806 
English Channel, on remains of the mam- 
moth found in the, 138. 
Erratic boulders, Mr. Darwin on the dis- 
tribution of, in South America, 425 ; 
Mr. Hopkins on the period of the 
transport of, 761; onthe transport of, 
by ice, 762, by currents of water, 763. 
Esk, South, Mr. Lyell’s account of the 
proofs of former existence of glaciers in 
the valley of the, 339. 
Esmark (Prof.), notice of, in President’s 
Address for 1840, 260. 
Espichel limestone, description of, 33. 
Essex, account of phznomena disclosed 
by wells in, 181. 
Everest (Rey. Rob.), remarks made by, du- 
_ ring a journey from Delhi to the fron- 
tier of Little Thibet, 566; on the tem- 
perature of well-water near Delhi, 
732, 
Faluns, Mr. Lyell on the, of the Loire, 
and a comparison of their fossils with 
those of the newer tertiary strata in 
the Cotentin; and on the relative age 
of the faluns and the crag of Suffolk, 
437; also a comparison of the fossils 
with those of miocene strata in Ame- 
rica, 739. 
Farnham, account of swallow-holes near, 
101. 
Faults, account of, produced by the Brent 
embankment, 590. 
Fellows, names of, elected during 1838, 
50; 1839, 198; 1840,372; 1841, 619. 
notices of, proposed by the 
Council to be removed, on account of 
arrears of annual contributions, 425, 
430, 437, 619. 
— Foreign and Honorary Members, 
number of, at the close of 1838, 44; 
1889, 192; 1840, 370; 1841, 617. 
Foreign and Honorary Members, 
names of deceased, 1888, 51; 1839, 
193; 1840, 371; 1841, 619; notices 
of in the President’s Address for 1839, 
65; 1840,248; 1841, 516; 1842, 637. 
Fergusson (R. Esq.), notice of, in the obi- 
tuary cf the President’s eradiess for 
1841, 523. 
Ferruginous sand, notice of, in Russia, 
403. 
Fichtelgebirge, Prof. Sedgwick and Mr. 
Murchison on the structure of the, 309. 
Fifeshire, notice of trap rocks of, 10. 
Finland, Prof. Nordenskiold on furrowed 
rocks in, 410. 
Finnish Gulf, change of level in, since 
1754, 41). 
Fire-clay with Stigmaria, notices of, in 
South Wales, 275; in the United 
States, 555-558, 707-711; in Nova 
, 
INDEX. 
Scotia and Cape Breton Island, eS 
712. 
Fishes, fossil, notices of, bye Dr. Mobalo 
son, from the old red ‘of Scotland, 141; 
by Mr. Williamson, from the Yorkshire 
and Lancashire coal-fields, 153; by 
My. Lyell, from Mundesley, 175, 362 ; 
from the faluns of the Loire, 439 ef 
seg.; from the old-red of Pennsylvania, 
553; by Mr. Murchison, M. de Ver- 
neuil and Count Keyserling, from Rus- 
sia, 401, 719; Sir P. Egerton’s notice 
of triassic fishes in the bone-bed, 409 ; 
Mr. Smith’s account of, from the ter- 
tiary strata of the Tagus, 462; lists of, 
from Armagh, 561; from the bone- 
bed, 562; the lias, 562; remarks by 
Mr. Strickland on the, found in the 
bone-bed, 587. 
Fitton (Dr.), observations on receiving 
the medal awarded to M. Dumont, 
207. 
Fleming (Rey. sen on the trap rocks of 
Fife, 10. 
Floriferous slates, description of, 116, 159. 
Foreign Members, names of, elected du- 
ring 1840, 372; 1841, 620. 
Forest of Dean, Mr. Buddle’s account of 
the Horsesfaulud in the coal-field of the, 
287. 
Forest, petrified, account of the, of Kgypt, 
786. 
Forfarshire, evidences of glaciers in, by 
Dr. Buckland, 383; by Mr. Lyell, 337. 
Fossils, see birds, corals, fishes, insects, 
Gee: 
Fox (R. W. Esq.), on the formation of 
metallic veins by voltaic agency, 9; 
notice of experiments on electric cur- 
rents in Pennance mine, 755, 
Freezing cavern, description of, at Illetz- 
kaya Zatchita, by Mr. Murchison, 696 ; 
explanation of the phenomena, by Sir 
J. Herschel, 697. 
Freshwater deposits, notices of, in Hastern 
Norfolk, by Mr. Lyell, 171, 175 ; inthe 
Island of Rhodes, by Mr. Spratt, 774. 
Galloway, notice of Graptolites from, 28. 
Galloway chain, Prof. Sedgwick on the 
structure of the, 553, 
Geological map of England, second edition, 
by Mr. Greenough, notice of memoir 
to accompany, 180; Special General 
Meeting to consider the conditions on 
which Mr. Greenough proposed to 
transfer the copper-plates of the second 
edition to the Society, 187. 
Georgia, notices of tertiary formations 
in, 736. 
Gerard (Capt. A.), notice of, in Presi- 
dent’s Address for 1840, 265, 
