INDEX. 



131 



Coal basins of Pingting 



of Taiyuen (F), 64 

 of Fanchau (F), 64 

 of Hoh (C), 64 

 of Niiigliia (F) and 

 Lanchau (P), 63 

 in porphyry at' 



Chingsbui, 14 

 of Wangping, Fang- 

 shan, Pingtiug,10 

 iu folds of lime- 

 stone, 10 

 Coal-bearing rocks, fold- 

 ing of, 42 

 of China assumed 

 to be everywhere 

 of the same age, 

 62 

 Coal, bituminous, in China, 

 119 

 at Chaitang, 56 

 at Chingshui, 17, 

 56 

 brown, near Kalgan, 25 

 cost of, atFutau mine, 

 15 

 Coal district of Muntakau, 

 18 

 of Chaitang, de- 

 scription of, 14 

 of Fangshan, 19 

 field of Kwei, 6 

 floras of Australia and 



India, 119 

 in China, localities of, 



56, 57, 58 

 iu Kiangsi, Chehkiang, 



Nganhwui, 65 

 in the Kingan moun- 

 tains, 68 

 Mesozoic, In China, 119 

 Coal-measures, 63, 68 



iudicatiors of, along the 



coast, 65 

 of Kiangsi, 65 

 iu Kiangsi, Hunan, etc., 



65 

 most important fold of 



the, 64 

 Chinese, 4, 5, 62 

 resting on limestone, 22 

 limestone floor of, in 

 Chihli, 10 

 Coal mines near Nanking, 8 

 of Chaitang, 14 

 of Chingshui, 17 

 Coal-rooks of Kz'chueu, 6 

 with Equiseta near Iwa- 

 nai, 105 

 Coals, tertiary brown, 62 

 said to exist near Esan, 



89 

 seams of Eastern Yesso, 



85 

 series of Kaiyanobetz, 

 97 

 table of, near Pe- 

 king, 11 

 strata of China, age of, 



120 

 Triassic, Cretaceous, 

 and Tertiary, of Ame- 

 rica, 119 

 Coast axis of elevation, 65 

 Cocooneis, 127 

 Coke made at the Hsiug- 

 shuu mine, 15 



Columnar lava bed near 



Setanai, 99 



lava on mount Raiden, 



98 

 porphyry, 84 

 Structure in mud- 

 stream produced by 

 sulphur crystals, 87 

 structure of Kakumi 

 porphyry, 85 

 Communication between 

 the upper waters of the 

 Han river and Kialing 

 river, 3, 66 

 Comangadake, subaerial 



deposits around, 106 

 Confucius records a de- 

 luge, 44 

 Conglomerate-breccia at 



Oouta, 100, 104 

 Conglomerate at Oyasu, 

 89 

 at Sankiangkau, 7 

 green quavtzose, 12 

 greenstone - porphyry, 

 36 

 near Kimiug, 34 

 of Ichang, 7 

 of southern Yesso, 104 

 of the steppe deposit, 73 

 porphyry, 11 

 quartzose, 11 

 sandstone, in Wuishan, 



52 

 tufa-, near Sutzu, 98 

 volcanic, of Yesso, 105 

 volcanic tufa-, 105 

 Conifers, fossil, from New 



Mexico, 120 

 Coniopteris Murrayana, 



123 

 Contact phenomena be- 

 tween lava and tufa-con- 

 glomerate, 100 

 Copper, 110,111, 112,113, 



114, 115, 1-16, 117 

 Copper pyrites iu lead 

 veins, 80 

 in veins east of 



Hakodade, 89 

 in Yurup veins, 102 

 vein at Saidoma, 89 

 vein at Kakumi, 85 

 Corals in terrace-clay of 



Kunnui, 91 

 Corea, 2, 65, 116 

 Cornulites epithonia, 54 

 Coscinodiscus, 127 

 Cost of coal at Futau mine, 



15 

 Crania obsoleta, 54 

 Crater of Komangadake, 82, 



83 

 Crateriform hill in valley 



of Sitto, 27 

 Crater ? near Hiratanai, 



102 

 CresTwellia, 127 

 Cretaceous coal, 119 



strata, apparent ab- 

 sence of, in China, 62 

 Crystalline metamorphic 

 rocks northwest 

 of Peking, 35 

 schists near Chau- 

 chuen, 34 

 cuboides, Terebratula, 55 



I Cyclotella, 127 

 Cyrtia Murchisouisna, 54 



