INDEX. 



793 



Cretaceous system, 63S, C41 ; chapter 



on the. 731736; members of the. 



732. 

 Cretins, cagots, or goitred idiots of the 



Alps and Pyrenees, 459. 

 Crich-hill, Derbyshire, view of, 628. 

 Crinoi'deans, 676. 

 Crocodile, the, 579, 590, 741. 

 Cronburg Castle, and entrance to the 



Sound, view of, 363. 

 Crop out, the mining term, C29. 

 Cross, constellation of the, its compoii- 



tion, beauty, and utility, 155 ; Von 



Spix and Marlins's description of, 



155 ; lines on, by Mrs Hemans, 



156. 

 Cruciferous plants, botanical region of 



the, 560. 

 Crust of the earth, composition of the, 



611, et seq.; stratified, 019 ; its mate 



rials, f>22; carbonate of lime supposed 



to form one-seventh part of it, 624 ; 



disturbances of, beneficial, 629. 

 Crustacea, fossil, 640. 

 Cryptogamic plants, 550, 563, 565, 569, 



570. 



Crystallization of rocks, C31. 

 Crystals of snow, various forms of, 474, 



475. 

 Cuba, island of, C06, 608 ; fresh springs 



in the ocean near, 259. 

 Culture, its ameliorating eifects on 



plants, 568. 

 Cumana, electrical action manifested 



at, 518 ; double halo round the moon 



seen at, 530. 



Cumbrian group, 663, et seq. 

 Cumulo-stratus, or twaincloud, 467. 

 Cumulus, or stackencloud, 464. 

 Cunningham, Mr, 715. 

 Currents of rivers, 281, 283, 372 ; of the 



ocean, 359 369 ; of the atmosphere, 



437. 

 Curved strata in rocks illustrated, 



Cuthbert, St, beads of, 677. 



Cuvier, observations of, 252, 254, 380, 



397, 400, 571, 590, 595, COS, C19, 713, 



721760. 



Cycadeoe, 706 ; view of fossil, 709. 

 Cygnus, the swan, constellation of, 163 ; 



temporary star in, 168. 



Dalton, Dr, his insensibility to colour, 



176; on height of clouds, 463; esti 



mates deposit of dew, 480 ; his account 



of the aurora borealis, 526, 529. 

 Dampier, Captain, his account of the 



tropical winds, 445, 446. 

 Daniell, Professor, his analysis of sea- 



water, 329 ; his account of prevailing 



winds, 460; hygrometrical experi 



ments, 462. 

 Danube, the river, 466 ; account of its 



shores, by Virgil, 508. 

 Dardanelles, the. See Bosphorus and 



Hellespont. 



Darial, defile of the, 218220. 

 Dartmouth hills, thunder-storm in the, 



519. 

 Darwin, observations of Mr, 471, 472, 



504, 555, 556, 564, 568, 569, 574, 581, 



582, 585, 593, 650, 608, 755, 758, 761, 



7G3. 



Date-palm, the, 556. 

 Daubeny, Dr, 433, 787. 

 D'Aubuisson, M., 617, 620, 649. 

 Davy, Sir Humphry, philosophical re 



flection of, 399 ; his theory of earth 



quakes and volcanic eruptions, 433 ; 



of mists, 465 ; on peat, 769. 

 Dead fish in the ocean, 690. 

 Dead Sea, the, 314316 ; view of, 314 ; 



fabled fruits of the, 315 ; analysis of 



its waters, 316. 

 De Candolle, botanical notices of M., 



331, 547550, 560, 569, 598. 

 Deccan, the, 052. 

 Dee, the river, 324. 



Deerfield in Massachusetts, remarkable 

 stratum at, 625. 



Delaware Bay, 396. 



DeLuc, M.,648, 772. 



Deluge, the great, was partial only, 

 594. 



Dembia, lake of, 311. 



Denderah, sculptured planisphere of, 5. 



Denon, M., 421. 



Denudation of the land by rivers, 

 370373 ; valleys of, 629. 



Deposits, sedimentary, the origin of 

 stratified rocks, 627, ct al.; were all 

 originally horizontal, 631. 



Depths of lakes, table of, 322 ; of the 

 ocean, 326, 327. 



Derbyshire, toadstone of, 655; lead- 

 mines of, C92 ; peat-moss of, 770. 



Deserts, great, 223 ; of Europe, 223 ; of 

 Asia, 225, 228; Africa, 225; of 

 Sahara, 226228 ; of the north, 229 ; 

 of America, 230232, 234 ; of France, 

 237 ; of the East, 421423. 



Deshayes, M., 740, 743, 747, 750. 



Desmarest, M., 578. 



Devonshire, mild climate of, 492 ; geo 

 logy of, 682. 



Dew, formation of, 480 ; depositions of, 

 480 ; in hot climates, 481. 



Diablerets mountains, fall of one of 

 the, 411. 



Diallage, 650. 



Dicotyledonous plants, 550, 563. 



Diluvium, fossil animals found in, 

 753760 ; boulders of, 763765. 



Dinornis of New Zealand, 715. 



Dinotherium, view of the, 748. 



Diodprus Siculus, 144, 423, 535. 



Diorite or greenstone, 645. 



Dip of strata, 614, 627. 



Dipterous fossil fish, 689. 



Discordant, or unconformable strata, 

 628. 



Discovery, astronomical, history of, 

 132. 



Disintegrated granite, view of, 648. 



