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INDEX. 



Soda -efflorescence in 



valley of the Kir Noor, 28 

 Solfatara Komangadake, 82 

 of Ksan, mud flows of, 80 

 Solfataras, destructive ac- 

 tion of, 84 

 Sonera, fossil plants from, 



120 

 Sources of data for general 

 sketch of geology of Cliiua, 

 51 

 Southern limit of tlie 

 higher plateau, 31 

 Mongolia, volcanic for- 

 mation of, 26 

 the limit of a former 

 ocean, 43 

 Soyachi, 115 

 Soyaug (11), 56 

 Soyang (Ts), 116 

 spatulatus, Taxites, 123 

 Sphene in granit ■, 4 

 Spheuopteris, 119, 120 

 denticulata, 122 

 dichotoma, 122 

 hymenophylloides, 122 

 orientalis, 121,122,123 

 Schlotheimii, 122 

 tridactylites, 122 

 Spirifer from China, 54 

 disjuuctus from China, 



54 

 Cliechiel, 55 

 Verneuillii, 55 

 Spirorbis from China, 54 



omphalodes, 54 

 Sponge spiculfe, 126 

 Springs of cha'ybeate water 

 at Kudo, 101 

 calcareous deposit of 



former, 28 

 action of, in valley of 

 Kir Noor, 28 

 of, near Fungching, 

 31 

 Sse Ma Tien on history of 



Yellow river, 47 

 Stalactites, 56, 57, 58 

 in the Ichang gorge, 5 

 in Taingan (F) and Kii 

 (C), 63 

 Stamping machinery at 



Ichinowatari, 81 

 Standard line of reference 



for parallelism, 1 

 Stanovoi mountains, 67 



N. E., S. W. trend 

 of, 1 

 Steam coal at Futau mine, 

 14 

 in crater of Esan, 86 

 temperature of, ou Mt. 

