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INDEX. 



Dobrizhoffer on a hail-storm, 116 



Docks, imported, 428 



Dogs, shepherd, 149 



D'Orbigny, Travels in South Ameri- 

 ca, 78,93, 120, 130, 149, 167 



Doris, eggs of, 201 



Doubleday, Mr., on a noise made by 

 a butterfly, 33 



Drigg, lightning tubes at, 59 



Droughts, great, in Pampas, 133 



Dryness of St. Jago, 4 



of winds in Tierra del Fu- 



ego, 231 



of air in Cordillera, 325 



Du Bois, 382, 399 

 Dung- feeding beetles, 490 

 Dust, falling from atmosphere, 5 



Earthenware fossil, 370 

 Earthquake, accompanied by an ele- 

 vation of the coast, 310 



accompanied by rain, 351 



at Callao, 369 



1 at Concepcion, 302 



at Coquimbo, 342 



at Keeling and Vani- 



koro, and Society Islands, 475 



at Valdivia, 301 



, causes of, 311 



, effect of, on springs, 264 



on bottom of 



sea, 306 



303 



304, 305 

 358 



-, effects of, on rocks, 257, 



-, effects of, on sea, 302, 



-, effects of, on a river-bed, 



-, line of vibration of, 307 



- on S. W. coast, 246 



-, tossing fragments from 



the ground, 198 

 , twisting movement of, 



308 

 Esrgs of Doris, 201 

 Ehrenberg, Prof., on Atlantic dust, 5 

 . on infusoria in Pam- 



pas, 82, 130 



open sea, 162 

 gonia, 171 



in the 

 in Pata- 

 in Fue- 



of the sea, 163 



Ehrenberg, Prof, on infusoria in 



coral mud, 465 

 in tuff 



at Ascension, 494 



on phosphorescence 



on noises from a hill, 



361 

 Eimeo, view of, 406 

 Elater, springing powers of, 31 

 Electricity of atmosphere within 



Andes, 326 

 Elephant, weight of, 87 

 Elevated shells, 85, 130, 171, 254, 



297, 310, 344, 362, 369 

 Elevation of coasts of Chile, 254, 297, 



307, 310, 338, 344, 357 



B. Blanca, 83 



Patagonia, 171, 371 



Pampas, 130 



mountain-chains, 312 



Cordillera, 316, 321,332 





fringing-reefs, 476 



Peru, 369 

 within human period, 371 



Entomology of the Galapagos Archi- 

 pelago, 381, 392, 394 



Brazil, 34 



Patagonia, 170, 327 



Tierra del Fuego, 238 



Keeling Island, 456 



St. Helena, 490 



Entre Rios, geology of, 129 

 Epeira, habits of, 36, 38 

 Erratic blocks, how transported, 247 

 absent in intertropical 



countries, 248 



on plains of Santa 



Cruz, 187 



gian paint, 221 



- of Tierra del Fuego, 247 

 Estancia, value of, 145 

 Extermination of species and races, 



174, 434, 441, 448 

 Extinction of shells at St. Helena, 4S8 



of species, causes of, 174 



of man in New South 



Wales. 434, 448 

 Eyes of tucutuco and mole, 52 



Falconer, Dr., on the Sivatherium, 



146 



, Jesuit, on the Indians, 104 



, on rivers in Pam- 

 pas, 106 



