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INDEX 



Sigsbee, C. D., 109, 172, 173, 178 ; gravi- 

 tating: trap, 184-S5. 



Sillern, Win., 161. 



Siurpkins, John. 73. 



Skeats, E. W., 341. 



Society Ids., 359, 362-63 ; formation, 

 376-77. 



Sollas, J. W., 342, 36S. 



Stevenson, R. L., 300. 



.Sultan of Maldives, 385, 3S6, 387, 393, 

 395. 



Suva, first mention of, 324. 



Tahaa, 362. 



Talianea, 361. 



Tahiti, 359. 



Tamaya mines, 134—35. 



Tanner, Z. L., 244, 251, 252, 262, 264, 

 312. 



Tetiaroa. 377. 



Thayer, Nathaniel, 37. 



Thombia, 339, 340. 



Thomson. W., 322. 



Thomson, Wm., Lord Kelvin, 172, 

 173. 



Thomson, Sir Wyville, 98, 121, 125; in- 

 vites Agassizto distribute Challenger 

 collections, 157; 15*, 107, 175, 170, 

 181, 185, 193; death. 204. 



Thurston, Sir John, 325. 



Titicaca, Lake ; Agassiz's exploration 

 of. 142-19. 



Tonga, 365-66; formation, 377. 



Tonsil, 0. M., 165, 166. 



Tornaria, 115. 



Tortugas, 280, 281, 307. 



Totoya, 326, 339, 340, 307. 



Townsend, C. H., 251, 257, 258, 348. 

 Truk, 372, 377, 431, 432. 



Uxraal, 200, 201, 202. 



Vaillant, J. B. P., 111. 

 Victoria Nyanza, 442, 443. 

 Virchow, Rudolph, 104, 412. 

 Virginia, the, expedition of, 438-40. 

 Viviparous " Perch," 27. 



Wailangilala ; Agassiz's boring at, 330- 



31, 333; 3:::.. 338. 

 Wallace, A. R., 98, 417. 

 Warren, Wm., 17. 

 Watling's Island; landing of Columbus, 



290. 

 Weismann, Aug., 229. 

 Wendell, Barrett, vi. 

 West, P. C. F., 402. 

 Westergren. Magnus, 244, 250, 251, 253, 



346,381,409,421, 423. 

 Whales' ear-bones, 351, 425, 426, 427. 

 Wharton. Sir W. J. L., 317, 318, 322. 

 Whitman, C. O., 208. 

 Wild Duck, the, 2S8; voyage of, 2S9- 



95. 

 Wilkes, Chas.. 276, 326, 332; bench 



mark at Point Venus, 378. 

 Wire rope for dredging, 109, 173-75. 

 Woodworth, W. McM., 312, 314, 333, 



334, 335, 345, 361, 305, 371,384,442. 

 Wyman, Jeffries, 0, 16. 



Tangasa, 366. 

 Yaralla, the, 322. 

 Yucatan, 194-203. 



