122 



Man, relation of the earth to the uses 

 of, i. 98 ; all things not created ex- 

 clusively for his use, i. 99 ; prospec- 

 tive provisions for use of, i. 555. 



Mansfeld, fossil fishes at, i. 266. 



Mansfeldt, fossil fishes of, i. 125. 



Mantell, Mr.,on double convex vertebra 

 of gavial, ii, 26 ; fossil birds found 

 by him in Tilgate Forest, i. 86 ; his 

 history of the Wealden formation, i. 

 120; refers juli to coprolites derived 

 from fossil sharks, i. 198 ; mosasau- 

 rus found by, in Sussex, i. 216 ; me- 

 galosaurus found by, in Tilgate Fo- 

 rest, 1. 234; his discovery of i guano - 

 don and hylaeosaurus, i, 241 ; his 

 discovery of petrified stomach and 

 coprolites within fossil fishes, i. 

 284. 



Mantellia, genus of cycadites, named 

 by Ad. Brongniart, i. 496. 



Marble, entrochal, composed of crinoi- 

 dea, i. 430. 



Marcel de Serres, his discovery of fos- 

 sil insects at Aix, i. 412. 



Margate, gigantic ammonites near, i. 

 334. 



Marsh ochre, remains of infusoria found 

 in,i. 611. 



Marsupialia, extent and character of, 

 i. 73 ; fossil, in Auvergne, i. 618. 



Massey's patent sounding instrument, 

 i. 345, 349. 



Matter, creation of, announced in Gen. 

 i. 1, i. 28 ; molecular constitution 

 and adaptations of, decidedly artifi- 

 cial, i. 579 ; aboriginal constitution 

 of, exalts our ideas of creative intel- 

 ligence, i. 580. 



Medusae, numbers of in Greenland seas, 

 i. 384. 



Megalichthys, new genus of sauroid 

 fishes, i. 275 ; localities where found, 

 i. 276 ; further discoveries of, ii.43 ; 

 structure of teeth of, ii. 44. 



Megalosaurus, genus established by 

 the author, i. 234 ; where occurring, 

 i. 234 ; size and character of, i. 235 ; 

 lived upon land, i. 235; medullary 

 cavities in bones of, i. 236 ; habit car- 

 nivorous, i. 237 ; character of jaw, i. 

 237; structure of teeih.i. 237— 239. 



Megaphyton, character of, i. 475. 



Megatherium, allied to the sloth, i. 

 141 ; allied to sloth, armadillo, and 

 chlamyphorus, i. 144; found chiefly 

 in S. America, i. 142 ; by whom 

 described, i. 142; larger than rhino- 

 ceros, i. 144; head of, like sloth, i. 



145; structure of teeth, i. 146, 149 ; 

 lower jaw of, i. 149 ; bones of trunk, 

 i. 150; peculiarities of vertebras, i. 

 150; magnitude and use of tail, i. 

 151 ; ribs apparently fitted to sup- 

 port a cuirass, i. 152; scapula, re- 

 sembling sloth, i. 152 ; uses of cla- 

 vicle, i. 152 ; peculiarities of arm and 

 fore arm, i. 154 ; fore foot, a yard in 

 length, i. 154 ; fore foot, used for 

 digging, i. 154; large horny claws, 

 adapted for digging, i. 155 ; pecu- 

 liarities of pelvis, i. 155; magnitude 

 of foramina for nerves, i. 156 ; pecu- 

 liarities of thigh and leg bones, i. 



157 ; hind foot, peculiarities of, i. 



158 ; bony armour, like that of ar- 

 madillo and chlamyphorus, i. 159 ; 

 probable use of, i. 161 ; size, cha- 

 racter, and habits, i. 163 ; further 

 discoveries of, ii. 20. 



Meisner, lignite of, near Cassel, 1.509. 



Metals, advantageous dispositions of, i. 

 99, 552 — 555 ; important properties 

 of, i. 555, 556. 



Meyer, Herman Von, notice of ink 

 bags with fossil internal shells of 

 sepia, ii. 52 ; on ink bag in contact 

 with belemnite, ii. 69 ; his descrip- 

 tion of fossil mammalia of Georgens- 

 gemiind, i. 91 ; his notices of fossil 

 crustaceans, i. 388. 



Mineral bodies, proofs of design in, i. 

 571. 



Milan, bones in museum at, i. 93. 



Miller, his Natural History of crinoi- 

 dea, i. 417, 419, 426, 428, 432, 

 436. 



Milliola, vast numbers in strata near 

 Paris, i. 385. 



Minerals, proofs of design in compo- 

 sition and adaptations of, i. 571 . 



Miocene division of tertiary strata, i. 78 ; 

 period, mammalia of, i. 90 ; newly 

 discovered animals in, i. 601. 



Mississippi, drifted trees in Delta of, i. 

 509. 



Mitscherlich, his production of artificial 

 crystals by fire, i. 41, 598 



Molasse, localities of lignite in, i. 510. 



Molusca, many genera of, in transition 

 strata, i. 62. 



Mollusks, fossil remains of, i. 295 ; na- 

 ked, fossil remains of, i. 303. 



Monitors, character of recent species, 

 i. 215 ; type of, enlarged in fossil 

 saurians, i. 220. 



Monpezat, granite enclosed in lava at, 

 ii. 7. 



