PESTILENCE, numbers destroyed by, 27.
PHILADELPHIANS, saved from being Welchmen, 68.
PHYSICIANS, various schools of, named by Pliny, 110, 114:
--number of the old Boston doctors, and their residences, 112.
PIPERS, at funerals, 8.
PIRATES, hung on Boston Common, 50.
PITCAIRN, Major, the honor of killing him, claimed by many:--the
remains, under Westminster Abbey, said to have been erroneously
selected, from under the North Church, 17.
PLAGUE, some account of the, 27.
PLINY, in favor of herb doctoring, 114.
PLANTER, funeral of an old, in St. Croix, 30.
POLHAMUS, the good Samaritan, 83.
POMPADOUR, Madame de, her remains transferred to the Catacombs, 13.
PONTRACI, the prince of undertakers, 12.
PORTLAND VASE, history of the, 20.
PRIDE AND POVERTY, excess of, dangerous, 87.
PUNISHMENT, various kinds of, 151.
PUNSTERS habitual, nuisances, 94.
PWAN YAKOO, and other Chinese, their visit to Boston:--description of
her golden lilies, 102.