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INDEX. 



Phonolithic lava at Futoro. 



100 

 Phylotheca, 119 

 Physical geography of Cen- 

 tral Asia, 77 

 Pihshan (H), 59 

 Pin (C), 61, 110 

 Pinghiang (H), 58 

 Piugi (H), 116 

 Pingllang (P), 110, 113 



coal basin of, 63 

 Pingliang (H), 110, 113 

 Pingloh (F), 58, 61, 112, 



116 

 Pingloh (H), 58, 61, 113, 



116 

 Pingnan (H), 58 

 Pingtan, limekilns at, 52 

 Pingting (C), 56, 110, 113 

 Pingwu (H), 60 

 Pingyang (F), 56,109,113 

 Pingyang (H), 57, 112,115 

 "Pit of Heaven," 57 

 Pitohstone, 98, 105 

 Plain of Peking, 44 



of Siuenliwa (F), 22 

 of Kir Noor, character 



of, 29 

 of the Tungting lake, 



7, 8 

 of Hupeh and Hunan, 

 a swampy region in 

 early historical times. 

 9 

 Plains of South Mongolia, 

 70 

 of Mongolian plateau, 

 73 

 Plants, fossil, from China, 



119 

 Plateau of Mongolia, con- 

 formation and height 

 of, 75 

 ascent to, 25, 70 

 plains of the Mongolian. 



