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Index 



V Siip/>leiuent to Natute. 

 L June I, 1893 



245 ; M. Obrulcheff's Further Researches in Siberia, 255 ; the 

 Honjos, an African Cannibal Tribe, M. D)bowski, 257 ; the 

 Boundaries of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, Dr. H Poiakowsky, 

 257; the Stranding of H.M.S. Howe, the Defective Chart 

 u-ed, 257 ; Physical Geography and Climate of New South 

 Wales, H. C. Russell, F. R.S., 258; African Nomenclature, 

 282 ; the Stanley F'alls District of the Congo, M. Page, 282 ; 

 the Antarctic Whaling Fleet, 282, 590; the Pinsk Marshes 

 and Non-Russian Aila-es, M. VenukofT. 282 ; the Relation of 

 Geography to History, H. J. Mackinder, 304 ; African 

 Nomenclature, 304 ; Stoppage of M. Mizon's Adamawa Ex- 

 pedition, 304 ; French Flag Hoisted on St. Paul and New 

 Amsterdam Islands, 304 ; Geography, 327 ; Aston Chanler's 

 Expedition to Lake Rudolf, 327 ; the Soil of Sakalava Plain, 

 Madagascar, Emile Gautier, 327 ; the Frontier Delimitation 

 between British South Africa Conipany's Territory and 

 Portuguese Possessions, Major Lever-on, 327 ; Yezo and 

 the Ainu, Prof. J. Milne, F.R.S., 330; A. H. Savage 

 Landor, 330; British New Guinea, J. P. Thompson, 

 Henry O. Forbes, 345 ; the Steppe-belt traversing Asia from 

 East to West, H. J. Mackinder, 353 ; Death of R. 

 H. Nelson, 353 ; Twenty Years in Zambesia, F. C. Sel- 

 ou*^, 377 ; Dr. Baumann's Journeys in the Nile-sources 

 Region, 377 ; Proposed North Pole Expedition by way of 

 Franz Josef Land, F. G. Jackson, 377; the Regulation of 

 Swiss Torrents, M. de Salis, 377 ; the Chief Lines of 

 Communication between Asia and Europe, H. J. Mac- 

 kinder, 400 ; Captain Bower's Journey in Tibet, 400 ; the 

 Orthography of African Place-names, 400; Railways in China, 

 400 ; Prof. Penck's Scheme for a Map of the World on Uni- 

 form Scale, 426 ; Mongolia and Central Tibet, C. Woodville 

 Rockhill, 426 ; New Harbour found in German South- West 

 Africa, 452 ; Return of the Dundee Whaling Fleet, 473 ; The 

 Ka'anga Company's Expeditions, 474 ; Prof. Mohn on the 

 Climate of Greenland, 474 ; the Chatham Islands and an 

 Antarctic Continent, H. O. Forbes, 474; Political Divisions 

 of the Earth, Dr. A. Oppel, 499 ; use of Chloride of Potas- 

 sium instead of Salt by the Soudanese, M. Dybowski, 499 ; 

 Distribution of Population of Schleswig-Holstein, Dr. A. 

 Gloy, 499; French Explorations towards Lake Chad, 519; 

 some Geographical Aspects of British History, 519 ; the Trian- 

 gulation of North-west South Australia, 519; Death of John 

 Bartholomew, 547 ; the Siberian Peninsula, Prof. Theobald 

 Fisher, 547 ; the Oliject of Map-colouring, 566 ; the Form of 

 the Geoid, M. Venukoff, 566 ; Map of Salinity of Surface 

 Water of North Pacific, Prof. Kiimmel, 590 ; the Native 

 Papuans, T. H. Hatton Richards, 590; the Hon. G. N. 

 Curzon's Journey in Indo-China, 617; Facts from the 

 Bengal Census Significant of Progress, 617 ; a Curious 

 Mountain Group in Podolia, 617 



Geoid, The Form of the, M. Venukoff, 566 



Geology : Der Peloponnes, Dr. Alfred Philippson, 6 ; the 

 Geology of the Asiatic Loess, Thos. W. Kingsmill, Prof. G. 

