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INDEX. 



Saaibriick, fishes found at, i. 266, 278. 



Sabrina island, rise and destruction of, 

 ii. 8. 



Sacred history, consistency of geologi- 

 cal discoveries with, i. 8. 



Salado, river, megatherium in bed of, 

 i. 143, 161, 



Salamander, fossil at Oeningen, i. 514 ; 

 . from Japan, alive at Leyden, i. 514. 



Salt, found in secondary and tertiary 

 strata, i. 71. 



Sand, effects of wind in forming strata 

 of, i. 127. 



Sapey Brook, concretions in, mistaken 

 for footsteps, i. 261. 



Saurians, character of in secondary 

 strata, i. 74 ; sudden death and bu- 

 rial in lias clay, i. 124; fossil his- 

 tory and relations of, i. 165 — 168 ; 

 in what formations found, i. 166, 

 168 ; amphibious, allied to croco- 

 diles, i. 249; gigantic terrestrial, i. 

 234 ; flying, 221 ; marine, i. 168, 202. 



Scaphite, character and extent of, i.368. 



Schlotheim, his early arrangement of 

 fossil plants, i. 456. 



Schmerling, M,, bones found by, in 

 caves near Liege, i. 602. 



Sciences, geology essential to advance- 

 ment of, i. 7. 



Scorpions, fossil in coal formation, i. 

 406 ; indicate a warm climate, i. 

 408 ; fossil, description of, i. 407 ; 

 eyes and skin, preserved, i. 407, 

 408 ; hairs preserved, i. 411. 



Scrope, Mr. Poulett, his panoramic 

 views of Auvergne, ii. 8 ; on ripple 

 marks and tracks of animals in 

 oolitic strata, i. 260 ; ii. 42. 



Sea, early history of, Ulustrated by fossil 

 eyes, i. 401 ; crowded with animal 

 life, i. 293. 



Secondary strata, history of, i. 67 ; 

 adaptation of to human uses, i. 68 ; 

 materials of, whence derived, i. 68 ; 

 nature of materials, i. 69 ; advanta- 

 geous disposition of, i. 70. 



Secondary formations, leading character 

 of their fossil vegetables ,i. 453. 



Sedgwick, Professor, on the kind of in- 

 formation to be looked for in the 

 Bible, i. 34, 594; his discovery of 

 fossil fishes, i. 277. 



Segregation, theory of veins filled by, i. 

 551. 



Sellow, M., his use of Chinese method 

 of boring wells, i. 568. 



Sepiostaire, its analogies to belemnite, 

 i. 378. 



Seroljs, allied to trilobites, i. 392, 394. 



Serpent, fossil, in Auvergne, i. 618. 



Serpentine, veins and masses of, ii. 5. 



Serpulae, attached to belemnites, i. 377. 



Sharks, antiquity of family of, i. 286; 

 extinct species, numerous, i. 286 ; 

 fossil teeth of, i. 286 ; fossil spines, or 

 icthyodorulites, i. 287 ; three sub-fa- 

 milies of, i. 287 ; teeth in early fa- 

 milies obtuse, i. 289 ; peculiar form 

 of tail, 279. 



Sheerness, Artesian well at, i. 563. 



Shells, number of in tertiary strata, i. 79 ; 

 vast accumulation of, in many strata, 

 i. 116; turbinated, formed by ani- 

 mals of higher order than bivalves, i. 

 296 ; fossil univalve and bivalve, i. 

 295, 296 ; bored by carnivorous tra- 

 chelipods, i. 299 ; specific gravity of, 

 i. 302 ; bivalve, constructed by con- 

 chifers, i. 296 ; proofs of design in fos- 

 sil chambered, i. 310 ; conclusions 

 from chambered species, i. 380 ; fora- 

 minated polythalamous, i. 381 ; mi- 

 croscopic, quantity of , in certain strata , 

 i. 117 ; minute multilocular, i. 382, 



Sheppey, fossil emys at, i. 258 ; fossil 

 crocodile at, i. 258 ; fishes in London 

 clav at, i. 285 ; fossil fruits found at, 

 i. 507, 519. 



Shrewsbury, freshwater limestone in 

 coal formation near, i. 599. 



Sickler, Dr., letter on footsteps at 

 Hessberg, i. 265. 



Siebold, Dr., salamander brought from 

 Japan by, i. 514; silicified buprestis 

 in collection of, ii. 78. 



Sienite, veins and overlying masses of, 

 ii. 5. 



Sigillaria, among the largest and tallest 

 plants of the coal formation, i. 469 ; 

 stems occasionally found erect, i. 

 470, 471 ; stem occasionally divided 

 at the summit, i. 472 ; character and 

 relations of, i. 472, 473, 474, 618 ; 

 scars on bark in vertical rows, i. 473 ; 

 number of species, i. 473. 



Silex, secreted by living infusoria, i. 

 ■611,612. 



Silistria, sturgeons in the Danube near 

 i. 279. 



Sill i man. Professor, his interpretation of 

 the word beginning, and of the days 

 of the Mosaic creation, i. 18. 



Silurus, spine of, i. 290 



Silurian system, its geological place, 

 and history of its establishment, i. 

 527 ; recognition of, on the conti- 

 nent, i. 528 ; divisions of, ii. 104. 



