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INDEX 



river erosion, 265, 299 ; compared 

 with the Tay, 344 



Mountain-chains, elevation of, 85 



Mourne Mountains, 319, 320 



Munich, 263 



Murchison, R. I., on Arran, 15 ; notice 

 of, 1 8 ; geological work of, 25 ; in- 

 vites Ramsay to accompany him, 26 ; 

 procures Ramsay's appointment to 

 Geological Survey, 28 ; at the Geo- 

 logical Club, 30 ; on early work of 

 Geological Survey in Wales, 52 ; 

 map of Wales by, 5 3 ; at Anniversary 

 of Geological Society, 78, 144 ; on 

 Cambrian and Silurian controversy, 

 93 ; opposes R. Chambers, 103 ; 

 at British Association, 103, 166 ; 

 De la Beche on, 141 ; as a writer 

 of " Survey songs," 142 ; gives up 

 wearing a wig, 143 ; at Royal In- 

 stitution, 145, 159 ; dinner party 

 given by, 146 ; discourses at Royal 

 Institution, 159; on Ramsay's first 

 glacial paper, 177; reads paper on 

 Weald before Geological Society, 

 178; on De la Beche's labours in 

 founding the Jermyn Street Museum, 

 184; contest with Sedgwick, 197; 

 on Protichnites, 197 ; appointed 

 Director-General of the Geological 

 Survey, 228 ; with Ramsay in the 

 field, 243 ; on Ramsay's nomination 

 as President of the Geological Society, 

 270 ; is awarded the Wollaston 

 medal, 280 ; opposes Ramsay's 

 theory of lake-basins, 281, 282, 

 300 ; correspondence with Ramsay 

 with regard to Survey changes, 290 ; 

 struck down with paralysis, 307 ; 

 death, 311 



Lady, 28, 29, 146 



Museum of Economic Geology, origin 

 of, 40, 41 



of Practical Geology, erection 



of building for, in Jermyn Street, 

 121, 174, 182; contents of, 182; 

 opening of, 185 ; evening lectures 

 to artisans at, 196 ; duties of Director 



of, 315 



Mynydd Danlyn, 158 

 Perfedd, 148 



NANT FRANCON, 152, 153, 219, 255 

 Neaves, Lord, 285 



Necker de Saussure on Arran, 15, 16 

 Neill prize, 285 



Newcastle, 303 



New Cumnock, 249 



New Forest, Ramsay on history of the, 



235 

 Newfoundland, geological surveying in, 



340 



New Red Sandstone, 21, 89, 91, 306, 

 335, 358 



Newstead Abbey, 287 



Nichol, Dr. J. P., encourages Ramsay 

 in youth, 9, 14 ; organises an ex- 

 hibition of the geology of West Scot- 

 land, 1 6 ; advises Ramsay, 1 8 ; sees 

 the value of an appointment in the 

 Geological Survey, 32 ; meets Ram- 

 say at British Association at Oxford, 

 103 ; death, 248 



Nicol, James, 123, 145 



Nimes, 353 



Nithsdale, 249 



Noggerath, Professor, 262 



Norfolk, 314 



Northampton, Marquis of, 63 



Northamptonshire, 211 



Northumberland, 314 



Norwich, 300 



Nottingham, 286 



Nottinghamshire, 211, 314 



Nova Scotia, 340 



OBAN, 320 



Ober Aar glacier, 199, 267 



Obergestalen, 267 



Oberland, 198 



Officialism in a Government depart- 

 ment, 127, 128 



O'Kelly, J., 212 



Oldham, Thomas, 82, 84, 118, 141, 

 142, 153, 160, 166, 168, 176 



Old Red Sandstone, Ramsay's views 

 regarding, 220, 306, 320, 326, 

 358 



Order of SS. Maurice and Lazarus, 274 



OrdnanceSurvey,eaiiyconnectionofwith 

 Geological Survey, 36, 37, 38, 42, 68, 

 215 ; state of, in Scotland, 209, 219 



Otley, 303 



Overstone, Lord, 159 



Owen, R., 62, 145, 179, 197 



Oxfordshire, 211 



PALLANZA, 352 



Parliament, House's of, Commission for 



considering building-stone for, 40 

 Parys Mine, 171, 172 

 Pateley Bridge, 303 



