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INDEX. 



Asbestos an allomorpli of horn- 

 blende, 14. 



Asia, High, mountain-ranges of, 

 112. 



Asiatic Russia, climatal amenities 

 of, 116. 



Atacama, meteoric amygdaloids of, 

 63. 



Athabasca river, terraces of, 113. 



Atlantic Ocean, 115. See Abysses. 



Auerbach, calcitic dyke of, 51. 



Augite, 11, 24, 26, 29, 37, 58, 63, 66, 

 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 79, 8}, 89. 



Augitic rocks. See Dolerites. 



Austrian Alps, AmmonitidaB of, 104. 



Auvergne, peridote in lava of, 63. 



Axes of stratal disturbance in rela- 

 tion to jointing &c., 109. 



Azoic rocks, 29. 



B. 



Babbage, Charles, on vertical move- 

 ments of the earth's crust, 114. 



Bacculites associated with Tertiary 

 plants in Rocky Mountains, 102. 



Baily, W. Hellier, opposes "JEozoon" 

 xiii. 



Bala limestone, 84. 



Ballinahinch (Connemara) crystal- 

 line limestone, 90. 



Baltimorite, 5, 27. 



Baretti, M., on the metamorphics of 

 the Central Alps, 31. 



Barker, Arthur E., xxxi. See 

 Max Schultze. 



Barna Oran (Connemara), 90. 



Bastite, 5, 6. 



Beaches, ancient sea-. See Terraces. 



Beaumont, Elie de, on metamorphics 

 of France and Switzerland, 31. 



Beauty Hill (Scotland), lime and 

 serpentine associated, 55. 



Behring Sea, its volcanoes in the 

 line of the earth's great volcanic 

 girdle, 117. 



Belemnites in metamorphics of the 

 Mont-Cenis district, 32. 



Ben Nevis, terraces of, 113. 



Bigsby, Dr. John J., on Canadian 

 crystalline limestones, 73. 



Biharite, 5. 



Biotite, 7. 



Bischof, Gustav, vii, 24, 25, 26, 31, 

 32, 36, 37, 40, 44, 47, 54, 55, 62, 

 64-66, 70, 91. 



Blum, vii, xiv, 24, 37, 45. 



Bonn Lough (Connemara), crystal- 

 line limestone of, 90. 



Boltonite, 61, 63. 



Bonnard, M., on metamorphics of 

 France, 31. 



Bonney, Rev. Prof., on serpentine, 

 peridote, &c., xliv, 11, 37, 40. 



, accepts " Eozoon? xliv. 



Bowenite, 5. 



Brackish lakes, 103, 104. 



Brazil, sea-board of, 111. 



Breithaupt, M., on serpentine and 

 peridote, 37, 62, 64. 



Bristol dolomitic conglomerate, 93, 

 121. 



British Association Reports, x, xiii, 

 xxxii, lii, 6, 75. 



Isles, absence of deep-water 



or third stage of Triassic system 

 in, 102. 



Broegger, M., on hornblende changed 

 into calcite, 51. 



Brongniart, Alexandre, u amphibo- 

 lique " and " pyroxenique " rocks, 

 47. 



Bronzite, 61. 



Brucite, 7. 



Bryozoans, Permian, 103. 



Buch, Von, 91. 



Bufaure (Tyrol), dolerite of, 37, 46. 



Bunsen, his names " hydatothermic " 

 and t{ pyrocaustic," 35. 



Bunter sandstone, 102. 



Burbank, L. S., at first accepts and 

 next opposes " JEozoon," xxiv. 



, eozoonal limestones of C helms- 

 ford not true stratified deposits, 

 xxix, xxxviii. 



Burgess (Canada), et JEozoon" from, 

 xv, Ivii, 41. 



Burmah, mountain -ridges of, 112. 



Burren of Clare, terraces of, 113. 



Byers's Quarry (Durham), crystal- 

 lized dolomite of, 94. 



C. 



Calcaire saccharoide. See Limestones. 

 Calcareous drift of Galway, 93, 120. 



dykes, or calcitic vein-like 



masses, 51-53, 56, 62, 64, 78, 79, 

 81. 



fossils, rarity of, in Cambrian 



rocks, 85. 



matter held in chemical and 



mechanical suspension in water of 

 Lough Corrib, 120. 



