Segura, destruction of the town of, 304. Serialist, advice to an intending, 590. Shark, combat with a, 3. Short enlistments, advantages of, 132. Shujah, Shah, sketches of, 541. Sick antiquary, the, 101. Signor Dedomenicis, 103. Silver mines of Mexico, the, 271 --of Peru, 182. Smith, Hannibal, letter to, 590. Smith's antiquarian ramble in the streets of London, review of, 673. Solitary confinement, on, 725. Song for the million, 733. South America, features of, 262. Soyer's cookery, review of, 238. Spanish marriage, on the, 631-740. Steffens, Professor, anecdote of, 577. Storms of Peru, the, 182. Summer day, a, by Thomas Aird, 277. Superstitions of Mexico, the, 275. Surville, defence of Tournay by, 29. Swan, wild, habits of the, 398. Thames, Lays and Legends of the, 729 --tunnel, 735. Things in general, 625. Tournay, siege of, 28. Tower of London, the, 732. Tschudi's Peru, review of, 1, 179. Tupac Amaru, 191. Turenne, Marshal, 704. Uhland, the minstrel's curse by, 177. United States, sketches of the, 471. Utrecht, peace of, 693. Valparaiso, town of, 3. Vampire bat of Peru, the, 192. Vandamme, General, 581. Vera Cruz, town of, 263. Vigo, General, death of, 304. Villars, Marshal, 33, 526. Visit to the Vladika of Montenegro, a, 428. Von Rahden's wanderings of a soldier, review of, 575. Water cure, the, 376. Waterloo, Napoleon on, 123. Welford's evidence on the game laws, 757. West Indies, recent history of the, 662. White's Earl of Gowrie, &c., review of, 62. Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands, 389. Wild swan, habits of the, 398. William III., parallel between, and Louis XIV., 522. Woman's shortcomings, by E. B. Barrett, 488. Woods of Peru, the, 192. Yanez, colonel, death of, 268. Yca, province of, 17. Yussuf, an Arab leader, 347 Zettinié, city of, 439 Zumalacarregui, death of, 56. _Edinburgh: Printed by Ballantyne and Hughes, Paul's Work, Canongate._ * * * * * Transcriber's note: Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed. Mismatched quotes are not fixed if it's not sufficiently clear where the missing quote should be placed. The cover for the eBook version of this book was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. Page 727: "that a ower should reside somewhere" ... the transcriber has added the missing "p" in "power". Page 734: "All the sevants' hall combined," ... the transcriber has added "r" to read "servants'". End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 374, December, 1846, by Various