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at, i. 371; subterranean forest in, 

 i. 371. 



Portsmouth, Artesian well at, 420. 



Prestwich, Mr., on insects from coal 

 formation, i. 305. 



Prevost, M. Constant, on erect posi- 

 tion of fossil trees at St. Eteinne, 

 i. 353. 



Primary stratified rocks, history of, 

 i. 48, 49* 



Productions, natural, vary with the 

 sub-strata, i. 16. 



Prout, Dr., his analysis of syphon of 

 an ammonite, i. 266; on the non- 

 eternity of molecular constitution 

 of matter, i. 431 ; on adaptation 

 of elements to the use of animal 

 and vegetable bodies, i. 431. 



Province of geology, i 13. 



Psammodus, i. 220. 



Pterodactyle, anomalous character 

 of, i. 171 ; where found, i. 171; 

 Cuvier's description of, i. 172; 

 eight species of, i. 172; organs 

 of flight, i. 174; vertebrae, cha- 

 racter of, i. 175; peculiar me- 

 chanism in neck, i. 175; foot as 

 in lizards, i. 175; toes, number 

 and proportions of bones in, i. 

 175—178; probable food of, i. 

 179. 



Ptychodus, i. 220. 



Purbeck, estuary formations in isle 

 of, i. 99 ; iguanodon found in isle 

 of, i. 186. 



Putzberg, near Bonn, brown coal of, 

 i. 381. 



Pusey, Professor, his interpretation 

 of Genesis i. 1, &c. i. 27—30. 



Philpotts, Miss, belemnites with 

 ink-bags in collection of, i. 282. 



Phillips, Professor, his views of 

 fossil organic remains, i. 55; his 

 illustration of fossil astacids, i. 

 293; his tabular arrangement of 

 ammonites, i. 253. 



Pholidopliorus, i. 215. 



Physical geography, origin of in 

 geological causes, i. 16. 



Pycnodonts, i. 214, 215. 



Pycnodus, i. 215. 



Pyrenees, granite in chalk forma- 

 tion of, ii 5. 



Ram iTA, abound in transition strata, 

 i. 56. 



Radiated animals, character of fossil 

 species, i. 312. 



Ray, Mr., on usefulness of metals, i. 

 414. 



Rays, fossil, i. 221. 



Reason, province of distinct from 

 that of Revelation, i. 437. 



Refrigeration, gradual, of matter of 

 the globe, i. 50. 



Reptiles, ages of, i. 131. 



Revelation, its object not physical 

 science, i. 22 ; province of, dis- 

 tinct from that of natural religion, 

 i. 437. 



Rhizopodes, new class of animals 

 discovered by M. Dujardin, ii. 

 64. 



Rhyncholites, fossil beaks, i. 241, 

 242. 



Ripple markings, fossil, i. 198. 



Rivers, apparatus for supply of, i. 

 425 ; supply and functions of, i. 

 416,417. 



Robert, M., spirula found by, ii. 

 63. 



Rodentia, in pliocene strata, i. 79. 



Roussillon, Artesian well in, i. 423. 



Rumphius, his figure, and observa- 

 tions on living nautilus, i. 238, 

 250. 



Saarbruck, fishes found at, i. 203, 

 212. 



Sabrina island, rise and destruction 

 of, ii. 8. 



Sacred history, consistency of geo- 

 logical discoveries with, i. 18. 



Salado, river, megatherium in bed 

 of, i. 115, 128. 



Salamander, fossil at Oeningen, i. 

 386; from Japan, alive at Ley- 

 den, i. 386. 



Salt, found in secondary and terti- 

 ary strata, i. 62. 



Sand, effects of wind in forming 

 strata of, i. 104. 



Sapey Brook, concretions in, mis- 

 taken for footsteps, i. 199. 



Saurians, character of in secondary 

 strata, i. 65 ; sudden death and 

 burial in lias clay, i. 102 ; fossil, 

 history and relations of, i. 130 — 

 132 : in what formations found, 

 i. 131, 132 ; amphibious, allied 

 to crocodiles, i. 191 ; gigantic 

 terrestrial, i. 180 ; flying, i. 171 ; 

 marine, i. 132, 157. 



