INDEX 



Earthquakes, 171, 172. 



El Capitan, 73. 



Emerson, Ralph Waldo, quoted, 97, 

 98, 187, 245; a follower of Agas- 

 aiz, 98. 



Environment, influence of, 214, 215. 



Eohippus, 176. 



Erosion, in the Hawaiian Islands, 

 59, 135, 146-148; its part in shap 

 ing the earth s surface, 91 ;, slow 

 ness of its work, 182-186. 



Evolution, the long road of, 1-38; 

 belief and disbelief in the doctrine, 

 1-7 ; adds greatly to the wonder of 

 life, 3; length of time implied by, 

 7-11; endless beginning and end 

 less ending, 12; from the simple 

 to the complex, 23, 24; concen 

 trates along certain lines, 36; 

 hard to get on intimate terms 

 with, 177; makes the universe 

 alive, 187; the tide at the full, 192, 

 193; Walt Whitman as an evolu 

 tionist, 197; hindrances to a belief 

 in, 198-205; the largest general 

 ization of the modern mind, 205; 

 not a godless doctrine, 212; as a 

 prestidigitator, 213, 214; makes 

 the world over for us, 228; the 

 impulse in, 236.1, 



Faith, scientific, 175-186. 



Fire, here before man. 111. 



First Cause, 217-219. 



Frear, Mary Dillingham, quoted, 



119; 125; a walk with, 128-130. 

 Frear, Walter Francis, 125; a walk 



with, 128-130. 



Generalization, in evolution, 230. 



Geologic time, figured under the 

 symbol of a year, 21, 22; and 

 chronological time, 90, 91; clock 

 of, 95; and human history, 97; 

 periods of, 116, 117; powers of, 

 174; vastness of, 199, 200. 



Geologist, the, his scientific imagina 

 tion, 87; interpreter of the records 

 of the rocks, 88; his daring affirm 

 ations, 89; deals with big figures, 

 97. 



Geology, in the East and in the 



West, 39-45; of the Grand Cafion, 

 51-55, 57-65, 67-69; of the 

 Yosemite, 79-83; the world as 

 seen in the light of, 85-117. See 

 also Earth, Evolution, and Rocks. 



Geosyncline, 94. 



Gigantic, Nature s experiments with 

 the, 16-18, 223. 



Glacial periods, gradual approach 

 of the Pleistocene winter, 113, 

 114. 



Glaciation, Agassiz s discovery, 

 157; southern limit in United 

 States, 158, 159; work of the ice- 

 sheet, 159, 160; evidence near 

 home, 161-163; flowing of the 

 ice-sheet, 164, 165. 



Glenwood, Hawaii, 149, 150. 



Goats, wild, 138, 143. 



God, immanent in his universe, 179. 

 199. 



&quot;Good in everything,&quot; 258, 259. 1 



Grand Cafion, the, first impressions, 

 46-49; architectural features and 

 suggestions, 49-54; geology, 51- 

 55, 57-65, 67-69; cleanness, 55; 

 sense of depth of, 56; look of 

 ordered strength, 56, 57; descent 

 into, 65-70; flowers and a bird- 

 song in, 70; contrasted with 

 Yosemite, 75-78. 



Granite, the Adam rock, 102, 103; 

 dissolution of, 108. 



Guava, 135. 



Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich, 7, 25, 

 235. 



Haleakala, a visit to, 133-146. 



Halemaumau, 151. 



Half Dome, 73. 



Hau-tree, 126, 127. 



Hawaii, island of, 143, 148; visit to, 

 149-155. 



Hawaiian Islands, erosion in, 59, 

 135, 146-148; shape of valleys in, 

 81; origin of, 116; a visit to, 119- 

 155; lines by Mary Dillingham 

 Frear on, 119; approach to, 119- 

 121; land shells of, 129, 130; birda 

 in, 132, 133, 143, 151; mosquitoei 

 in, 136. 



Hawaiian language, 122. 



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