 56.
Thuanus quoted (note), 15.
Tides, definition of (note), 52.
Tobolski, description of the city of, 459.
Cheap living there, 459.
Departure from, 478.
Tobacco, botanical history of (note), 36.
When first discovered, ibid.

brought from Lisbon by Nicot, 36.
original name given to it by Fer-
nandez de Toledo, 36.

antipathy of James I. to, 220.
-, laudatory verses on, (app.) 528.
Tobacco-pipe, 162, 559.

Ton, definition of (note), 246.
Tonquin, arrival in the bay of, 388.
"" account of (note), 384.
Torbay, geographical description of (note)

226.

Tornado, description of a (note), 42.
Toulouse, arrival at, 236. Geographical

description of (note), 236.
Tow-line, nautical definition of (note), 347.
Trade-winds, account of the (note), 385.
Trading voyage to China resolved on, 360.
Travels of R. C. to London by land, 12.
Treaty entered into by R. C. with the cap-
tain of the english ship, 206.
Trinidad, R. C.'s island in the vicinity
of, 180.

description of the island of (note),

180, 296.

181.

discovered by Columbus, 181.
Herrera's account of its name,

Trumpet (speaking), invention of the
(note), 382.

Second visit, 58.

natural history of (note), 230.

covered, 146.

Virginia, county of, described (note), 255.
Tobacco first imported, ibid.
Volga, river (note), 428, 484, 567.
Voltaire, anecdote of, 335.

Voyage to the coast of Cochin-china, 385.

W.

Woodes-Rogers (captain), reveals the
story of Selkirk, vi.
Writing, 452,567.

Wound by mad-dog may be washed with
soft soap, 558.

X.

sound (note), 169.

Waves, physiology of (app.) 508.
Weights and measures, 112, 552.

White's (Mr.), description of dogs fat-
tened for the table in China, 156.

Whitfield, late Bell's, petition to the House
of Commons (app.), 515.
Wichman (Von), statement of the size of
the russian monarchy, 449.
Wild-cat, natural history of (note), 73.
killed by R. C. ibid.
Will Atkins solicits the pardon of his cap-
tain, 212.

dialogue between R.C. and,319.
death of, 491.
William K. act of, against blasphemy re-
pealed, 559.
Wind, tables of the velocity of (note), 43.
physiology of, 507. Latin verses,
ad ventos, 508.

Winterton, description of (app.), 517.
Winterton-ness, description of (note), 9.-
(app.), 516.

Wolfius' opinion of a dream (note), 172.
Wolf, attacks R. C. in the Pyrenees,
230. Killed by Friday, ibid.

207.

Xury leaves Salee, 21.

affection of, towards R. C. 24.
sold to a portuguese captain, 34.

Y.

Yard-arms, definition of (note), 216.
Yamour, description of the river of, 449.
Yarmouth, arrival at, 6.

description of the town of (note),
6.-(app.), 512.
Yarmouth-road, arrival at, 6.
Yeast, description of (note), 114.

premium offered for the discovery
of a substitute for, 114.

method of making, 114.
York, R. C.'s birth-place, 1. Description of
(app.), 498.