INDEX. 



191 



JANSEN, reputed contriver of the 

 telescope, 14. 



Johnstone, pluma described by, 67; 

 quoted, 73, 81, et seg., 96. 



Jones, professor, quoted, 42 ; no- 

 ticed, 130; on the increase of 

 animalcules, 131. 



Jukes, Mr. quoted, 117, et seq. 



KOLPODA CUCULLUS, the, 136. 



LACTEALS, 38. 



Laomedia gelatinosa, 80, el seq. 



Liebig, quoted, 184, et seq. 



Lens, a, structure of, 14 ; magnify- 

 ing power of, 16, et seq. ; achro- 

 matic, 18. 



Lettnaggsjon, the lake, 142. 



Life, phenomena of, 20, et seq. 



Linguatula, 146, et seq. 



Linnaeus, 47. 



Lister, curious fact of, in reference 

 to sertuiaria pluma, 68, 81. 



Living beings, diffusion of, 19. 



Locomotion, power of, 39, etseq. 



Lorica, a, 124. 



Lucretius, quoted, 94. 



MADREPORE, species of, 106 ; frag- 

 ment of, 109; cell of, ib.; sec- 

 tion of, 110 ; blocks of, 117, etseq. 



Madrepores, 107, et seq. 



Mantell, Dr., quoted, 163, etseq. 



Maurice, prince, 14. 



Meadow leather, 140. 



Medusa, the, 165, etseq. 



Medusae, the, 40, et seq. 



Metamorphoses, wonderful, 78, et 

 seq. 



Microscope, the, its meaning, 13; in- 

 vention of, 14 ; in comparison with 

 the telescope, 185, etseq. 



Microscopical Society of London, 

 the, 19. 



Minute objects, interest of, 10. 



Monads, 124, et seq.; increase of, 

 134. 



Morren, Mr. 184.' 



Moss corals, 91, et seq. 



Mountain Meal, 142. 



NATURAL HISTORY, interest of the 

 science of, 9 ; cause of objections 

 to its study, ib. 



Nematoneura, its meaning, 176. 

 Nicocastrus, an JElian, 10. 

 Nutrition, 26. 



OCEAN, the, objects of interest and 

 beauty of, 103; depths of the, 104. 



Organic bodies, 21, 28; division of, 

 35, et seq. ; theory of spontaneous 

 generation of, 148, et seq. 



Organic kingdom, original, 43. 



Owen, professor, quoted, 167; no- 

 ticed, 176. 



Oxygen yielded by animalcules, 

 1 83, et seq. 



PALLAS, 96. 

 Palmella nivalis, 150. 

 Paramecium aurelia, 127, et seq. 

 130, et seq ; productiveness of, 137. 

 Parasitic animals, 144. 

 Pavonia lactuca, the, 110, et seq. 

 Pecten maxirnus. 86. 

 Pennatula, 116. 

 Pfeyronnet, 63, et seq. 

 Philosophy combined with religion, 



187, et seq. 



Phosphorescence of the sea, the, 

 171, etseq.; benevolent designs in 

 the, 174, et seq. 

 Phosphorescent zoophytes, 81, et 



seq. 



Physalus, the, 169. 

 Plant-like animals, 62, et seq. 

 Pliny, his notice of sponge, 46. 

 Plumaria falcata, 69; vesicles of, 



75, et .seq. 



Polygastrica, 123, et seq. 142. 

 Polyps, 63, et seq , 79, et seq. ; pro- 

 duction of, 80, et seq., 93, 109, 

 et seq. 



Pompeii, the city of, noticed, 183. 

 Poppig, Dr. on the colours of the 



sea, 171, et seq. 



Portuguese man-of-war, the, 169. 

 Protococcus, 150. 

 Proteus, the, 125, et seq. 

 Purchas, Samuel, quoted, 10. 

 Pyrosoma, the, 172, et seq. 



RAUDKN, village of, 140. 

 Ray, 47. 



Recherche the, 150. 

 Red coral, the, 107. 

 Rotatoria, 139. 

 Rotifera, the, 176, etseq. 

 Royal Society, the, 64. 



