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P3162 (1.5.11)

FEB 24 1891

LIBRARY

Minot fund.

COMMITTEE.

Chairman-The Right Hon. LORD BROUGHAM, F.R.S., Member of the National Institute of France.
Vice-Chairman-The Right Hon. EARL SPENCER.

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Mr. Sergeant Manning.

R. I. Murchison, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S.
The Right Hon. Lord Nugent.
W. S O'Brien, Esq., M.P.
Professor Quain.

P. M. Roget, M.D., Sec. R.S, F.R.A.S.
R. W. Rothman, Esq., A.M.

Sir Martin Archer Shee, P.R.A., F.R.S.

Sir George T Staunton. Bart., M.P.

John Taylor, Esq, F.R S.

Professor Thomson, M.D., F.L.S.

Thomas Vardon, Esq.

Jacob Waley, Esq., B.A.

Jas. Walker, Esq., F.R.S., Pr. Inst. Civ. Eng.

H. Waymouth, Esq.

Thos. Webster, Esq., A.M.

Right Hon. Lord Wrottesley, A.M., F.R.A.S. J. A. Yates, Esq.

Allon, Staffordshire-Rev. J. P. Jones

Anglesea-Rev. E. Williams.

Rev. W. Johnson.

Miller, Esq.

Barnstaple - Bencraft, Esq.

William Gribble, Esq.,

Belfast-Jas. L. Drummond, M.D.

Birmingham-Paul Moon James, Esq., Trea

surer.

Bridport-James Williams, Esq.

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Glasgow-K. Finlay, Esq.

Alexander McGrigor, Esq.
James Couper, Esq.

A. J. D. D'Orsay, Esq.
Guernsey-F C. Lukiss, Esq.

Plymouth-H. Woollcombe, Esq., F.A.S., Ch.
Wm. Snow Harris, Esq., F.R.S.
E. Moor, M.D., F.L.S., Secretary.

G. Wightwick, Esq.

Presteign-Rt. Hon. Sir H. Brydges, Bart.

A. W. Davis, M.D.

Bristol J. N. Sanders, Esq., F.G.S., Chairman. Hitcham, Suffolk-Rev. Professor Henslow, Ripon Rev. H. P. Hamilton, M.A., F.R.S., G.S.

J. Reynolds, Esq., Treasurer.

J. B. Estlin, Esq, F. L.S., Secretary.

Calcutta-James Young, Esq.

C. H. Cameron, Esq.

Cambridge-Rev. Leonard Jenyns, M.A., F.L.S.

Rev. John Lodge. M.A.

Rev. Prof. Sedgwick. M.A., F.R.S. & G.S. Canterbury--John Brent, Esq, Alderman. William Masters, Esq.

Carlisle--Thomas Barnes, M.D., F.R.S.E.
Carnarvin-R. A. Poole, Esq.

William Roberts, Esq.

Chester-Henry Potts, Esq.
Chichester-C. C. Dendy. Esq.
Cockermouth-Rev. J. Whitridge.

Corfu John Crawford, Esq.
Plato Petrides.

Coventry-C. Bray, Esq.
Denbigh-Thomas Evans, Esq.
Derby-Joseph Strutt, Esq.

Edward Strutt, Esq, M.P.

Devonport and Stomehouse-John Cole, Esq.
John Norman. Esq.

Lt. Col. C. Hamilton Smith, F.R.S.
Durham-The Very Rev. the Dean.
Edinburgh-J. S. Trail, M.D.

M.A., F.L.S. & G.S. Hull-James Bowden, Esq. Leeds-J. Marshall. Esq. Lewes J. W. Woollgar, Esq.

Henry Browne, Esq.

Liverpool Loc. As.-J. Mulleneux, Esq.
Rev. Wm. Shepherd, LL.D.
Maidstone-Clement T. Smyth, Esq.
John Case, Esq.

Manchester Loc. As.-G. W. Wood, Esq.,
M.P., Ch.

Sir Benjamin Heywood. Bt.. Treasurer.
Sir George Philips, Bart., M.P.

T. N. Winstanley, Esq. Hon. Sec.
Merthyr Tydvil-Sir J. J. Guest, Bart., M.P.
Minchinhampton-John G. Bail, Esq.
Neath-John Rowland, Esq.
Newcastle-Rev. W. Turner.

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Rev. P. Ewart. M.A. Ruthin-The Rev. the Warden.

Humphreys Jones, Esq.

Ryde, I. of Wight-Sir R. D. Simeon, Bt.
Salisbury-Rev. J. Barfitt.
Sheffield-J. H. Abraham, Esq.
Shepton Mallet-G. F. Burroughs, Esq.
Shrewsbury-R. A. Slaney, Esq.
South Petherton-John Nicholetts, Esq.
Stockport-H. Marsland, Esq., Treasurer.

