796 



his labours, 46, 181 ; survived her 

 brother, 4ti. 



Herschel, Sir J., nephew of the latter, 

 and son of the former, 45, 46 ; his 

 discourse before the Astronomical 

 Society, 143 ; remarks on southern 

 stars, 157 ; his catalogue of nebulae, 

 181, 182 ; notices of liis labours and 

 citations from his disquisitions, 1S3, 

 etal. 



Hesiod, 5, 6. 



Hesseburg, fossil footmarks at, 714. 

 Hevelius of Dantzic, his labours, 34 ; 

 specially observed the northern hemi 

 sphere, 41 ; Hounds of, 154, 155 ; dis 

 covers a temporary star, 168; searches 

 for the Stella Mira, 170. 

 High-water at various places, time of, 



356. 

 Highlands, the Scotch, 658, 659, 662. 



681, et al. 

 Himalaya mountains, 204, 487, 546 ; 



geology of the, 645, 681, et al. 

 Hindoo tables, 4. 



Hindoos, complexions of the, 699, 600. 

 Hinds, Mr, 648, 560, 569. 

 Hipparchus, 11 ; the greatest astrono 

 mical name in antiquity, 10 ; made 

 a catalogue of the fixed stars, 10 ; 

 also an artificial globe, 11; his system 

 illustrated and examined, 12. 

 Hippopotamus, the, 590, 594 ; the fos 

 sil, 756. 

 History of astronomical discovery, 1 



48. 

 Hitchcock, Professor, 633, 702, 714 



716, 761. 

 Hoar-frost, 483. 



Hob-hole, Whitby, view and descrip 

 tion of, 393. 

 Hoff, M., 388, 398. 

 Hog, notices of the, 588, 592, 593, 605, 



606. 

 Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, quoted, 



120 



Holland, tides of, 358 ; coasts of, 401. 

 Holland, Dr, 712. 



Hollows, circular, at Polistena, 433. 

 Holoptychius, the, 688. 

 Home, Sir Everard, 721. 

 Homer cited, 5, 6, 76, 130, 154, 259, 



269, S07, 600. 

 Homo, the genus, 595. 

 Honfleur, fossil bones found near, 723. 



726. 

 Hooke, Dr, developed the influence of 



gravity, 38. 



Hooker, Sir William Jackson, 517. 

 Horizontal stratification illustrated, 



625. 



Hornblende, a component of granite, 

 644 ; and of greenstone, 652 ; of 

 trachytic rock, 655 ; of slate, 659. 

 Horrock and Crabtree observe transit 



of Venus, 68. 



Horsburgh, Captain, 384, 439. 

 Horse, the wild, of South America, 

 687, 600 ; other animals of the equine 

 kind, 598 ; diversities of the, 605. 

 Hot spring plants, 550. 

 Hot wells. See Thermal Springs. 

 Hot winds, 447-^450. 

 Hotham volcanic island, visit to, de 

 scription and view of, 377 379. 

 Howard, Mr Luke, 463, 480, 483. 

 Hudson, the river, 620 ; Palisadoes, or 



basaltic rocks of the, 627. 

 Human race, chapter on the distribu 

 tion of the, 595 610 ; its numbers, 

 693 ; food, 597; varieties, 598 ; colour 

 of skin, and complexion, 599 ; shape 

 of the head, 601 605 ; bodily propor 

 tions, 605 ; odours, 605 ; other diver 

 sities, 606 ; longevity, C07 ; general 

 analogies, COS ; pretensions and 

 usurpations of races, 609 ; original 

 unity, 609 ; and accidental disper 

 sions, 610. 

 Hujr,boldt, Von, 211 ; his account of 



INDEX. 



the Cordilleras, 221 ; of the Sahara i 



and other deserts, 226, 229 ; of the 



llanos, 230 ; of cavities in the earth, 



240, 242 ; of Guacharo, 245 ; of the 



climate of tropical America, 296 



299 ; his conjecture regarding the 



Caspian, 317 ; notice of ocean springs, 

 328; light and colour of oceanic 

 water, 330, 333 ; his observations on 

 the Mediterranean, 347 ; on the At 

 lantic sea-weeds, 348 ; currents, 362 ; 

 of the earthquake at Caraccas, 431 ; 

 of the tropics, 441 ; his observations 

 on Teneriffe, 441, 491 ; his table of 

 climates, 493 ; his theory of Ameri 

 can climates, 495 ; his account of 

 climates in general, 496 503 ; of a 

 thunder-storm at Cumana, 518; and 

 of a halo seen there, 530 ; of subter 

 ranean plants near, 547 ; gigantic 

 trees measured by, 549 ; his account 

 of the forests of equinoctial America, 

 555 ; and its trees, 557 ; declares the 

 native country of the potato to be 

 unknown, 567 ; describes the action 

 of the electrical eel on man and ani 

 mals, 576 ; his account of a cayman, 

 580 ; of the jaguar, 586 ; of the wild 

 horses of South America, 587 ; of the 

 earth-eating Indians, 598; of the 

 acute scent of Indians, 606 ; of the 

 longevity of Indians, 607; was a pupil 

 of Werner, 617 ; his observations on 

 the Peruvian rocks, 645 ; on the 

 Andes' tops, 655. 



Hungary, mountains of, 656. 



Hunter, Mr John, 609. 



