INDEX.

In the following Index, the Roman Numerals mark the volume;
the Arabic figures the page.

Α

ACTIONS, human. See Morality,

Adultery, how punished among different nations, i. 452.

et seq.

Affection, parental, earlier in the mother than in the fa
ther, i. 51. Note; 440.

Age, old, veneration anciently paid to, ii. 58. Note.
Agricultural state, how introduced, i. 73., and where, 74,

Its effect in stopping the migration of barbarians, 77.
Cannot take place in very cold regions, 80. Not ob-
structed by superfluity of money, 124. Progress of,
136. Instances of its immediately succeeding to hunt-
ing, ii. 369.

Albuquerque, his patriotism, ii. 143. Note.
Alcavala, a ruinous Spanish tax, ii. 239.

Aldrovandus, his prolixity, i. 252.

Allegories, remarks on, ii, 458. et seq. Nature of, 463,
Note.

America, origin and progress of the nations of, ii. 352,
Not peopled from the old world, 354. et seq. First pa-
rents of the people of, separately created, 360. Where
placed, 361. Why the hunting state continued in,
ibid. Decrease of its native inhabitants, and why,
Hh 4
365,

365. et seq. Strange political phenomena in, 369.
Account of the Mexicans, 372. et seq. Of the Peru-
vians, 381. et seq. Comparison of the Mexican and Pe-
ruvian governments, 38% et seq. Poverty of the lan-
guages of some of the tribes in, iii. 252.

Analytics account of the first of Aristotle, iii. 38. et seq.
Of the last, 73. et seq.

Ancients, their ignorance of natural history, and their
credulity, i. 54.

Animals classed by Nature into different kinds, i. 3. Uti-
lity of this in enabling us to reason concerning their
habits, 4.
In fitting them for different climates, 6.
Those of the torrid zone in the old world different
from those of the new, 11. Those of the torrid zone
fiercest, 47. All graminivorous, useful for food, 72.
Remarks on the pairing, propagation, and care of the
young of, 480. et seq. Those of prey have no appetite
for society, ii. 5. What animals are social, 6. et seq.
How they unite in tribes, 12. Provide against danger.
13. Their sense of dignity, 16,; and love of liberty,
17.
Appetite, carnal, remarks on its early appearance, i. 413.
Note. Baneful effects of the hoarding. iii. 230. et seq.
Apparitions credited only in thin peopled countries, i. 153.
Note. Story of one, ii. 454.

Aristides, eulogy of, ii. 152.

Aristotle, his remarks on instinct, i. 489.

Hurtful to the progress of reason, 420.

On bees, ii. 9.

False reason-

ing of, 422, 43, 476. Remark of Alexander the
Great concerning, 475. His definition of motion and
time, 479. Account of his logic, iii. 1. et seq. His-
tory and character of, 5. et seq. Additions made to

bis

his theory of logic, 51. Quoted, 84.

His opinion of
the trajedy of Oedipus quoted, 247. See Syllogism.
Army, first standing, ii. 253. Effects of, 255. Objections

to, 257. et seq.

Arnobius, his argument against sacrifice, iii. 344. Quoted,
35, 435.

Articles of the English creed. Forged addition to, i. 143.
Arts, origin and progress of the useful, i. 127. Rudeness
of primitive houses, ibid.; and arms, 130. Origin
and progress of writing, 134. Of agriculture, 136.
and other arts, 138. Slow progress of, 140. Exem-
plified, 144. Rise of, often owing to accident, ibid.
To national emulation, 146.; and struggles, 149.
Arts, Fine, have their birth in temperate regions, i. 48.
Progresss of, 172. Rise of an extraordinary genius fa-
tal to the general pursuit of, 150, 244. Refinement at
last fatal to, 221. et seq.; and despotism, 239; and
avarice, 242.; and corruption of language, 246. Ad.
vantage of a great state to, ii. 101. Corrupted by the
Christians, iii. 408. Note..

Asia, great empires of, ii. 85. Revolutions frequent in,
106. Note.

Assassinations frequent in the middle ages, iii. 211.
Athanasian creed, its absurdity, iii. 3.26.

Athens, its bad government, iii. 219. Note..

Avarice, vices owing to, iii. 230.

Axioms, remarks on, ii. 400.

B

Bacon, style of his history of Henry VII. censured, i. 199,
201. His absurd interpretation of the Greek fables,

ii. 464. et seq.
improvement of logic, iii. 95. et seq.

His defence of this,

469, 470. His

Quoted, 313.

Bankruptcy,

Bank, whether favourable to commerce, i. 125.

Bankruptcy, frequent, a proof of progress in commerce,
i. 149. Note. Laws of different states concerning, 525.
Note. Remarks on, iii. 234.

Bards, remarks concerning, i. 176. et seq.
Barter. See Commerce.

Bartolus, an illustration by, iii. 406.

Battles, bloodless, of the middle ages, ii. 249.

Bayard, Chevalier, his generosity, ii. 111. Note.

Bayle, a question of, iii. 378.

Beard, remarks concerning the, i. 269. Want of, by the
Americans, ii. 355.

Beavers, their society. ii. 8.

Begging, common, ought to be prohibited, ii. 328.
Belief. See Reason.

Benevolence universal, not natural, ii. 30.; iii. 137. Prin-
ciples of, 139.

Berne, policy of the Canton of, i. 123. Declining state
of, ii. 76. Note.

Bible, remarks of the translators of the, ii. 480.

Bitonto, Bishop of, his sermon, i. 161.

Blackwell quoted, iii. 125.

Boileau, a defect of taste in, i. 170.

Books, scarcity of in the dark ages, i. 136. Privileges of
the authors of, ii. 218. Note.

Boroughs, Royal, in Scotland, government of, iii. 464.
et seq.

Bounties on exportation of corn favourable to population,
i. 85. Otherwise with those for exportation of cattle,
ibid. Remarks on, 123.

Brantome, a story by, i. 471. Note.
Britany, story of a duke of, iii. 146.
Brydone quoted, iii. 359,

Buckingham,