Dislocation of strata illustrated, 629. 



Disruption of rocks by igneous action, 

 632, et al. 



Dissemination of plant-seeds, 565567. 



Distances, relative, of the planets from 

 the sun, 46, 189 ; of the stars, 162 

 164. 



Distribution of plants, 546571 ; of 

 animals, 571 594 ; of fossils, 635. 



Districts, the various coal, 700, et seq. 



Disturbances, ancient, of the earth's 

 crust have been beneficial to man 

 kind, 629. 



Divination, founded on the appearance 

 of the heavens, 3. 



Division of plants, 548 550. 



Dobrizhoffer, 479. 



Docility of fish, 575. 



Dodo, the, 767, 786. 



Dodona, inflammable fountain of, 275. 



Dog, notices of the, 587, 595, 601, 606. 



Dome, chain of Mont de, 746. 



Dorsetshire, land-slip on the coast of, 

 392 ; coast of, abundant in ichthyo 

 sauri, 722 ; strata of, 727. 



Dovedale, valley of, description and 

 view, 221. 



Dover, straits of, 390; chalk-cliff of, 

 391 ; present state and ancient con 

 dition of, 396. 



Downs or dunes, how formed, 400 ; 

 localities of, 401. 



Dranse, the river, its source, 413 ; its 

 irruption, 414. 



Drayton quoted, 679. 



Drift and erratic blocks, 751 765, et al. 



Drift timber in the arctic seas, 361. 



Dripping well at Knaresborough, 277. 



Dromedary, the, 590. 



Drought, details of a great, in South 

 America, 471, 472 ; in India, 472. 



Dru, Aiguille de, view of, 647. 



Druids, tradition of the, 648. 



Drummond, Sir W., assigns a know 

 ledge of the telescope to the Greeks, 

 Chaldeans, and Hindoos, 1-6. 



Ducie's Island, corals of, 384. 



Duddon, source of the river, 279. 



Dudley basalt, notices of the, 627, 654 ; 

 Silurian rocks of, 680. 



Dudley Castle caverns, description and 

 view of, 257. 



Dufrenoy, M., 650. 



Dugong, the, 691. 



Dumont d'Urville, his discoveries, 19C. 



Dundry Hill, 725. 



Dunwich, changes at, 395. 



Durdham-down, fossil remains at, 713. 



Durham, magnesian limestone in, 639. 



Durrenstein, on the Danube, view of, 

 466. 



Dykes, in strata, 033 ; volcanic, 65C. 



Earth, transmission of light from the 

 sun to the, 35 ; its distance from the 

 sun, 53, 73 ; revolution of round the 

 sun, 64 ; general observations on, 70 ; 

 ita spherical figure proved, 71 ; its 

 diameter at the pole and equator, 71 ; 

 its rotation proved, 72 ; its transla 

 tion and velocity in space, 72; the 

 seasons caused by its double move 

 ments, 73 ; precession of the equi 

 noxes, 73 ; atmosphere of the, 75 ; is 

 visible to some of the planetarians, 

 but not to others, 75 ; is invisible to 

 a moiety of the lunarians, 80 ; den 

 sity of the, 106 ; great natural divi 

 sions of the surface of the, 193199 ; 

 antiquity of the, 429, 434 ; supposed 

 causes of volcanic action and earth 

 quakes in the, 433 ; importance of 

 rain to the, 462 ; benefits of diverse 

 climates in the, 484 ; soils of, influ 

 ence climate, 495 ; climate of, has 

 undergone changes, 515; zoological 

 provinces of the, 588591 ; popula 

 tion of the, 596 ; true shape of, 613 ; 

 composition of the crust of the, 622, 

 et al.; fractured surface of, caused 

 by upheavings, 629. 



Earthquakes, 386; at Lisbon, 386 ; in 

 Peru, 386 ; Jamaica, 386 ; Chili, 405 ; 

 action of, 430 ; Creoles of America 

 distinguish two kinds of, 430 ; ex 

 tensive influence of, 431 ; in Carac- 

 cas, 431 ; in Calabria, 432 ; causes 

 of, 433435. 



East, the, astronomical inquiry had its 

 origin in, 2 ; in its deserts travellers 

 early found the stars indispensable 

 guides, 144. 



Easter Island, 593. 



Easton, Mr, his table of longevities, 

 607. 



Ebel, M., his account of glaciers, 208. 



Ebullient springs, 271275. 



Echinites, fossU, 721. 



Eclipses, annular, unobserved by the 

 ancients, 14 ; of the sun, 57 ; cause 

 of, and description, 58 ; annular, 59, 

 81 ; description of a total, 60 ; anec 

 dote, 61 ; eclipses of the moon, 79. 



Ecliptic, obliquity of the, determined, 

 18, 74. 



Edentes, the, of Cuvier, 590. 



Eel, the, its wanderings, 578. 



Egg, Scuir of, 653. 



Egypt, once the chief seat of astrono 

 mical science, 8 ; ancient and present 

 condition of its land, 397, 421 ; hot 

 winds of, 447, 448 ; granitic monu 

 ments of, 648. 



Egyptian system, the, explained and 

 examined, 14 ; was the prototype of 

 the Tychonic, 14. 



Egyptians claim the honour of first 

 observing the celestial sphere, 4 ; 

 learned from the Greeks to measure 

 the pyramids by their shadows, 4. 



Egmont, Mount, in New Zealand, view 

 and description of, 201. 



