INDEX. 



Aar glacier, volume of water discharged 



from, 231 ; mud in water flowing from, 



232. 

 Aberaeron, submarine forest at, 431. 

 Abich on ancient glaciers of Caucasus, 



214. 

 Abruzzi, travertine of the, 56. 

 Acer campeslre, 47, 49 ; A. monspessula- 



num, 49 ; A. opulifolium, 48, 49, 51, 



52 ; A. pseudo-platanus, 50, 51, 53, 



299, 305 ; A. tribulatum, 309. 

 Actceon, 502. 



Act, D', on origin of French Union, 165. 

 Adams, Leith, on breccias, etc., of Malta, 



219, 327 ; on mammals of Ireland, 



512. 

 Adh^mar on rise of sea-level, 525. 

 Adimonia, 54. 

 Admiralty's charts of Mediterranean, 



337. 

 Adrara, silted-up lake in valley of, 304. 

 ^Esculus hippocastanum, 309. 

 African elephant, 27, 32. 

 Agardh cited, 497. 

 Agassiz, L., cited, 173, 176, 190, 197, 



206. 

 Age of forests, 393, 455, 530, 537. 

 Agonum gracile, 54. 

 Ain, interglacial deposits in valley of the, 



321. 

 Ajuga chamcepitys, 510. 

 Alactaga jaculus, 62, 149. 

 Albert, peat of, 480. 

 Alca impennis, 367. 

 Alder, 54, 420, 432, 436, 448, 480, 487, 



494. 

 Aleppo pine, 48. 

 Algeria, raised-beaches of, 355. 

 Allagnon, moraines in valley of, 211. 

 Allier, interglacial deposits in valley of 



the, 318. 

 Alluvia, English postglacial, 455. 

 „ of Continent, 495. 

 „ relative position of Pleistocene 

 and postglacial, 455, 495. 



Alluvia, remains of Palaeolithic man in, 

 22. 

 ,, Scottish postglacial and recent, 

 407, 425*. 



Alnus glutinosa, 49, 487. (See Alder. ) 



Alpine hare, 32. 



Alps, extent of glaciation on north side 

 of, 208. 



Altai pouched marmot, 62. 



Amber in bed of the Elbe, 477. 



Anodontce, 299. 



Ancylus fluviatilis, 470. 



Androsace septentrionalis, 518. 



Andromeda polifolia, 493. 



Angermunde, freshwater clay at, 492. 



Anglesey, glaciation of, 191. 



Angular debris of last glacial epoch, 352. 



Antilocapra rupicapra, range of, 31. 



Antiquities, prehistoric, 5 ; classification 

 of, 6 ; relative age of, how ascertained, 

 9. 



Apennines, range of beech in, 47 ; ancient 

 glaciers of, 213. 



Aporrhais pes-pelicani, 468. 



Apuan Alps, glaciation of, 213. 



Arbor vitse, 46. 



Arbroath, raised-beaches near, 418. 



Arcachon, submerged trees at, 481. 



Area raridentata, var. major, 467. 



Archaeological periods, 5. 



Archiac, D', cited, 65. 



Arctic-alpine plants, in peat of Switzer- 

 land, 54 ; migrations of, towards close 

 of Glacial Period, 352 ; in English post- 

 glacial deposits, 456 ; below Danish 

 peat bogs, 485 ; in clay below Swedish 

 bogs, 491 ; below peat of Mecklenburg, 

 492 ; below peat of Bavaria, 493 ; in 

 peat of Champagne, 493. 



Arctic flora, in Pleistocene peat-bogs, 55, 

 262 ; in glacial beds, 262, 335 ; retreat 

 of, in postglacial times, 505. 



Arctic forests, 35. 



Arctic fox, 27, 30, 32, 42, 55. 



Arctic willow. (See Salix polar is.) 