 H. Darwin, F. R.S., 30; Geology of Taylorville Region in 

 Sierra Nevada, California, J. S. Diller, 39 ; Geological Map 

 of Scotland, Sir Archibald Geikie, F.R.S., Prof. A. H. 

 Green, F. R.S., 49 ; an Ancient Glacial Epoch in Australia, 

 Dr. Alfred R. Wallace, 55 ; Death of James Kant, 60 ; Geo- 

 logical Collection, presented by Mr. Evan Roberts to Univer- 

 sity College of North Wales, 60 ; the Glacial Nightmare and 

 the Flood, Sir H. H. Howorth, 61 ; a Palaeozoic Ice-Age, 

 W. T. Blanford, F.R.S., and Henry F, Blanford, F.R.S., 

 loi ; Geology of Scotland, Prof Grenville, A. J. Cole, loi ; 

 Geological Society, 117, 166, 263, 286, 334, 407, 501, 575, 

 623 ; Medal Awards, 277 ; the Iron, Gold, and Copper Dis- 

 tricts of Michigan, Prof. M. E. Wordsworth, Sir Archibald 

 Geikie, Dr. Hicks, H. Bauerman, 117 ; Man and the Glacial 

 Period, Dr. G. Frederick Wright, 148 ; Difficulties of Plio- 

 cene Geology, Sir Henry H. Howarth, 150, 270; Geological 

 Features of Arabia Petrasa and Palestine, Prof. Edward 

 Hull, F.R.S., 166: Flexible Sandstone, E. M. Hamilton, Mr. 

 Hornby, Prof Green, 167 ; MaccuUoch's Geological Map of 

 Scotland, Prof. J. W. Judd, F. R. S. , 1 73 ; Ancient Ice Ages, T. 

 Mellard Reade, 174 ; J. Lomas, 227 ; The Earth's Age, Dr. 

 Alfred Wallace, 175, 226 ; Bernard Hobson, 175,226; Clarence 

 King, 285 ; Death of I. D. Chersky, 232 ; Further Researches 

 in Siberia, M. ObrutchefiF, 255 ; on some Schistose Green- 

 stones from the Pennine Alps, Prof. T. G. Bonney, F. R.S., 

 263 ; Note on the Nufenen-stock (Lepontine Alps), Prof. T. 

 G. Bonney, F. R. S., 263 ; on a Secondary Development of 



Biotite and of Hornblende in CrystMlline Schists from the 

 B nnenthal, Prwf T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 263; on a Sauro- 

 podous Dinosaurian Vertebra from the Wealden of Hastings, 

 R. Lydekker, 286; on some Additional Remains ofCestra- 

 ciont and other Fishes in the Green Gritty Marls immediately 

 overylying the Red Marls of the Upper Keuper in Warwick- 

 shire, Rev. P. B. Brodie, 286 ; Scandinavian Houlders at 

 Cromer, Herr Victor Madsen, 287 ; Pitchstone and Andesite 

 from Tertiary Dykes in Donegal, Prof Solles, F. R.S., 287 \ 

 on the Variolite and Associated Igneous Rocks of Round- 

 wood, CO. Wicklow, 287 ; the Geology of the North-west 

 Highlands, Sir Archibald Geikie, F. R.S., 292; Variolite of 

 the Lleyn and Associated Volcanic Rocks, Catherine A. 

 Raisin, 334 ; on the Petrography of the Island of Caraja, 

 Hamilton Emmons, 334 ; Some Lake Basins in France, 

 Prof. T. G. Bmney, F.R.S., 341, 414; Origin of Lake 

 Basins, the Duke of Argyll, F.R.S., 485 ; J. C. Hawkshaw, 

 558; the U.S. Survey and American Mining Industries, 350 \ 

 Glacier Action, the Duke of Argyll, 389 ; Notes on some 

 Coast Sections at the Lizard, Howard Fox and J. J. H. 