Henry Coppock, Esq.. Secretary.
Sydney, New S. Wales-W. M. Manning, Esq.
Swansea-Matthew Moggridge, Esq.
Tavistock-Rev. W. Evans.

John Rundle, Esq., M.P.
Truro-Heury Sewell Stokes, Esq.
Tunbridge Wells-Dr. Yeats.
Uttoxeter-Robert Blurton, Esq.
Virginia, U. S.-Professor Tucker.
Worcester-Chas. Hastings, M.D.
C. H. Hebb, Esq.
Wrexham--Thomas Edgworth, Esq.
Major Sir William Lloyd.
Yarmouth-C. E. Rumbold, Esq.
Dawson Turner, Esq.
York-Rev. J. Kenrick, M.A.

John Phillips, Esq, F.R.S., F.G S.

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sure of, in relation to the hu- FACTORIES, visits to, describing various
ody, 50

wn in Algeria, 328

aere, constitution of, adjusted to

1 and vegetable life, 224

a, Western, sufferings of an ex-
g party in, under Captain Grey,
39, 246

Au ja, Western, bush life in, 244
Australia, North-Western, geology of,

16

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Cavern in Corsica, 492

Cements and artificial stones, 158
Ceylon, artificial lakes in, 479
Cheese-making in the United States, 98
Chemical science, importance of, in

manufactures, 91
Chiffonniers of Paris, 279
Chile and Santiago, 189
Chimneys and chimney-sweepers, 323
Chinese boats, 356

Cliff-crane in shipwrecks, 240
Cœur, Jaques, the great merchant, 75
Coinage, wear and tear of, 335
Cologne and the cathedral, 445, 460
Colour of the ocean, 78

Commerce, duty of encouraging, 376
Compensation balance, 200
Coral reefs, 355
Cosmoramas, dioramas, and panoramas,

363

Courtier, old and young, 49; ancient
hospitality and charity, 57; decay of
the old forms of hospitality and
charity, 128; feasts and entertain-
ments, 153; Christmas in the old
hall, 193, the new hall, 220: sports
and games, 241; apparel, 305
Coventry mysteries, 305

Culinary delicacies of thirteenth cen-
tury, 51

Cultivation of mountainous districts,

217

Culture, effects of, 480
Currants of Greece, 192

Custom house, London, 93

DANDELION, 59

Decimal division of the coinage, 370
Diamond-carriers of Rio Janeiro, 100
Dies, preparation of, for coins and me-
dals, 231

Distinction, desire of, 376

Dog of Newfoundland, 347

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Land reprisals in the middle ages in Siberian fowling, 488
Italy, 80

Land, tenure of, in Guernsey, 315
Latitude popularly explained, 416
Levelling, process of, 391

286, 294

manufactures and arts:-soap and Light-houses, recent improvements in,
candle-making, 41; gas, 81; church
clocks and bells, 121; pianofortes, London life of last century, 76
169; leather, 209; copper and lead London fires, 480
manufactures, 249; distilling, 297;
manufacture of floor-cloth, 337; book- MACHINERY, great principle of, 403
binding, 377; vinegar and British Mamertine prison, Rome, 13
wine, 425; rope and sail-cloth, 465; Manufactures of linen and cotton
blacking, 509
Appenzell, 6

Female farmers, 280

Fen draining in the eastern counties,
198

Fish, fresh-water, notices of:-the cel,
37; pike, 69; Thames pike, 160;
trout. 245: carp, 269; perch, 316;
grey mullet, 359; roach and dace,
4.56; char, 76

Fishes, peculiarities respecting their
growth, 55

at

Mapping, Model, or Relief Maps, 497
Markets in St. Petersburgh, 464
Meat, old and new modes of render-
ing cheap, 143

Medal or relief engraving, 495
Men, great, local memories of:-Gold-
smith, 25; Thomson, 113; Poussin,

161

Merchants' Marks, or Symbols, 503
Meteor monks of Thessaly, 453
Michaelmas Goose, 398

Foot, mechanism of the, 260
Forest-clearing, effects of, on lakes Milk, 19
and streams, 502

Mule, habits of the, 395
Music of nature in Norway, 56

Friendly Societies, improvement of, 387
Froissart and his Chronicle, 9; the
battle of Cressy, 137; siege of Calais, NEWFOUNDLAND and St. John's, 289
177: battle of Poitiers, 201, 222; Niagara, whirlpool of, 163
the Black Prince in Spain, 266, 313; Night in Newfoundland, 355
Ning po, 105

one of the " Deeds of Arms" of Chi
valry, 353; Edward III, and the
Countess of Salisbury, 385; The
Arteve ds. 406, 417; The Journey to O, effect of, in stilling waves, 205
the Court of Gaston de Foix, 441; Oils, perfumed, mode of preparing in

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Silk-worms, attempts to rear, in Eng-
land, 150
Singapore, 140

