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INDEX. 



described by, i. 175, 176, 177; 

 selections of the structure of en- 

 crinites from works of, 321; his 

 illustrations of echinidans and 

 stelleridans. i. 313. 



Graham Island, rise and destruction 

 of, ii. 8. 



Grampus, size and character of, i. 

 168. 



Granite, recent elevation of, in Py- 

 renees and Chili, i. 41 0, 41 1 ; pro- 

 bable igneous origin of, ii. 3; 

 intersecting and overlying creta- 

 ceous formations, ii. 5 ; older 

 intersected by newer, ii. 4; ele- 

 vation of during 1 tertiary period, 

 ii. 4; fragments of, inclosed in 

 lava, ii. 7. 



Gravatt, Mr., his experiments in 

 diving, i. 142. 



Graveneire, stream of lava issuing 

 from granite at, ii. 8. 



Greenock, Lord, his discovery of 

 fishes near Leith, i. 212 ; his dis- 

 covery of petrified intestines of a 

 fish in coal, near Edinburgh, i. 

 155. 



Greenstone, veins and overlying 

 •* masses of, ii. 5. 



Grenville, Lord, cycas in conserva- 

 tory of, i. 371. 



Guadaloupe, human skeletons in 

 sandbank at, i. 87. 



Gyrodus, palatal teeth of, i. 214. 



Halt., Sir James, his experiments 

 on crystallization under pressure, 

 i. 42." 



Halstadt, orthoceratite, found in 

 oolite at, i. 175. 



Hamite, character and locality of, 

 i. 277. 



Harlan, Dr., on fossil fucoids in 

 North America, i. 340. 



Harwich, fossil emys at, i. 197. 



Hauy, his theological inference 

 from the construction of simple 

 minerals, i. 429. 



Hawkins, Mr., his memoirs of ich- 

 thyosauri and plesiosauri, i. 134 ; 

 plesiosaurus discovered by, i. 

 159. 



Heat, influence of, in causing eleva- 

 tions of land, i. 41, 42 ; not the 

 sole cause of the consolidation of 

 stratified rocks, i. 52. 



Henderson, on plants in Surtur- 



brand of Iceland, i. 382. 

 Henslow, Professor, on buds of 



cycas revoluta, i. 275. 

 Hericart de Thury, illustration of 



Artesian wells by, i. 419, 421. 

 Herschel, Sir I. F. W., ranks geo- 

 logy next to astronomy, i. 19, 20; 

 on connexion between science 

 and religion, i. 439. 

 Hessberg, footsteps in sandstone at, 



i. 201. 

 Hibbert, Dr. his discoveries near 



Edinburgh, i. 210. 

 Hippopotamus, structure of tusks 

 of, i. 119. 



Hitchcock, Professor, his discovery 

 of footsteps of birds in Connecti- 

 cut, i. 74 ; ditto, ii. 39, 40 ; on 

 geological evidences of a Creator, 

 i. 436 ; on consistency of geolo- 

 gical phenomena with Mosaic ac- 

 count of creation, i. 437. 



Hoer in Scania, coal in secondary 

 strata of, i. 369. 



Hoffmann, Professor, on source of 

 mineral waters at Pyrmont, i. 

 425. 



Home, Sir Everard, on spinal canal 

 of ichthyosaurus, i. 141. 



Hook, Dr., his theory respecting 

 the motions of nautilus, i. 251. 



Hopkins, Mr., on laws that have re- 

 gulated the disturbances of the 

 globe, i. 404 ; on production of 

 springs by faults, i. 418. 



Human bones, found in no geologi- 

 cal formations preceding the ac- 

 tual era, i. 86, 87 ; often interred 

 in caves containing remains of 

 more ancient animals, i. 87, 88 ; 

 found in consolidated sand at 

 Gaudaloupe, i. 87 ; how mixed 

 with bones of ancient and modern 

 quadrupeds, i. 88 ; in caverns 

 near Liege, 89. 



Hutton, Dr., his theory of the for- 

 mation of stratified rocks, i. 43; 

 of veins, i. 411, 412. 



Hutton, Mr., his discoveries of ve- 

 getable structure in coal, i. 342, 

 343. 



Hybodonts, extent of, i. 219, 220. 



Hybodus, i. 215. 



Hybodus reticulatus, i. 220. 



Hydraulic action, of siphuncle in 



