INDEX. 



Luxan, 315 



Luxuriant vegetation not necessary 



to support largo animals, 80 

 Lycosa, 34 

 Lyell, Mr., on terraces of Coquimbo, 



329 

 , on longevity of Mollusca, 



78 

 , on subsidence in the 



Pacific, 449 

 , on change in vegetation, 



, on fossil horses' teeth, 123 



, on distribution of ani- 

 mals, 313 



, on frozen snow, 311 



, on extinct mammals and 



ice-period, 163 



-, on flocks of butterflies, 



on stones twisted by 



150 



earthquakes, 295 



MacCulloch on infection, 418 

 Macquarie river, 425 

 Macrauchenia, 77, 164 

 Macrocystis, 227 

 Madrina, or godmother of a troop of 



mules, 302 



Magdalen Channel, 229 

 Magellan, Strait of, 220 

 Malcolmson, Dr., on hail, 109 

 Malcliva atolls, 448, 457, 459 

 Maldouado, 37 

 Mammalia, fossil, 76, 120, 123, 147, 



164, 356 

 Man, antiquity of, 343 



, fossil remains of, 355 



, body frozen, 237 



, fear of, an acquired instinct, 



384 



, extinction of races, 418, 430 



Mares' flesh eaten by troops, 95 



killed for their hides, 146 



Mastodon, 120, 122 



Matter, granular, movements in, 94 



Mauritius, 403 



Maypu river, 303 



Mcgalouyx, 76, 124 



Megatherium, 76, 78, 124 



Mendo/a, climate of, 310 



,316 



Mexico, elevation of, 121 

 Miasmata, 350, 418 



Mice inhabit sterile places, 345 

 , number of, in America, 47 



, how transported, 275, 36:> 



different on opposite sides of 



Andes, 313 



of the Galapagos, 363 



of Ascension, 472 



Millepora, 445 



Mills for grinding ores, 254 



Mimosas, 24 



Mimus, 51, 379, 383 



Miners, condition of, 249, 25;!, :i^.3, 

 332 



Mines, 248, 326, 331 



, how discovered, 304 



Missionaries at New Zealand, 408 



Mitchell, Sir T., on valleys of Aus- 

 tralia, 421 



Mocking-bird, 51, 379, 383 



Molina omits description of certain 

 birds, 259 



Molothrus, habits of, 49 



Monkeys with prehensile tails, 26 



Monte Video, 38, 135 



Moresby, Capt., on a great crab, 

 445 



on coral-reefs, 460 



Mount Sarmiento, 222, 230 



Tarn, 223 



Mountains, elevation of, 299 



Movements in granular matter, 94 



Mud, chalk-like, 446 



disturbed by earthquake, 294 



aiules, 302 



Muniz, Sig., on niata cattle, 139 



Murray, Mr., on spiders, 153 



Mylodon, 77, 124, 147 



Myopotamus Coypus, 275 



Negress with goitre, 301 

 Negro, Kio, 59, 141 



lieutenant, 71 



New Caledonia, reef of, 450, 452, 

 458 



Zealand, 400 



Niata cattle, 138 



Noises from a hill, 346 



Noses, ceremony of pressing, 4U6 



Nothura, 43 



Notopod, crustacean, 153 



Nulliporse, incrustations like, 9 



protecting reefs, 177 



Octopus, habits of, 7 