Hurricanes, 451 456 ; illustration of 

 tropical, 451 ; in South America, 

 451 ; in the East and West Indies, 

 452455 ; their whirlwind character, 

 453, 456; their action on desert 

 sands, 456 ; on dusty plains, 457 ; on 

 the ocean, 457 ; their uses in the 

 economy of nature, 458, 565. 



Hutton, Dr James, propounded the 

 Vulcanian or igneous hypothesis of 

 geology, 618 ; his exploration of Glen 

 Tilt, 632. 



Hutton, Mr, 702. 



Huygens discovered a satellite of Saturn 

 and the great nebula in Orion, 34, 

 185; is invited to, but afterwards 

 banished from, France, 34 ; a re 

 mark of his, 104. 



Hyades, constellation of the, 159. 



Hydrogen, with oxygen, forms water, 

 622. 



Hygrometer, the, 462. 



Hylseosaurus, the, 730. 



Hypersthene, a component of granite, 

 644, 645. 



Hypogenous rocks, 643. 



Hypothesis of Lannieus regarding the 

 original habitat of plants, difiiculties 

 attending the, 564. 



Ice-fields in the ocean, description and 

 view of, 337 ; icebergs, origin and 

 character, with an illustration, 338 

 345 ; perils to navigators from, 339 

 341, 342345 ; animals drifted on. 

 692. 



Iceland, 361 ; Yokuls of, 207 ; volcanic 

 isle near, 375 ; calamities in, 376 ; 

 boiling mud of, 515 ; lightning in, 

 619 ; aurora borealis in, 527 ; atmo 

 spherical isothermal phenomena of, 

 542; rein-deer and white bear of, 

 688. 



Tchnolites, or foot-prints in stone, 714. 



Ichthyolites, 684686, 689, 694. 



Ichthyophagous races of men, 597. 



Ichthyosaurus, the, 640, 721, 724. 



Igneous action, force of, 631, 643 ; past, 

 in Britain, 656, 698. 



Ignis-fatuus, the, 543 545; localities 

 of, 543 545 ; view of an, 544 ; arises 

 from inflammable gas, 645. 



Iguana, the, 729. 



Iguanodon, the, 729. 



Illusions, aerial, 535543. 



Inclined stratification, illustration of, 



627630. 

 India, flora of, 562, 563. 

 Indications, concluding chapter on 



general geological, 784 7S8. 

 Indus, the river, 294, 357. 

 Inequalities of the ocean-bed, 320. 

 Inflammable springs, 275. 

 Infusoria, 572, 614. 

 Inplis, Mr, his mountain experiences, 



214, 217; traced rivers to their 



sources, 278 ; his opinion of the 



Shannon rapid, 284 ; his estimation 



of divers European rivers, 299 ; 



account of the Tyrolese Alps, 490. 

 Ingredients, the various, found in 



granite, 644. 

 Inquiry into the origin of the various 



races of men, 599610. 

 Insect tribes, the, 672 ; in equatorial 



and polar regions, 573 ; fossil, list of 



successive, 640. 

 Intermittent springs, 265; diagram of 



the action of one, 265. 

 Internal structure of rocks, illustrated, 



624. 



Intertropical regions of animals, 589. 

 Irby and Mangles, Captains, 315, 421. 

 Ireland, lakes of, 310, 311 ; climate of, 



492 ; has no serpents or toads, 579 ; 



has no tertiary strata, 739 ; granite 



of, 649, 650; pitchstone of, 6Co ; 



geological districts of, 059, 668 ; bogs 



of, 769. 



Ironstone, localities of, C95. 

 Irving, Washington, his description cf 



the prairies, 234. 

 Ischia, island of, 780. 

 Islay, isle of, CGI. 



Jaguar, the, or American tiger, 580, 

 589. 



Jameson, Professor, 401, 421, 617, 619. 



Jarrow colliery, fossil lepidodendra 

 found in, 705. 



Java, isle of, 591. 



Jefferson, President, 758. 



Jericho, rose of, a remarkable plant, 

 548. 



Jerome, St, passage in his comment 

 aries, 267. 



Jerusalem, temple of, 522. 



Jews, various complexions of the, GOO. 



Joannina, description and view of, 323. 



Job, Book of, gives indications of the 

 heavenly bodies, 2. 



Joints of strata, 630. 



Jordan, the river, 300, 315. 



Jorullo mountain in Mexico, descrip 

 tion and views of, 239, 782; its 

 origin, 420. 



Josephus, citations from, 315, 522. 



Judea, rains of, 469, 470 ; hail-stonr.s 

 in, 479 ; dews of, 482. 



Jungfrau, the, or Virgin Mountain, 

 203. 



Juno, the planetoid, 91. 



Jupiter, the planet, 93 ; his brightness 

 distance from the sun path and 

 rate of movement dimensions, 93; 

 his density form, 94 ; has no seasons . 

 like the terrestrial reasons therefor, 

 94 ; zones or bands, otherwise belts, 

 of, 94 ; their supposed use, 95 ; 

 satellites of, four in number, 95, 191 ; 

 eclipses of the, 96 ; are of great use 

 in astronomical calculations, 90 ; the 

 Jovian system a miniature of the 

 solar, 97 ; area and solid contents of, 

 102 ; inclination of, to the earth, 104; 

 density of, 106. 



Jura, district of the, 408 ; section of 

 undulated strata of the, 630 ; lime 

 stone of the, 718, 761 ; Oolitic system 

 of the, 724. 



Jura, isle of, 661. 



