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(The Numbers Refer to the Sections.)

Festum of the Nativity as New Year's Day in France 104
Festival of Saint John the Baptist, Date of 86
Festivals, Abrogation of certain English 94
Fiscal Year in Britain, Period of the 128
Flexibility of numeric representations of years in calendars 2
Flight—era in India or Moslem reckoning 97
Flora, Feast of, in July by mistake 18
Four hundred and fifty-five days, A year of 19
French chronology, History of the 104
French, First printing of the 126
Frimaire in the Revolution Calendar 106
Fusli era in India, Historical notes on 98
General influences of N.S. 27
General scope of the science of chronology 1
"Generations" in Hebrew chronology 38
"Generations" in Herodotus, Specifications of 118
German printing, First 126
Going away, the, of Mohammed, Importance of 58
Golden Number—meaning of the term 57, 66
Gower dates his poetry by anno regni 76
Great charter—how dated 73
Great Years in Josephus—meaning of this term 49
Greek chronology—explanations thereon 16
Gregorian—a correction in the Julian Calendar 26
Gregory the Great conserves the A.D. mode 23
Gregory the Pope—his announcements on chronology 26
Harvest Year or Fusli used in India 98
Hebrew months contrasted with Greek months 41
Hebrew years, Commencement of 39
Hegira and A.D.I., condescended on 7
Hegira and Christian years, Differences between 59
Herodotus—his chronological views 118
Herschell's opinions on chronology 115
Hieroglyphics—dates of writings 125
Historians and chronology—their neglect thereof 4
Historical year, Commencement of 55
Hindoo figures in astronomy, Fabulous nature of 14
Holyrood, Proclamation on N.S. 88
Hutton's theory of the earth 34
Ides explained 20
Illustrations of the importance of correct mode of dates 5
Imperial epochs at Rome, Dates of 47
Independence of Scotland, Date of—how given 87