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INDEX. 



Bockeberg, coal in oolite formation 



at, i. 79, 369. 

 Buckingham, Duke of, plesiosaurus 



in his collection, i. 158. 

 Buddie, Mr., his observations on 



utility of faults, i. 407 ; his de- 



posite of plans and sections of 



coal mines in the Museum at 



Newcastle, ii. 104. 

 Bude, strata of drifted sand at, i. 



104. 

 Buds petrified on trunks of cyca- 



dites, i. 375. 

 Buenos Ayres, megatherium found 



near, i. 114, 115. 

 Bufonites, teeth of pycnodonts, i. 



214. 

 Burchell, Mr., his observations on 



the scales of serpents, i. 205. 

 Burdie House, fossil fishes and 



plants at, i. 210. 

 Burnet, his opinion on the mosaic 



cosmogony, i. 18, 19. 



Caithness, fishes in slate of, i. 196. 



Calamite, gigantic size and charac- 

 ter of, i. 346. 



Calymene, i. 295. 



Canstadt, Artesian wells at, i. 423. 



Cardomom, fossd in 1. Sheppey, 

 i. 389. 



Cardona, salt in cretaceous for- 

 mation near, i. 63. 



Carnivora, numerous in pliocene 

 strata, i. 79. 



Carnivorous races, benefit of to 

 herbivorous, i. 106, 108. 



Causes, five, chiefly instrumental 

 in producing the actual condition 

 of the globe, i. 82. 



Caves, remains of animals found in, 

 i. 80. 



Cephalopods, carnivorous, their use 

 in submarine economy, i. 228 ; 

 their extent in different forma- 

 tions, i. 228. 



Central heat, theory of, consistent 

 with the phenomena of the sur- 

 face of the globe, i. 41. 



Centrina vulgaris, horny dorsal 

 spines, i. 221. 



Cestracionts, sub-family of sharks, 

 i. 218; extent, of, i. 219; only 

 living representative of, i. 219. 



Cestracion Philippi, i 220 ; bony 

 spine of, i. 220. 



Cetacea, remains of, in pliocene 

 strata, i. 79. 



Chalmers, Dr., his views respect- 

 ing the Mosaic cosmogony, i. 26 ; 

 considerations of the geological 

 argument in behalf of a Deity, 

 i.442, 443. 



Chaos, word borrowed from the 

 Greeks, its meaning vague and 

 indefinite, i. 30. 



Chambered shells, proofs of design 

 in, i. 235, 236 ; why particularly 

 selected, i. 236; delicate hy- 

 draulic instruments, i. 236; ex- 

 amples of retrocession in animal 

 structure, i. 237 ; genera of, 

 allied to nautilus and ammonite, 

 i. 273. 



Chantrey, Sir Francis, drawing 

 made by, with fossil sepia, i. 231. 



Cheropotamus, character and place 

 of, i. 71. 



Chimera, fossil species discovered 

 by the Author, ii. 47. 



Chirotherium, footsteps of in Sax- 

 ony, i. 201 ; described by Dr. 

 Hohnbaum and Prof. Kaup, i. 

 202 ; probably allied to marsu- 

 pialia, i. 202 ; accompanied by 

 other tracks, i. 203. «■ 



Chlamyphorus, habit and distribu- 

 tion of, 116; fore foot adapted 

 for digging, i. 123 ; armour of, 

 like that of the megatherium, i. 

 125, 127. 



Cicero, his argument against the 

 Epicurean theory of atoms, i. 

 431. 



Cinnamomum, in brown coal near 

 Bonn, i. 382. 



Cleremont, limestone of, loaded 



with indusiae, i. 98. 

 Cleveland, imperfect coal in oolite 



formation of i. 66, 369. 

 Climate, heat of, indicated by fossil 

 plants and animals, i. 76 ; gra- 

 dually decreasing temperature 

 of, i. 79. 

 Clio borealis, swarms of in North- 

 ern Ocean, i. 289, 290. 



Closeburn, gigantic Orthoceratite 

 found at, i. 275. 