73 

 rock of the skeleton of 



the, 75 

 valleys on the, 26 

 profile of, 75 

 former volcanic activity 



on, 76 

 formerly covered by a 

 sea from the Caspian 

 to the Arctic, and to 

 mountains of North 

 China, 76 

 volcanic formation of, 



26 

 the lower, 31 

 volcanic rocks of the, 38 

 lower and higher, due 



to dislocation, 39 

 of terrace-loam, 32 

 Plateau-edge near Hanoor, 



height of, 25 

 Plicated strata of quartz i 



schist at Kudo, 101 

 Plications of the strata in 



the Kwei coal field, 6 

 Pluto-neptunian rocks of 

 Yesso, 104, 105 

 deposit about Nagasaki, 



107 

 deposits of trachytic 

 porphyry, 25 

 Podocarpites acicularis, 

 123 



podocarpoides, Taxites, 



123 

 Podooarpus, Taxites, 123 

 Podozamites, 119, 123 

 Emmonsii, 120, 121 

 lanceolatus, 121 

 laneolotus, 120 

 Population of Yesso, 79 

 Porphyry, 11 



at Chaitang, 14 



in Tatsaucoal basin, 16 



in Kingan mountains, 



68 

 in limestone, 18 

 felsitic, 18 

 hornblendic, 18 

 Porphyries at Chingshui, 

 17 

 of South Yesso, 89 

 of the Wangping basin, 



18 

 of Hiamaling, 41 

 Porphyry dykes in gra- 

 nite, 72 

 in clay slates near 



Oyasu, 89 

 in Nankau pass, 21 

 at Hiamaling, 13 

 Porphyry, claystone, on 

 the Ousubetz creek, 

 101 

 trachytic, 25 

 trachytic, on the Gobi, 



74 

 trachytic, of Kalgan, 23 

 greenstone, conglome- 

 rate, 36 

 Porphyry conglomerate, 

 origin of, 13 

 of Chaitang, 41 

 thickness of, 12 

 in Wangping coal 

 basin, 11 

 Porphyry-breccia near 



Chauchuen, 34 

 Porphyry, quartzose, 18 

 quartziferous, gravel, 25 

 quartziferous, near 



Shkabe, 84 

 quartziferous, of the 



Raiden, 94 

 white quartziferous, of 



Yesso, 104 

 white, in dykes at Ka- 



kumi, 84 

 younger than lime- 

 stone, 14 

 younger than coal mea- 

 sures, 18 

 Poyang (H), 60 

 Poyang lake, 52, 65 



rocks at outlet of, 7 

 Precipitation smelting of 



lead ore in Japan, 81 

 Preparation of ore at Ichi- 



nowatari, 80 

 Present course of Hwang 



Ho, 49 

 Price of coal at Tashihtang 



mine, 20 

 Prince Krapotkin, 68 

 Principal coal mines of 



Chaitang district, 14 

 Productus subaculeatus, 



54 

 Protogine in gravel of the 



Yaug Ho, 35 

 Pterozaniites, 119 



Pterozamltes, linearis, 120 

 Oeynliausianus, 120 

 Sinensis, 120 

 Puchau (F), 109 

 Puchiau, mountains of, 44 

 pugniis, Terebratula, 55 

 Puhkiang (H), 59 

 Pumice of Komangadake, 

 83 

 mantle of Komangadake 



volcano, 82 

 subaerial deposits of, 



84 

 with quartz crystals at 

 Isoya, 93 

 Pumice-tufa of Yesso, 105 

 near Tomarigawa, 102 

 at Kumaishi, 102 

 Pumiceous tufa at Abura, 



99 

 Pumpelly, R., report to 

 Chinese Government on 

 coal, 14 

 Pungohi (H), 57 

 Punglai (H), 110 

 Pu'rh (F), 59, 116 

 Pusung (H), 115 

 Putai, rate of growth of 



delta at, 49 

 Pyiinsz, 120 

 coal at, 10 



Quartz in trachytic rock 

 of Hakodade, 79 

 in trachytic rock of 



Totoboke, 86 

 in trachytic porphyry, 



74 

 crystals in porphyry, 



84 

 crystals in pumice at 



Isoya, 93 

 double pyramid crys- 

 tals of, in Kakumi 

 porphyry, 84 

 condition of, in rocks of 



Esau volcano, 86 

 varieties of, in trachytic 



porphyry, 37 

 veins and masses in 

 metamorphio schists 

 on the Yangtse, 4 

 veins of Yurup, 102 

 veins with iron and 

 copper pyrites near 

 Oyasu, 89 

 Quartziferous porphyry, 

 18 

 near Shkabe, 84 

 trachytic porphyi-y, 105 

 Quartzite, ridge of in cities 

 of Hanyang (F) and 

 Wuchang (F), 7 

 in limestone, 6 

 in the Mingan hills, 71 

 in Kuniiui gravel, 91 

 Quartz-schist at Kudo, 101 

 Quicksilver, 113, 114, 115, 

 116 



racemosa, Tymfanophora, 



123 

 Radde, M., 68 

 Raiden promontory, lava 

 and tufa-conglomer- 

 ate of, 94 

 mountain, as seen from 

 the sea, 98 



Rapids of the Yangtse, 5 

 caused by granite, 

 4 

 silt deposits in, 9 

 Realgar, 116, 117, 118 

 Recent lake deposits of 

 valley of Yang Ho, 22 

 formation at Tsingtan, 8 

 deposits of gravel and 

 clay in valley of 

 Yangtse, 8 

 change in the lower 

 course of the Hwang 

 Ho, 49 

 sandstone and con- 

 glomerate in valley 

 of Kir Noor, 28 

 terrace deposits on Yes- 

 so, 106 

 deposits of Yesso, 104 

 marine strata of south- 

 ern Yesso, 89 

 Red sandstone on the Mei- 

 ling, 52 

 of Itu, 7 

 "Regent's Sword," 64 

 Relative ages of soma older 

 rocks in western Yesso, 

 101 

 Resume of geology of Yes- 

 so, 104 

 Retrograde formation of 

 valleys in terrace deposit, 

 40 

 reticularis, Terebratula, 55 

 Rhabdonema, 127 

 Rhinoceros tichorhinus, 



77 

 Rhynchonella from China, 

 54 

 Hanburii, 54 

 Y'uenamensis, 55 

 Rice and silk cultivation 



on Yesso, 80 

 Richmond, Va., infusorial 

 earth of, 88, 126 

 coal basin, 122 

 Ritter, Carl, 43, 44, 52, 53, 



66, 75 

 Rocks of the Kwei coal 

 field, 6 

 coal, of Sz'chuen, 6 

 at outlet of the Poyang 



lake, 7 

 of hornblendic series 

 older than micaceous 

 series ? 41 

 of granitic and crystal- 

 line metamorphio 

 series, distribution 

 of, 34 

 of Ichinowatari series, 



105 

 of eastern Altai moun- 

 tains, 74 

 of western Yesso, 104 

 of the auriferous gravel 

 of Kunnui, 91 

 Rock-crystal, 116, 117, 



118 

 Rocky mountains, 69 

 Rogers, Prof., 126 

 Roman mission of Eiwan, 



33 

 ' ' Russia and the Ural 

 Mountains," 55 