 Iwaounohori, 95 

 Steppe deposit, 74, 75 

 of plateau, 75 

 structuie of, 71 

 erosion in the, 77 

 of the plateau, age 

 of, 76 

 Steppes of Mongolian pla- 

 teau, 73 

 Stictodlscus, 127 

 "Stone swallows," 62 

 Strangerites magnifolia, 



120 

 Stratiform structure of vol- 

 canic formation of the pla- 

 leaa, 39 



Strogonoff hay, 97, 106 

 Stutgardtensis, Pecopte- 



ris, 121 

 subaculeatus, Produotus, 



54 

 Subaerial deposits on Yes- 

 so, 106 

 of volcanic ashes, 

 84 

 Subjugation of the Yellow 



river in ear'y times, 47 

 Subterranean river 



courses in Kwangsi, 53 

 Suchau (F), 57,114 

 Siichau (F), 67, 59 

 Siiohau (F), coal-basin of, 

 65 

 crevasse of Yellow river 

 in, 49 

 Suenhwa (H), 58 

 Suh (C), 60 



Suingan (H), 112, 115, 117 

 Suiting (F), 59, 60,111,117 

 Sulphate of iron, 116, 117, 



118 

 Sulphur, 117, 118 



process of working, on 



Esan, 87 

 mode of occurrence of, 



on Esan, 87 

 furnaces on Esan, 87 

 production of, ou Esan, 



88 

 cost of production of, 



on Esan, 88 

 formation of, on Koman- 

 gadake, 83 

 occurrence of, on Iwaou- 



nobori, 95 

 net-work of, veins in 

 Mt. Iwaounohori, 95 

 amount and cost of pro- 

 duction of, at works 

 of Iwaounohori, 97 

 columnar structure in 

 mud stream produced 

 by crystals of, 87 

 and alum on Esan, 86 

 Sulphur-works on Esan, 

 87 



on Iwaounohori, 97 

 Sulphuretted hydrogen in 

 spring of Shkabi, 

 84 

 in gases of Iwaou- 

 nohori, 95 

 Sulphurous acid and 



steam, action of, 

 on rocks, 86 

 in gases of Iwaou- 

 nohori, 95 

 Sulungpu, 67 

 Summit-level of the Im- 

 perial canal, 48 

 Sung mountain, 58, 110,113 

 Sung (H), 110, 114 

 Sungari river, 64, 68 

 Sungchi (H), 112 

 Sungchi river, 61, 111 

 Sungho (H), 117 

 Sungkia mountain, 113 

 Sungshan, 60 

 Sungyang (H), 60, 115 

 Sutsuwei (Ts) 116 

 Sutzu, rooks near, 98 

 Syenite of Siwan, 35 



dykes of, in schists near 

 Siwan, 35 



Syenite under lava of pla- 

 teau, 27 

 near Murkwoching, 35 

 fi'agments of, in the tra- 

 chytic porphyry tufas 

 of Kalgan, 35 

 near Futoro, 100 

 at Oouta, 100 

 Syenitic granite on the 

 Y'angtse, 4 

 near Siwan, 33 

 at Nichinbe, 100 

 age of, on western 



Yesso, 101 

 of Yesso, relative 

 age of, 104 

 rocks on the Gobi, 74 

 Synclinal ridges at Chai- 



tang, 14 

 Sz'chau (F), 111, 115 

 Sz'chi river, 115 

 Sz'ching (F), 118 

 Sz'chueu province, 51, 57, 

 59,60,64,66,111,114, 

 117 

 coal rocks of, 6 

 salt deposits of, 7 

 Blackiston's observa- 

 tions in, 62 

 highlands of western, 63 

 salt wells of, 63 

 upper Devonian fossils 

 from, 55 

 Sz'kiautungtsing, 116 

 Sz'ling, 113 



Sz'nan (F), 111, 115, 117 

 Sz'ngan (11), 116 

 Sz'ngan (F), 61, 116 

 Sz'ni mountain, 113 



Table of recognizable events 



in geology of China 



and" Mongolia, 77, 78 



of the coal series near 



Peking, 11 

 of coal, alum, limestone, 

 fossils, caves, stalac- 

 tites, etc., ia China, 

 56, 57, 58 

 of the mineral produc- 

 tions of China, 109 

 Table-land of Shensi, 66 

 in Kwangsi and Kwei- 



chau, 66 

 in Yunnan, 66 

 in Shensi and Kansuh, 



3 

 of Central Asia, 10 

 Tael, value of, 53 

 Tah (H), 117 

 Tai (C), 113 



Taichau (F), 58, 112, 115 

 Taihu lake, 57 

 Taihusz', 114 

 Taingaa (F), 57, 110, 113, 



117 

 Taiping (F), 57, 58, 110 

 Taipingyin (Ts), 116 

 Taiting (F), 115 

 Taiwan (F), 60, 118 

 Taiyuen(H), 69, 109 

 Taiyueu (F), 56, 59, 109 

 Take da, Mr., 88 

 Takwan (F), 116 

 Tala (plain), 73 

 Talco-argillaceous schist in 

 the Mingan hills, 71 



Talcose schist in hills of 



Senji, 72 

 Tali (F), 68, 59 

 Talo lake, 46 



plateau west of delta- 

 plain, 46 

 Talu (Ts), 116 

 Tamchintala plain, 71, 73 



erosion in, 77 

 Tameti (T.s), 112 

 Taming (F), 48, 116 

 Taming (H), caverns of, 63 

 Tan mountain, 56, 57 

 Taney mountains, 57 

 Taning (H), 56, 117 

 Tankingshan, 60 

 Tangtang (Ts), 116 

 Tangyueh (C), 116,118 

 Tashi mountain 110 

 Tashitung mine, analyses 

 of anthracite from, 19, 124 

 Tashuikung, 115 

 Tashuitang, 112 

 Tatan, 56 



Tating (F), 111, 115 

 Tatsau anthracite mine, 15 

 56 

 assay, production 

 and cost of an- 

 thracite of, 16 

 analysis of anthra- 

 cite of, 123 

 Tatsing river, 48 



present outlet of 

 Hwang Ho, 49 

 Tatsingitungchi, 109 

 Tatso (U), 111 

 Tatsoh (II), 59, 60, 117 

 Tatung (F), 56, 59, 110, 113 

 116 

 coal basin of, 63 

 fire mountain near, 65 

 analysis of coal from, 

 125 

 Tatung (H), 59 

 Taulichuen, 26 

 Tawau mountain, 115 

 Taxinese, 123 

 Taxites, 120 



podocarpoides, 123 

 Podocarpus, 123 

 spatulatus, 123 

 Tayang mountain, 113 

 Tayau river, 61 

 Taye (H), 111, 114 

 Taylor, R. C, 53 

 Tayii (H), 111 

 Tchihatcheff, 67 

 Te Hai, 76 



valley of, 30 

 water of, salt, 30 

 terrace deposit in val- 

 ley of, 30 

 earths from, under mi- 

 croscope, 126 

 fresh-water shells in ter- 

 race of, 42 

 connection of the val- 

 ley of with Hwang 

 Ho valley, 43 

 gametic gneiss and gra- 



nnlite near, 35 

 and Kir Noor valleys, 

 origin of, 42 

 Tehhwa (H), 112 

 Tehyih mine, analyses of 



anthracite from, 19, 124 

 Tekang, 110 



