INDEX 



Adirondack Mountains, 94, 96, 109. 



Agassiz, Louis, disbelief in evolu- 

 tion, 1, 157; first conception of the 

 continental ice-sheet, 157. 



Aiken, Mr., of the island of Maui, 

 attentions received from, 133- 

 136. 



Andrews, Judge, of Hilo, Hawaii, 

 149. 



Animals, unmorality of, 256-258; 

 fleeing to man for protection, 258. 

 See also Life. 



Appalachian Mountains, 92, 94. 



Arizona, Bad Lands of, 103. 



Armor, and immobility, 225. 



Astronomy, and biology, 206, 207. 



Bad Lands, Arizona, 103. 



Beginnings, 12. 



Bergson, Henri Louis, his Creative 

 Evolution, 202 note; on armored 

 organisms, 225; on intelligence 

 and instinct, 230. 



Bermuda, American birds in, 254. 



Biological tree, the image mislead- 

 ing, 232. 



Biology, its new career under evolu- 

 tion, 206, 207; rooted in geology, 

 240; not for all men, 250. 



Birds, and reflected images, 252; 

 lessons from, 253-256; mating for 

 life, 257; stealing nesting-mate- 

 rial, 258. 



Bluebird {Sialia sialis), evolution 

 of, 201. 



Bluebird {Sialia sp.), in the Yosem- 

 ite, 78. 



Bobolink {Dolichonyx oryzivorus) , 

 255. 



Boulders, glacier-borne, 163, 164. 



Brain, the, evolution of, 16. 



Cafions, Nature's studies in, 44, 45. 



See also Grand Canon. 

 Cathedral Rocks, 73. 



Catskills, the, geological structure, 



92, 93; erosion in, 184-186. 

 Cell, the, the unit of life, 35. 

 Chamberlin, Thomas C, and R. D. 



Salisbury, their Geology, 101. 

 Chemistry, of the rocks, 105-108; 



and life, 209-211. 

 Chief Mountain, 172. 

 Chin, the, man's only exclusive 



member, 31. 

 Clover, white, 137. 

 Colorado River, erosion in the 



Grand Canon, 61-64. 

 Cope, Edward D., 19, 20. 

 Country, life in the, 244, 245. 

 Craters, Haleakala, 138-143; Ki- 



lauea, 150-155. 

 Creation, a continuous process, 188; 



by fiat and by evolution, 203, 



204; by chemistry and mechanics, 



211. 

 Cuvier, 88. 



Dana, James Dwight, quoted, 10, 

 171; 101. 



Darwin, Charles, made the theory 

 of evolution alive and real, 206; 

 218, 250. 



Dawson, Sir John William, disbe- 

 lief in evolution, 1, 2. 



Diamond Head, Oahu, 121, 130, 

 131. 



Dinosaurs, 16. 



Dryopithecus, 222. 



Dutton, Maj. Clarence Edward, 

 quoted, 51, 60, 61. 



Earth, the, history of, 13-15, 21-23, 

 88, 89; ripening of, 23; age of, 85; 

 its growth, 86, 87; crust of, 95; 

 tranquillity of its history, 111- 

 113; changes in the crust of, 114- 

 116, 171, 172; vitality of, 187; 

 ultimate fate of, 268, 269. See 

 also Geology and World. 



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