Charms, dogs, 332. Arabian, 347. Ague, 337. Bread, 331. Burns, 321. Butter, 331. Cramp, 335. Love, 314. Molar tooth, 338. Thorn, 321. Scattering water, 332. Sundry rural, 331. Witchcraft, 320. Charlatans, prince of, 206. Charlemagne, talisman of, 91. Charlemagne, clock presented to, 85. Charter, rhyming, 42. Chateaubrun's escape from the guillotine, 204. Chaunt, oyster dredging, 201. Chewing rice, ordeal of, 309. Children's day in Japan, 195. Children, superstitions about, 345. Child played for, 65. Child-stealing elves, 350. Chinese giants, 162. Medical prescriptions, 182. Oaths, 172. Veneration for the lily, 311. Chronological table of remarkable events, 47. Christmas bells, subterranean, 120. Citric acid, 136. Claws, owl's, 340. Clergymen, duels fought by, 71. Cleopatra a myth, 28. Clock, astronomical, famous, 81. Candle, 196. Cat, 84. Earliest, 80. Harrison's, 84. Presented to Charlemagne, 85. That strikes thirteen, 82. Vocal, 83. Westminster, 82. Wonderful, 83. Clouds, eating, 293. Clover, four-leaved, 303. Coals, carrying to Newcastle, 170. Cobblers' stalls in Rome, 178. Cock-crower, king's, 188. Crowing an omen of victory, 319. Fighting among the ancients, 195. And Hen, 266. Coffins, hour-glasses in, 220. Coincidence, singular, 71. Crooked, 25. Curious historical, 61. Coins, St. Helena, 328. Cold water, ordeal of, 309. Colors most frequently hit in battle, 196. Of the hat for cardinals, 173. Isabella, 138. Parisian scarlet, 139. Tyrian purple, 139. Colossal shells, 297. Composition during sleep, 35. Composition of rollers discovered, 133. Confectionery decorations, 69. Copied from nature, 303. Copy of the Koran, huge, 12. Copy of a letter written by Cardinal Richelieu, 51. Coral and bells, 190. Cork jackets, 142. Coronations, feasts at, 217. Couch, Cader Idris, 216. Court fools, 155. Courtship of William the Conqueror, 155. Crabs, pea, 288. Cramp rings, 313. Cramp, charm for, 335. Cranes, worshipful, 263. Crests, peacock's, 263. Crickets, house, 330. Crinoline in 1744, 157. Critic, stupid, 24. Crocodiles of the Nile, 282. Crocodile plover, 263. Crooked coincidences, 25. Crossbill, 251. Cross-legged, sitting, 330. Cross, hymn in the form of a, 49. Macduff's, 221. Mark of, on the ass, 276. Ordeal of the, 307. Signature of the, 79. Crows lost in a fog, 267. Crucifix of Columbus, 96. Crucifixion, curious piece of antiquity on the, 50. Cruciform watch, 88. Cuckoo, 255. Cuckoo, why she builds no nest, 257. Cunning astrologer, 156. Cures, magnetic, 230.
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