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  • „ in Upper Cretaceous Period, 300.
  • „ Reign of, 126.
  • Brachyphyllum, 249.
  • Bracklesham Beds, 332.
  • Bradford Clay, 250.
  • „Encrinites, 252.
  • Branch of Banksia, 318.
  • „Eucalyptus, 317.
  • Bray Head, 101.
  • Breccia, Ossiferous, 432.
  • Brecciated Limestone, 174, 176.
  • Bridlington Beds, 460.
  • Bristow, H. W., on Formation of Bone Caves, 475.
  • „on Brixham Bone-cave, 473.
  • „on Penarth or RhÆtic Beds, 207.
  • British Islands at close of Jurassic Period, 274.
  • British Strata, Section of, 244.
  • „Table of, 493-499.
  • Brixham Bone-cave, 473.
  • Brongniart, Ad., on Upper Cretaceous Fauna, 301.
  • Bronze Age, 478.
  • Brumberg Cavern, 432.
  • Buckland, Dr., on Kirkdale Cave, 380.
  • Buffon and Voltaire, 6.
  • „ on Man, 470.
  • „ on Fossils, 6.
  • Bunter Sandstone, 187.
  • Burrh Stone, 355.
  • Butterflies, 255.
  • Caithness Flags, 128.
  • Calamary, 215, 259.
  • Calamite restored, 135.
  • Calamites, 134, 152, 177, 193, 202.
  • „arenaceus, 194.
  • „cannÆformis, 154.
  • „Trunk of, 136.
  • Calcaire de la Beauce, 355.
  • „ Grossier, 325, 332.
  • Calceola Sandalina, 127.
  • Calderas, 70.
  • Calymene Blumenbachii, 110.
  • Cambrian Period, 101.
  • „ Fauna, 101.
  • Camper, Pierre, on the Mosasaurus, 304.
  • „ „ „ Œningen Skeleton, 368.
  • Camptopteris crenata, 239.
  • Canstadt Excavations, 386, 396.
  • Cantal Group of Mountains, 43.
  • „ „ „ a peak of300.
  • Crematopteris, 163.
  • Cretaceous Period, 275, 306.
  • „„ Fauna of, 282, 285, 300.
  • „„ Flora of, 282, 300.
  • „„ Reptiles of, 285.
  • „„ Fishes of, 285, 294.
  • Crinoidea, 127.
  • Crioceras, 288, 297.
  • „ Duvallii, 274.
  • Crocodile of Maestricht, 184, 303, 326.
  • Crocodilus Toliapicus, 326.
  • Croll, J., on Till, 457.
  • Crust of the Earth, Composition of, 96.
  • „„Thickness of, 87, 89.
  • „„Temperature of, 88.
  • Crustaceans, 107, 110, 141, 286.
  • „ Predominance of, in Lower Silurian Seas, 107.
  • „ Rarity of in Carboniferous Period, 141.
  • „ of Eocene Period, 326.
  • „ of Miocene Period, 350.
  • Cryptogamia, 187, 194, 203.
  • Crystalline Action, 71.
  • „ Limestone, 174, 176.
  • „ Rocks Defined, 28.
  • Cucumites, 315.
  • Cupanioides, 315.
  • Cupressocrinus crassus, 128.
  • Cuvier’s Account of Plesiosaurus, 233.
  • „ Account of Pterodactyle, 33.
  • „ on the Restoration of Extinct Animals, 7.
  • „ on the Destruction of Species, 381.
  • „ on the Mammoth, 396.
  • Cyathophyllum, 146.
  • CycadeaceÆ, 266.
  • Cycads, 239, 249, 270, 283.
  • Cycas circinalis, 168.
  • Cypress, 240, 249.
  • Cypris, 272.
  • „ fasciculata, 318.
  • Geysers of Iceland, 16, 67.
  • Giants’ Causeways, 49.
  • „„ in the ArdÈche, 48.
  • „ Legends of, accounted for, 5.
  • Gigantology, 384.
  • Glacial Action during Permian Period, 174.
  • „ Deposits of Northern England and Wales, 457.
  • „ Period, 372, 378, 435.
  • „ Evidences of, 463.
  • „ Regions of Europe, 451.
  • „ Theory of Martins, 462.
  • Glacier System of Wales, 106.
  • „ Systems, 440.
  • Glaciers of Scotland, 454.
