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INDEX. 



cuire Grossier, i. 69; character 

 and place of, i. 70. 



Paley, his notice of spiral intestine 

 of shark, i. 153; defect arising 

 from his want of knowledge in 

 geology, i. 426 ; his argument 

 for the unity of the deity, i. 434. 



Palms, in brown coal of Germany, 

 i. 381, 385; geological extent of, 

 386, 387 ; number and distribu- 

 tion of existing and fossil species, 

 i. 386 ; fossil trunks of, i. 386, 

 387 ; leaves, localities and species 

 of, i. 387 ; localities of fossil fruits 

 of, i. 388. 



Pampas, megatherium found in, ii. 

 20. 



Pandanex, character and extent of 

 recent species, i. 377; fossil fruit 

 of in inferior oolite, i. 378; func- 

 tions of, 379. 



Pandanus, fruit of recent species, i. 

 378, 379. 



Pandanocarpum, in tertiary forma- 

 tion, i. 380. 



Pangolin, armed with horny scales, 

 i. 128. 



Pander, his description of megathe- 

 rium, i. 114. 



Paradoxus, i. 295. 



Paraguay, megatherium found in, 

 i. 128. 



Parish, Woodbine, esq. his discovery 

 of megatherium, i. 115, 128. 



Parkinson, Mr., his theory respect- 

 ing chambers of nautilus,- i. 250; 

 his observations on the lily encri- 

 nite, i. 317; his description of the 

 fossil fruits of Sheppey, i. 388. 



Parry, Capt., on the long preser- 

 vation of human footsteps, i. 200. 



Patterson, Mr., on artificial crystals 

 of galena, i. 411. 



Peat bogs, local formations of, ii. 11. 



Pens, recent and fossil of loligo, i. 

 231, 232; structure of fossil de- 

 scribed, i. 233, 234. 



Pentacrinite, character and habit of 

 living species, i. 326 ; Briarean, 

 described, i. 326; vertebral co- 

 lumn of, i. 327; attached to lig- 

 nite at Lyme, i. 329; side-arms, 

 , i. 330; stomach of, i. 330 ; body, 

 arms, and fingers of, i. 331 ; num- 

 ber of bones prodigious, 332 ; 



concluding considerations on, i. 



nof) 



Perfection consists in adaptation of 

 organization to the functions of 

 the species, i. 89. 



Pericardial fluid, its mode of action, 

 i. 247, 251. 



Perpignan, Artesian wells in basin 

 of, i. 423. 



Perranzabulo, village buried by 

 sand flood, i 104. 



Peron, animal of spirula found by, 

 i. 273. 



Petavius, his interpretation of Ge- 

 nesis, i. 1., i. 29. 



Pines, fossil in coal formation and 

 lias, i. 366 ; peculiarity in struc- 

 ture of, i. 365. 



Placoidean, order of fishes, i. 205. 



Plesiosaurus, heteroclite character 

 of, i. 157 ; number and geological 

 extent of species, i. 158; head, 

 compound character of, i. 159; 

 neck, great length of, i. 160 ; 

 back and tail, i. 161 ; ribs, pecu- 

 liar character of, i. 161; skin, 

 Cuvier's conjecture as to, i. 163; 

 lungs, probable condition of, i. 

 163; extremities acted as paddles, 

 i. 163; probable habits of animal, 

 i. 164; concluding observations 

 upon, i. 166. 



Pliocene, division of tertiary strata, 

 i. 68 ; animal remains of, i. 79 ; 

 evidences of history of, i. 79. 



Podocarya.fruit of, in inferior oolite, 

 i. 378. 



Poikilitic, term proposed for forma- 

 tions connected with the new red 

 sandstone, ii. 38 



Police of nature, i. 227; excessive 

 increase of animals restrained by, 

 i. 108. 



Polypes, fossil remains of, i. 332 ; 

 abundance of in warm climates, 

 i. 333; functions of in submarine 

 economy, i. 334; effects in the 

 production of strata, i. 335; con- 

 cluding observations on, i. 336. 



Polypterus, i. 209. 



Population, how affected by geolo- 

 gical causes, i. 15. 



Porphyry, veins and overlying 

 masses of, ii. 5. 



Portland, petrified cycadea; found 



