INDEX. 323 



King, Dr., on disintegrated castings on the Corniche 



road, 279, 284 

 on the washing away of the castings on the 



Nilgiri Mountains, 277 

 Knole Park beech-woods, worms absent from, 12 

 Koninck, De, on the disintegration of rocks, 237 

 Krukenberg on the digestive fluid of worms, 38 



Laburnum leaves, 70 



Land, denudation of, 232 



Lankester, Ray, on the structure of worms, 18 



on worms from Kerguelen Land, 123 



La Plata, dust storms of, 238 



Layard, Mr., on the habits of the cobra, 96 



Leaves, worms distinguish the taste of different kinds of, 33 



consumed by worms, 36 



their decay not hastened by the alkaline secretion 



with which they are bathed, 39 



decayed, generate acids, 52 



used in plugging up burrows, 67 



used to line burrows, 114 



Ledges of earth on hill-sides, 281 

 Light, perception of, by worms, 20 

 Lime, carbonate of, concretions of, 46 



Maer Hall, amount of earth brought to surface, 132 

 Mallett, Mr., on the sinking of the ground under great 



buildings, 161 

 Meat, raw, eaten by w r orms, 37 

 Mental qualities of worms, 34 

 Mint, leaves of, only nibbled, 34 

 Mississippi, drainage area of, 235. 

 Moles pursuing worms, 28 

 Mobius on the habits of a j)ike, 96 

 Moniligaster, 249 



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