  • „of Switzerland, 449.
  • „of the British Isles, 457.
  • Glauconie, or Glauconite, 300.
  • Glaucous Chalk, 300, 310.
  • Glenroy, Parallel Roads of, 456.
  • Globe, Modification of Surface of, 26.
  • Glyptodon, the, 401.
  • Glyptolepis, 120.
  • Gneiss of Cape Wrath, 32.
  • „ Laurentian, 74.
  • „ Composition of, 96.
  • Goniatites, 127.
  • Goniatites evolutus, 145.
  • Goulet, Great and Little, 299.
  • Granite, 182.
  • „Mineral Composition of, 32, 96.
  • „How Formed, 33.
  • „of St. Austell, 39.
  • „of Christiana, 36.
  • „of Dartmoor, 79.
  • „of Cornwall and Devon, 36, 38.
  • „Eruptions of, 90, 92, 98.
  • „Stratified or Foliated, 97.
  • „Qualities of, 32.
  • „How Formed, 33.
  • „Veins of, at Cape Wrath, 32.
  • Granitic Eruptions, 92.
  • Gran Seco, 410.
  • Graptolites, 107.
  • Gravesend Chalk, under Microscope, 278.
  • Great Animal of Maestricht, 304.
  • Great Oolite, 243, 250.
  • „ Reptiles of, 2 #Page_199" class="pginternal">199, 293.
  • „Rock Salt in, 199, 204.
  • Kilauea, Volcano of, 56.
  • „ Eruption of, 69.
  • „ Crater of, 56, 59.
  • Kimeridge Clay, 19, 243, 266, 269.
  • King, Prof., on Permian System, 174.
  • Kirkdale Cave, 380, 398, 429.
  • KjÖkken-MÖdden, 477.
  • Koessen Beds, 208.
  • Kupfer Schiefer, 170.
  • Labradorite, 44.
  • Labyrinthodon, 190.
  • „ pachygnathus, 12.
  • Labyrinthodon restored, 193.
  • La Coupe d’Ayzac, Crater of, 45.
  • Lacunosus laciniatus, 184.
  • Lacustrine Habitations, 472.
  • Ladies’ Fingers, 216.
  • Lake Dwellings, 472.
  • Lamellibranchs, 266.
  • Landscape Stone, 208.
  • Land-turtles, 190.
  • Laplace’s Theory of the Earth, 17, 80.
  • Lasmocyathus, 146.
  • Laurentian Formation in Britain, 10, 79.
  • „ Gneiss, 74.
  • Lava Formations, 39, 51, 59.
  • „Streams of, 59.
  • Lecoq, on Triassic Vegetation, 194.
  • „Keuper Flora, 202.
  • „Cretaceous Flora, 282.
  • „Tertiary Flora, 316.
  • „Flora of Miocene Period, 336.
  • „the Vegetation of Pliocene Period, 357.
  • Leibnitz’ Fossil Unicorn, 386.
  • Lepidodendra, 134, 138, 157, 173.
  • Lepidodendron carinatum, 134, 138.
  • „ elegans, 140.
  • „ Sternbergii, 139, 141.
  • „ Sternbergii restored, 142.
  • Lepidoptera, 255.
  • Lepidostrobus variabilis, 140.
  • Lepidotus, 266, 272Colour of, 201.
  • „Fauna of, 201.
  • New Zealand, Birds of, 184.
  • Newer Pliocene, 372.
  • „„ of Alps, 377.
  • „„ of Sicily, 374.
  • Nicol, Prof., on Ben Nevis, 90.
  • Nilssonia, 194, 239.
  • NÖggerathia, 177.
  • Norfolk Forest Bed, 372.
  • Northern Deluge, 424.
  • Norwich Crag, 372, 478.
  • Nothosaurus, 190, 196.
  • Nummulites, 313, 326, 333.
  • Nummulitic Formation, 334.
  • „Limestone, 326.
  • NympheaceÆ, 315.
  • Odontaspis, 294.
  • Odontopteris Brardii, 144.
  • „ Cycades, 212.
  • Œchmodus Buchii, 217.
  • Œningen Formation, 338.
  • „ Limestone, 367.
  • Ogygia Guettardi, 107.
  • Old Red Sandstone, 119.
  • „„ Colour of, 120.
  • „„ Period, Vegetation of, 120.
  • „„ Fishes of, 124.