Dana, Prof. J. D., 69 

 Davidson, T., on fossils 



from China, 54 

 Decrease in volume of 



lakes, 41 

 Deep gorges of the Upper 



Yangtse, 4 

 Deguignes, 44 

 Delessite in amygdaloid 



at Oouta, 100 

 Delta-deposit in Chihli, 



10 

 Delta, facilities for calcu- 

 lating the rate of growth 

 of. 49 

 Delta-plain, 8, 10, 63 



N. E., S. W. trend of, 1 

 extent of, 46 

 generally below level of 



Hwang Ho, 46 

 rapid increase of, 49 

 rate of growth of, at 

 Piitai, 49 

 at Hienshuikau, 50 

 yearly growth of, at 

 Shukwang, 50 

 Deluges, Chinese tradi- 

 tions of, 44 

 dentata, Pecopteris, 122 

 denticulata, Pecopteris, 

 122 

 Sphenopteris, 122 

 Deposit, terrace, descrip- 

 tion of, 39 

 Depression between Bar- 

 rier range and pla- 

 teau, 25 

 in surface of the desert, 

 73 

 Devonian fossils from 

 China, 54 . 

 limestone, 62 



elevated by the 



Barrier range, 63 



on the Yangtse, 4 



upper, fossils from Sz'- 



chuen, 55 



Diatomace^, 88, 125,126, 



127, 12S 

 dichotoma, Sphenopteris, 



122 

 Dictyocha, 127 

 Diorite in southern Mon- 

 golia, 70 

 in Tomari gravel, 99 

 near Yokohama, 107 

 of western Yesso, 104 

 on the Yangtse, 4 

 disjunctus, Productus, 54 

 Dislocation along south- 

 ern edge of plateau, 

 39,42 

 great, cause of differ- 

 ence in level of higher 

 and lower plateau, 31 

 Distribution of lake ter- 

 race deposit iu northern 

 China, d9 

 Disturbances previous to 



Devonian limestone, 41 

 Dolomitic limestone in 



the Wuishan, 53 

 Douy, analysis of coal from 

 125 



I "Dragon's teeth," "dra- 

 gon's scales," "dragon's 

 bones," 62 

 Drainage of Chinese mines, 



17 

 Du Halde, 43 

 D^wellings excavated iu 

 terrace deposit, 

 40 

 in the terrace de- 

 posit at Siwan, 

 33 

 in the terrace loam 

 in laud of the 

 Ortous, 43 

 Dykes of the Yellow river, 

 47 

 in walls of Komanga- 

 dake crater, 83 

 of trachytio porphyry, 



38 

 of syenitio granite near 



Siwan, 33 

 in tufa - conglomerate 



near Odaszu, 93 

 iu tufa - conglomerate 



on Iwanai bay, 97 

 of columnar lava on the 

 Raiden mountain, 98 

 of porphyritio rock in 

 quartz schist at Kudo, 

 101 



Earthquake and destruc- 

 tion of cone of Komanga- 

 dake, 82 

 Earthquakes in Siberia 



and northern China, 76 

 Eastern America, outline 

 of, determined by 

 Appalachian revolu- 

 tion, 68 

 Asia, great geoclinal 

 trough traceable 

 through, 64 

 main line of eleva- 

 tion in, 2 

 N.E.,S.W. system 

 of mountains in, 

 67 

 prevalence of N. E. 

 S. W. direction 

 in, 62 

 Echinoderm, spines of fos- 

 sil, iu tufa-conglomerate, 

 90, 106 

 Edkins, Rev. Mr., 49, 56, 



57 

 Edomo, Cape, 93 

 Edwards, Mr. A. M., 88, 93 

 examination of infuso- 

 rial earths by A. M., 

 126 

 Eifel, the, 54 

 Elevation, main line of, in 



Eastern Asia, 2 

 Ellis, Mr., 52 

 Emerald - green mineral! 



on Iwaounobori, 96 

 Emmons, Prof., 119, 121 

 Emmonsii, Podozamites, 



120, 121 

 Enosima, sandstone of, 108 

 epithonia, Cornulites, 54 

 Equisetites, 120 

 Equisetacese, fossil, 97 

 Erosion of tlie plateau, 42 

 in the steppe deposit, 77 