 Teall, F.R.S., 407; on a Radiolarian Chert from Mullion 

 Island, Howaid Fox and J. J. H. Teall, F.R.S., 407; Note 

 on a Radiolarian Rock from Fanny Bay, Port Darwin, Aus- 

 tralia, G. J. Hinde, 407 ; Notes on the Geology of the Dis- 

 trict west of Caerniarihen, T. Robert--, 407 ; Presidential 

 Address at the Geological Society's Anniversary Meeting, 

 407; the Earth's History, R. D. Roberts, 412 ; Die Fossile 

 Flora der Hottinger Breccie, R. Von Weitstein, 436; the 

 Glacier Theory of Alpine Lakes, Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace, 

 437 ; Death of Prof. K. A. Lossen, 421 ; Glacial Drift of the 

 Irish Channel, Prof Grenville, A. J. Cole, 464 ; the Landslip 

 at Sandgate, Prof. J. F, Blake, 467 ; on the Occurrence of 

 Boulders and Pebbles from the Glacial Drift in Gravels south 

 of the Thames, Horace W. Monckton, 501 ; a Fossiliferous 

 Pleistocene Deposit at Stone, on the Hampshire Coast, 

 Clement Reid. 502 ; the Ordnance Survey and Geological 

 Faults, James Durham, 510; Action of Glaciers on the Land ,^ 

 Prof. T. G. Bonney, F. R.S., 521 ; the Quaternary Deposits 

 of Russia and their Relations to the Finds resulting from the 

 Activity of Prehistoric Man, S. Nikitine, 523 ; Constitution 

 of the Quaternary Deposits in Russia and their Relations to 

 the Finds resulting from the Activity of Prehistoric Man, S 

 Nikitine, 523 ; Russian Steppes Past and Present, Prof. W. 

 W. Dokoutchaiev, 523 ; on an Intrusion of Muscovite-biotitc- 

 gneiss in the South-Eastern Highlands, and its accompany- 

 ing Thermo-Metamorphism, Geo. Barrow, 575 ; Text-Book 

 of Comparative Geology, Dr. E. Kayser, 578 ; the Probable 

 Physiognomy of the Cretaceous Plant Population, Conway 

 McMillan, 587; Geological Society of Washington founded, 

 613 ; on the Dwindling and Disappearance of Limestones, 

 Frank Rutley, 623 



Geometry : on the Need of a New GcDmelrical Term — Con- 

 jugate Angles, Prof. A. M. Worthington, 8 ; a Remarkable 

 Case of Geometrical Isomerism, A. E. Tutton, 65 ; Meeting 

 of Association for Improvement of Geometrical Teaching, 

 277 ; on the non-Euclidian Geometry, Dr. Emory Mc- 

 Clintock, 286 ; Descriptive Geometry Models for the Use of 

 Students in Schools and Colleges, T. Jones, 413 ; Proposed 

 Celebration of Centenary of Birth of Lobatchcifsky, 469 ; 

 Introductory Modern Geometry of Point, Ray, and Circle, 

 532 



Geraniums, Red and White, a Graft-Hyl rid between, H. L 

 Jones, 563 



Gerland (Dr. George), Atlas der Volkerkunde, Dr. Edward B. 

 Tylor, F.R.S., 223 



German Science Reader, A, Francis Jones, 125 



German South-west Africa : Official Rules for Spelling of Place- 

 Names of German Protectorates, 89 



German South-west Africa, New Harbour found in, 452 



Germs, Flies, and Disease, 499 



Giacosa (Prof. P.), Bibliographia Medica Itn liana, 606 



Gibbs (Dr. Morris), the Food of Humming-birds, 63 



Gibbs (Prof. J. Willard), Quaternions and the Algebra of 

 Vectors, 463 



Gibson (J.), the Preparation of Glucina from Beryl, 405 



Gilbert (William) of Colchester, Physician of London, f>n the 

 Loadstone and Magnetic Bodies, and on the great Magnet 

 the Earth : a New Physiology, demonstrated with many 

 Arguments and Experiments, 556 



Gill 'C. H.) Fungus internally Parasitic in Diatoms, 118 



