1701 



INDEX 



Milky Way, the, 27-28, 50, 60, 70, 76, 



85, 128, 129, 133-46 

 Miller, Prof., 806 

 Millet, 945 

 Milne-Edwards, 757 

 Mimicry, 1593-1601 



in fungi, 1197 



in plants, 1070, 1099-1114 

 Mimosa form, 950 

 Miocene, 1647, 1649 



animals of, 1532, IS3S 



Tertiary, 491-93 

 Mira Ceti, 99, 128, 194, 210 

 Mirage, 638-39, 661, 947 

 Mirfak, 134 



Mississippi, the, 624, 626 

 Mistral, 831 

 Mitchell Miss, 286 

 Mitchell, Sir Thomas, 927 

 Mizar, 8 1, 126, 127, 196-97 

 Moa, 1561 

 Moffette, 518 

 Moggridge, 1612 

 Mohl, 1052, 1060 

 Mohn, 792 



Mollusca, 470, 481, 1302, 1320, 1602 

 Mollusks, 459, 460 

 Monera, 1305 

 Mongolians, 1673-74 

 Monkeys, 1529-31, '555 



fossil, 1529 

 Monocotyledons, 862 

 Monsoons, 836-41, 849-50 

 Montanari, 68 

 Mont Blanc, 512 

 Moon, the, 376-85 



brightness of the, 384-85 



diameter of the, 35 



geography of the, 378-85 



influence upon the earth, 720 



Maria of the, 379-8 1 



mountains of the, 382-84 

 Moons. See Satellites 

 Moss, Iceland, 931, 1218 



Irish, 1257 



Spanish, 1229 

 Mosses, 455, 887, 889, 930, 1220-30 



club, 961-63, 1229-30 



distribution of, 1223-26 



leaves of, 1221 



organs of, 1221-22 



scale, 1226-29 



urn, 1226 



Moth, Death's Head, 1572 

 Moths, wings of, 1431-33 

 Mould, 1 20 1 

 Mountains, 566-72 

 Mouse, dwarf, 1633 

 Mu Cephei, 188 

 Mud-lava, 516 

 Mud-lumps, 610-11 

 Mud-volcanoes, 519-20, 522-25 

 Muller, H., 1102 

 Muller, 1003 



?he 



Munro, Gen., 1117, 1119, 1122 

 Mushrooms, 1200, 1207-8 



French, 1207 



St. Georges, 1 207-8 



spawn of, 1198 

 Muskrats, 1638 

 Mussels, 459, 460 

 Mycelium, 1198 



N 



NAPOLEON, 787 



Natural selection, 1122, 1130, 1482-1512 



Nebula, definition of, 180-82 



great, in Andromeda, 129 



in Andromeda (31 Messier), 163- 

 66, 176 



in Argo, 155-57 



Doradus," 157 

 Dumb-bell, 158 



The Keyhole, 155-57 



"57 Messier," 159 



"99 Messier," 161, 167 



great, of Orion, 129, 154-55, 176-87 



"the trifid" (20 Messier), 157-58 

 Nebulae, the, 28-29 



"annular," 159-60 



elliptical, 163 



planetary, 161-63 



"Queen of the," 129 



spiral, 166-67 



Nebular hypothesis, 310, 433 

 Nefouds, the, 659-60 

 Negro, the, 1674-76 

 Neptune, 41, 312, 313, 317, 332, 43<>-,3? 



diameter of, 431 



distance from the sun, 431 



revolution of, 431 



satellite of, 432 

 Nemertes worm, 1371-73 

 Nettle-plants, 1 1 68-7 1 

 Nettles and serpents, 1170-72 

 Neuroptera, 1413-17 

 Neve, region of the, 515 

 Newton, 242, 289, 803, 804, 805 

 New Zealand, birds of, 1524-25 



fauna of, 1561 



savages, 1673, 1677 



vegetation in, 929-00 

 Nichol, Prof., 143, 146 

 Nile, the, 623, 624, 625 

 Northern Crown, the, 86, 123 

 North Pole, 88 

 Nubecula, major, 139, 147-48 



minor, 139, 147-48 

 Nuts, 1174-80 



o 



OAK, 931 



Oak-egger moth, 1441 -43 

 Occultations, 131-32 

 Ocean, floor of the, 676-89 

 luminosity of the, 759-63 



