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Page. 



Gradual Elevation of Coasts Temple of Jupiter Serapis 

 Elevation of Coast of Sweden Earthquake in Cala- 

 bria In Peru, - - - . - - - . . 357 



CHAPTER IX. 



Atmospheric Causes of Change Sand Floods Dunes- 

 Chemical Influence of the Atmosphere Disintegration of 

 Granite, 271 



CHAPTER X. 



Vital Causes of Change Coral Animalcules Brain-stone 

 Coral Madrepores Appearance of Living Corals, - 279 

 CHAPTER XI. 



Coral Islands Atolls Barrier and Fringing Reefs Whit- 

 sunday Island Bolabola Formation of Atolls and Bar- 

 rier Reefs, - - -287 



CHAPTER XII. 



Organic Remains Infusoria in Flint Age of the Earth 

 Minerals and Fossils Imbedding and Preservation of Or- 

 ganic Bodies Division of the Animal Kingdom, - - 295 

 CHAPTER XIII. 



The Granitic Period Basaltic Columns Fingal's Cave 

 Graptolites Encrinites Trilobites Fossil Fishes Ferns 

 Fossil Crustaceans The Belemnite Flora of the Oolitic 

 Period Pterodactyle Close of the first Epoch, - - 302 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Commencement of the second Period Fossil Foot-steps 

 . The Labyrinthodon Dinornis Plesiosaurus Ichthyosau- 

 rus Close of the second Epoch, 310 



CHAPTER XV. 



The Tertiary or third Period Character of the Deposits- 

 Fossil Remains The Deinotherium Mammoth Mas- 

 todon Elephant Megatherium Irish Elk Close of the 

 last Epoch, 319 



