INDEX. 



575 



East Kilbride, large oaks in bog near, 421. 



Eccentricity of earth's orbit, 559. 



Ecliptic, obliquity of the, 560. 



Eel, 367. 



Eguisheim, human skull in loss of, 22. 



Eheenbeeg, polythalamiee in Dargschich- 

 ten, 478. 



Ekaterinburg, glacial remains near, 210. 



Elbe, trees in bed of, at Blankenese, 477. 



Elephant, 24, 25, 26, 37. 



Elephas africanus, 27, 113 ; E. antiquus, 

 27, 32, 49, 113, 133, 138, 299 ; E. Fal- 

 coneri, 27, 32 ; E. melUensis, 27, 32 ; E. 

 merUionalis, 22, 27, 32, 309, 317, 318, 

 320, 321, 336 ; E. mnaidrensis, 27, 32 ; 

 E. primigenius, 62. (See also Elephant 

 and Mammoth.) 



Elm, 47, 52, 53, 320, 448, 494. 



Elgin, ice-sheet in, 185. 



El Kantara, moraines at, 214. 



Ely, large erratic near, 193. 



Engis cranium, 21. 



England, succession of glacial and inter- 

 glacial deposits in, 261 ; conditions of, 

 during last interglacial epoch, 266 ; 

 conditions of, during advance and re- 

 treat of last ice-sheet, 268 ; kitchen- 

 middens in, 369 ; submerged forests of, 

 430 ; raised beaches of, 453 ; peat-bogs 

 of, 454. 



Engler on peat-flora, 495 ; on distribu- 

 tion of plants in Europe, 534. 



English Channel, traces of interglacial 

 submergence on borders of, 266 ; geo- 

 graphical conditions of, in Palaeolithic 

 times, 341 ; evidence of recent sub- 

 mergence on French coasts of the, 479- 

 482 ; dry, in postglacial times, 509. 



Enkbpings as, shell-bank on, 469. 



Equisetum arvense, 494, 508 ; E. limosum, 

 299, 469 ; E. variegatum, 509. 



Equus caballus, 149 ; E. Stenoni, 317. 



Erdmann, A., on Swedish postglacial 

 deposits, 465 ; on shell-bank at Enkb- 

 ping, 469 ; on raised-beaches of Scania, 

 474 ; on ancient hut at Sbdertelge, 474. 



Erdmann, E., cited, 195, 270 ; on raised- 

 beaches of Scania, 475 ; on littoral shell- 

 bed at Gothenburg, 506. 



Eriophorum, 493 ; E. angustifolium, 508. 



Ermine, 107. 



Erratics, 107, 133, 148, 171, 285, 386, 

 395, 472 ; abnormal distribution of, 

 203, 564. 



Errol, arctic shells in clay at, 387. 



Ertborn, Baron v. , on borings at Menin 

 and Courtrai, 507. 



Eskimo, supposed relation of, to Palaeo- 

 lithic man, 547. 



Estuarine flats, 383, 394, 417. 



Etchings, Palaeolithic, 13. 



Euonymus europceus, 49, 50, 53 ; E. 

 latifolius, 50. 



European nettle-tree, 47. 



Europe, climate of, 33 ; impossibility of 

 great annual migrations of mammals in, 

 36 ; temperature of certain places on 

 west coasts of, 39 ; climate of, in Pleis- 

 tocene Period, 40 ; conditions of, during 

 melting of last ice-sheet, 347 ; condi- 

 tions of, during last interglacial epoch, 

 348 ; conditions of Central, in post- 

 glacial period, 522 ; conditions of 

 Southern, in postglacial period, 533 ; 

 central and north-west regions of, pro- 

 bably not. occupied by man in late 

 glacial and early postglacial times, 

 553. 



Evans, J., cited, 3 ; on probable uses of 

 Palaeolithic implements, 12 ; remarks 

 on bone-pin from Kent's cave, 17 ; on 

 contrasts between Palaeolithic and Neo- 

 lithic implements, 24 ; cited, 341, 345. 



Evergreen oak, 47, 48. 



Excavation of valleys in Pleistocene times, 



FjEroe Islands, glaciation of, 206, 504, 

 567 ; peat and buried trees of, 514 ; 

 present flora of, 518. 



Fagus sylvatica. (See Beech.) 



Faicon, 373. 



Falconer cited, 3, 49, 457. 



Fallow-deer, 113, 427. 



Falmouth, submerged forest near, 431. 



Falsan, A., cited, 207 ; on shells in mor- 

 aine of Rhone glacier, 327. 



Falsterbo, submarine peat and raised-beach 

 near, 473. 



Faudel cited, 22. 



Fauna. (See Birds, Fish, Insects, Mam- 

 malia, Mollusca. ) 



Favre on deposits at Bois de la Batie, 

 301. 



Faxb, interglacial and glacial deposits of, 

 285. 



Fegatella conica, 49. 



Felis caffra, 26 (see also Caffer Cat) ; 

 F. leo, 26 ; F. pardus, 27 (see also 

 Leopard) ; F. serval, 27 (see also 

 Serval) ; Felis spelcea, 26 (see also 

 Cave-lion). 



Fenland, traces of interglacial submer- 

 gence in, 266 ; sunk forests and peat 

 of, 445, 452. 



Ferrero on glaciation of Apennines, 213. 



Ferry, De, on reputed Palaeolithic pot- 

 tery, 18 ; estimate of antiquity of Neo- 

 lithic Age, 558. 



Festuca ovina, 508. 



Ficus carica, 47, 49, 50. 



Fig-tree, 47, 48, 50, 52. 



Filhol on Neolithic relics in Pyrenean 

 caves, 377. 



Fine, valley of the, 344. 