Slates, slaters, and slating, 79
Slate-quarries at Delabole, Cornwall,

263

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Foix, 457; Froissart in England, Olive tree, and its effects on social eco-Tram-roads in Ancient Greece, 155
481; Richard II. and Bolingbroke, Orchidaceae, 336
nomy, 36

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Hands of the ape, 192

Hay, proper time for cutting, 272
Herne's Oak, 156
Hedges of dwarf-oak, 164
Holland House, 4
Holland as it was and as it is, 139
Holland, the picturesque in, 152
Hong-Kong, 500

Horses in the East, and their treatment,
447, 454

Houses of Constantinople, 376
Houses, mode of removing, in the United
States, 284

IDENTITY of persons, 101
Improvements, Public, in 1812, 505
India, steam communication with, 225,
235

Inscription on the statue of Memnon,
389

Irish sketches:-the Irish cloak, 401;
Irish beggars, 433; the country girl,
473; girls carrying water, 497
Iron houses, 320

Irrigation in Afghanistan, 203
JAPAN, social state of, 196

KAHAU, natural history of the, 8

Dyeing, red, blue, and yellow, plants Kenilworth, 308

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in the sixteenth century, 95

Travelling post in Russia, 73
Travelling in the American prairies,
188

Travelling, Tartar, in Turkey, 14
Trees:-Scotch fir, 17; Elm, 61: Plane,
97;Acacia, or Locust Tree, 145; Wil-
low, 185; Chestuut, 204; Oak, 261,
282; Maple, 388; Birch, 409; Haw-
thorn, 449; Ash, 484

Trees, proper management of, 373
Plants, how nourished, 228
Trees, pruning, 459
Plants, growth of, in glazed cases, Tunnel in Shakspere's Cliff, 290
Trial by ordeal, 29, 53

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RADCLIFFE, Dr., and the Radcliffe Li- WAGGONS in Germany, 287
Railroads in Germany, 148
brary, 22
Railway-goods traffic, 394, 411
Rilway Rambles:-Burnham Beeches,
277; Dropmore, 321; Cassiobury,
333, 348; Moor Park, 413, 420
Rhubarb, 168

Water supplied by machinery and handl
carriage, economy of, compared, 163
Wax, sources and uses of, 23
Wheat, experiments in the cultivation

Rivers, geographically considered, 331,
351, 359, 368. 374
Roads in Russia, 32

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PORT LINCOLN, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. THE town of Port Lincoln is an offshoot of one of the youngest of our colonies. The act for constituting the portion of New Holland now called South Australia into a British province was passed in August, 1834. The first vessel which sailed for the new province, then without a single colonist, was despatched from London in February, 1836, and before the 1st of May was succeeded by two or three others, which conveyed the surveying staff for examining the coast and selecting a site for the principal settlement; besides other persons whose duty it was to make preparations for the more convenient reception of emigrants. The site of the first town was chosen on the eastern side of the Gulf of St. Vincent; and here the city of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, has arisen with a rapidity hitherto unknown in the history of British colonization. In less than five years the rental of the houses in Adelaide amounted to 20,000l. a year: it is not, however, our intention to give an account here of this place, but of a town which has sprung up still more recently. Our cut represents Boston Bay, taken from the back of Port Lincoln, on the western shore of Spencer's Gulf, an inlet of much greater extent than the Gulf of St. Vincent. A glance at the cut will enable the reader to understand the situation of Boston Bay. It comprises an area of about fifty square miles at the head of Spencer's Gulf, the coast here forming the base of an equilateral triangle about two hundred miles in No. 626.

extent, and the town of Port Lincoln being situated near the apex of the peninsula. Boston Island stretches across the bay, having an opening on the north-east, formed by the northern end of the island and a part of the mainland called Boston Point. The southern entrance is formed by two islands called the Brothers (separating Spalding Cove from Stamford Hill), and the southern part of Boston Island. From the head of the bay to Stamford Hill is fifteen miles, while from the centre of Boston Island to the town of Port Lincoln (situated on the extreme right of the cut) the distance is from four to five miles. There are no dangerous reefs nor sunken rocks, and the bay is completely landlocked. By keeping about three-quarters of a mile from the northern point of Boston Island, there are always from seven to thirteen fathoms water. bay has been compared to the magnificent harbours of Rio Janeiro and Toulon.

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The advantageous situation of Port Lincoln was overlooked when the surveying expedition was in search of a site for the capital, but it was not destined to be long neglected. Early in 1839, a gentleman whose judgment in the selection of land was highly appreciated by many of the settlers at Adelaide, left that place for Boston Bay to examine the district with a view of obtaining a special survey for four thousand acres; but he was cunningly, if not very honourably outwitted, during his absence, by some persons who had sufficient confidence in the soundness of his views to be fully aware that they might safely be guided by VOL. XI.--B

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