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THE WORLD'S LUMBER ROOM. 



Landslips, 44 6 



Larvae, 214 



Laurel, 173 



Leaf-green, 170 ; -mould, 182 



Lichens, 91 3, 99 



Lignite, 188 



Limestone, 35 ; caves, 260 



Lobster, 228 ; shells, 300 



Loire river, 125 



Longmynd, 114, 123 



Lungs, black, 21 



Lupins, 96 



Madagascar, 132 



Madeira, 5 



Magic brilliant, 155 



Magnesia, 145 



Magnesian limestone, 94 



Magpie, 237 



Mahloo mixture, 302 



Maidenhair, 99 



Malt, 307 



Mammoth, 258; Cave, 62; springs, 



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Mangroves, 100, 185 



Manures, 253 6 



Marble, 94, 141 4 



Marcasite, 30 



Marl, 101, 256 ; blue, 194 



Marmots, 102 



Mediterranean, 55, 162, 163 



Medusae, 156 



Meteorites, 7 ; meteoric dust, 7 



Mildew, 18 



Minerals in plants, 94 



Mines, Depth of, 79 



Mississippi river, 55 6 ; delta, 



183 



Missouri river, 50 

 Mist, 1 8 

 Moles, 102, 103 

 Mollusks, Boring, 103 ; largest, 128 ; 



wing-footed, 157 

 Moraines, 68, 72 

 Mosaics, 287 

 Mosses, 92 

 Motes, 20 

 Moths, 226 

 Mould, 18, 176 

 Mountain-meal, 155 

 Mud, 113 

 Mushrooms, 100 



Naphthaline, 293 

 | Nettles, 304 ; acid of, 173 ; hairs of, 



98 



Nile, 55. 56 

 Nitrogen, 29. 173, 174 

 Noctiluca, 156 

 Noddy, 213 

 Norway, Rise of, 77 

 Nova Scotia, 155 

 Nullipora, 137 

 Nut tree, 100 



Oak, t,8 



Ohio shales, 188 



Oils, 172 ; cotton-seed, 303 ; grape, 

 305 ; hop, 178 ; lubricating, 304 ; 

 orange-peel, 305 ; rock, 191 



Ooze, Atlantic, 138 



Opals, 156 

 : Orinoco, 14, 191 

 ! Osite, 254 



Oxalic acid, 93 



Oxygen, 29 

 ; Oyster-shells, 125 



i Paper, 280 ; brown, 281 ; making, 

 282 ; statistics, 282 ; tracing, 281 ; 

 waste, 283 



Papier-macht, 284 



Paraftine, 293 



Paris, 269 



Patagonia, 40 ; fjords, 70 ; glaciers, 



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Pearls, 127 



Pebbles, 55 

 ; Pelt's hair, 310 



Penguins, 103 



Pepper, 173 



Perfumes, 173 



| Pernambuco, 71 ; reef, 136 

 j Peru, 238, 254 



Petrels, 103, 231 

 I Petrifaction, 180, 257 

 i Petrified firs, 78 



Pholas, 104, 202 



Phosphorescence, 156 



Pines, 173 



Pipe, Queen's tobacco, 301 



Pitch Lake, 190 



Plants, Breathing of, 169 170, 174 ; 

 food of, 94 ; Ice, 10 ; mechanical 

 power, 24 ; Snow, 10 ; Water, 

 171 