  • „„ Rocks of, 128.
  • „„ Conglomerate of, 129.
  • Older Pliocene, 372.
  • Oldhamia, 101.
  • Oldhaven Beds, 331.
  • Olivine, 44.
  • Oolite, 243, 272.
  • „ of Solenhofen, 273.
  • „ Upper, 243.
  • „ Lower, 243, 244.
  • „ Middle, 243.
  • „ Great, 243.
  • „ Conifers of, 249.
  • „ Rocks, 249.
  • Oolitic Fauna, 244.
  • „Mollusca, 246.
  • „Echinoderms, 247.
  • „Insects, 255, 266.
  • „Period, 243.
  • „Flora of, 248, 371.
  • PlombiÈres, Alkaline Waters of, 64.
  • Plutonic Rocks, 31.
  • „ Theory, 6.
  • „ Eruptions, 31.
  • „ Ancient Granite, 31.
  • Podophthalmus vigil, 353.
  • Poecilopleuron, 265.
  • Poikilitic Series, 199.
  • Polyphemus, Supposed Bones of, 384.
  • Polypodium, 315.
  • Polyps of Carboniferous Period, 141, 246, 255, 286, 301.
  • Polyzoa, 141, 143, 175, 307.
  • Pontgibaud Mines, 64.
  • Porphyritic Granite, 33.
  • Porphyry, 33, 37.
  • „ Definition of, 37.
  • „ Components of, 37.
  • Portland Isle, 270.
  • „ Dirt Bed, 271.
  • „ Sand, 243, 266.
  • „ Stone, 243, 269.
  • Posidonia, 189.
  • Post-pliocene Period, 378.
  • „Animals of the, 382.
  • „Birds of the, 417.
  • „Carnivora of, 417.
  • „Deposits in Britain, 417.
  • Post-Tertiary Epoch, 378.
  • Potamogeton, 315.
  • Pravolta, 447.
  • Pre-glacial deposits, 418.
  • Preissleria antiqua, 202.
  • Prestwich, J., on Glacial Deposits, 459.
  • Primary Epoch, 99.
  • „„ Retrospective Glance at, 180.
  • „„ Vegetation of, 182.
  • Proboscideans of Crag, 372.
  • Producta, 173, 175.
  • „ horrida, 149.
  • Producta Martini, 145, 205.
  • „ subaculeata, 127.
  • Protogine, 35.
  • Protopteris, 283.
  • Psammodus, 141.
  • Psaronius, 174.
  • Psilophyton, 123.
  • Pteraspis, 129.
  • Pterichthys, 39.
  • Trail, 461.
  • Transition, or Primary Epoch, 99.
  • Transported Blocks, 449.
  • „Rocks, 27.
  • Trapa natans, 315.
  • Trappean Grotto, Staffa, 47.
  • Travertin, 333.
  • Tree Ferns, 174, 240.
  • Tremadoc Slates, 109.
  • Treuil, Coal Mine at, 160.
  • Triassic Period, 185.
  • „Flora, 187, 193, 202.
  • Trigonia, 12, 205.
  • „margaritacea, 314.
  • Trigonocarpum NÖggerathii, 177.
  • Trilobites, 104, 107, 110, 126, 141, 181.
  • Trimmer, Joshua, on Moel Tryfaen, 459.
  • Trinucleus Lloydii, 129.
  • Trionyx of Tertiary Period, 326.
  • Trionyx, a Turtle, 319, 326, 329.
  • Tropical Vegetation, D’Orbigny on, 337.
  • Trunk of Calamites, 136.
  • „Sigillaria, 136.
  • Tunbridge Wells Sand, 286.
  • Turbaco, Mud Volcanoes of, 61.
  • Turonian Series, 309, 310.
  • Turrilites, 289.
  • „ communis, 290.
  • „ costatus, 289.
  • Turritella terebra, 289.
  • Turtle, 187, 237, 272, 319, 326, 329, 331, 356.
  • Tyndall’s, Professor, Theory of Heat, 24.
  • Uncites Gryphus, 127.
  • Under Clay, 161.
  • Unicornu Fossile, 386.
  • Unio, 266.
  • Upper Cretaceous, 300-306.
  • „ Greensand, 300, 309.
  • „ Oolite, 265.
  • „ Lias, 212, 273.
  • „ Lias Clay, THE END.

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