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of, i. 208, 209; sauroid, higher 

 in the scale of organization than 

 ordinary bony fishes, i. 223 ; 

 number of genera in sauroid fa- 

 mily, 209 ; sauroid, character of 

 living species, i. 209; sauroid 

 geological extent of, i. 210, 211; 

 in strata of the carboniferous 

 order, i. 212; peculiar form of 

 tail in early strata, i. 213 ; in 

 magnesian limestone, i. 213; in 

 muschelkalk, lias and oolite, i. 

 214; in the chalk formation, i. 

 216; in the tertiary formations, 

 i. 216; family of sharks, i. 218; 

 results from observations on, i. 

 222 ; functions of, in the economy 

 of nature, i. 223; form of their 

 crystalline lens, i. 300,301. 

 Fissures, site of mineral veins in, i. 

 - 410, 411. 



Fitton, Dr., on alterations in level 

 of sea and land, i. 43; his obser- 

 vations on Cypris Faba, in Weal- 

 den formation, i. 97, 98; his de- 

 scription of fossil cones, i. 365. 

 Fitzwilliam, Earl, cycas revoluta in 

 conservatory of, i. 375; trunks of 

 sigillaria in coal-mines of, at El- 

 secar, i. 353. 

 Fleming, Dr., on structure of in- 

 ternal shell of sepia, ii. 68 ; his 

 observations on fishes in old red 

 sandstone, i. 211. 

 Flints, origin of, i. 78. 

 Flucan, beneficial effects of in min- 

 ing, i. 408. 

 Fluidity, original theory of, i. 40, 



41. 

 Footsteps, fossil, near Dumfries, i. 

 198 ; preservation of explained, 

 i. 199; on red sandstone at Hess- 

 berg, i. 201; value of their evi- 

 dence, i. 200; reflections on, i. 

 201; on oolite, near Kath, pro- 

 bably of crustaceans, i. 199; re- 

 cent, of testudo grxca, i. 199. 

 Foraminifers, species of found by 

 Count Munster, and Mr. Lons- 

 dale ii. 64. 

 Forest, subterranean, remains of in 



Portland, i. 372. 

 Formations, geological, number and 



thickness of, i. 39. 

 Forster, Mr., his section from New- 



castle to Cross Fell, i. 58; on 

 quantity of iron annually made 

 in England and Wales, i. 397. 



Fox, Mr. R. W., on the utility of 

 faults that intersect metallic veins, 

 i. 408; on electro-magnetic pro- 

 perties of mineral veins, i. 412, 

 and ii. 108 ; on electro-magnetic 

 action in mineral veins, ii. 107 — 

 109. 



Freshwater, deposites from, in ter- 

 tiary strata, i. 68, 69. 



Fries, on propagation of fungi, i. 

 337. 



Fucoids, remains of in transition 

 strata, i. 57, 340. 



Fulham, Artesian wells at, i. 421. 



Fusion, earliest state of the mate- 

 rials of the globe, i. 52. 



Gallibis, skeletons of, at Guada- 

 loupe, i. 87. 



Ganoidian, order of fishes, i. 206. 



Genesis, ungrounded fear of incon- 

 sistence with, i. 20; interpretation 

 of Chap. I. consistent with geolo- 

 gical discoveries, i. 26; text of, 

 reconcilable with geology, i. 36. 



Geology, extent of province of, i. 

 16; why but lately established 

 or. induction, i. 17 , sciences aux- 

 iliary to it, i. 17; its discoveries 

 consistent with revelation, i. 18; 

 religious application of, i. 440; 

 subserviency of to natural theo- 

 logy, 441 ; proofs from, of the 

 existence and attributes of a 

 Deity, 441, 442. 



Georgensgemund, fossil mammalia 

 discovered at, i. 78. 



Gerard, Dr., his discovery of am- 

 monites, &c. in the Himmalaya, 

 i. 254. 



Glaris, turtle in slate of, i. 196; 

 fossil fishes at, i. 203, 208. 



Gleig, Bishop, his interpretation of 

 Mosaic cosmogony, i- 32, 33. 



Globe, successive changes in surface 

 of, i. 20; influence of animal re- 

 mains upon, i. 335; succession of 

 physical forces which have modi- 

 fied its surface, i. 433. 



Golden Cap Hill, belemniles at base 

 of, i. 284. 



Goldfuss, E'rofessor, pterodactyles 



