INDEX. 



Medway, the, 298 

 Mercatjr's pr jeci'rn, 334 

 Mercury, 76, 92, 98, 104 

 Meridians, 7, 330 

 Mesozoic series, 2po 

 Metals, 76, 106 

 ■' Meter," 70 

 Mexico, 193, 312 



Gulf of , 145, 173, 174, 176 

 Miles, geographical, 329 

 Mines. 200, 244 



Mississippi, the, 145, 147, 243, 313 

 Mists, 44 

 Mole, the, 5 

 Mont Blanc. 192 

 Monte Somma, 197, 198 

 Moraines. 159 

 Mother of C-al, 238 

 Mountains, 303 

 Mourne mounta'ns, 231 

 Mud, 130, 142, 233 

 Mud-vcjjcanoes, 202 



N 



Nadir, 323 



Nairn, the. 133 



Naples. 188, 206 



Nautilus, 289 



Needles, the, 168, 169 



Newfoundland, 44 



New River, 37 



Newspaper weather-charts, 92 



New Zealand, 202, 235 



Niagara, 313 



Nile, the, 143, 309 



Nitrogen, 79, 105 



Nore. the, 2, 128, iBi 



Norlh, the, how to find, 8 



Nor h Pole, 10 



Nucleus, 366 



Nullipores, 255 



O 



Obsidian, 193 



Ocean currents, 179 



Ock, the, 5 



Oolites, 35, 294 



Ooze, 265, 291 



Orbulinae, 268, 271 



Ordnance Survey maps, 11 



Orthograph c projection, 332 



Ouse, the, 298 



Oxford, 3 



Oxide of Mercury, 76 



Oxygen, 78, 103, 115 



Pac'fic Ocean, 178, 254, 260, 267, 309 

 Parallels of latitude, 32S 

 Paris basin, 34 



Pea-plant, 220 



Peat, 233, 234, 245 



Pebbles, 166 



" Pele's hair," 193 



Penumbra, 366 



Perihelion, 354 



Photosphere, 366 



Pigeons, 220 



Plain of marine denudat'.on, 183 



Planets, 371 



Plans, 5 



Plants, 220, 225 



Po, the, 161 



Polar projection, 336 



Poles of the earth, 356 



Pole-star, 9, 350 



Polypes, 249, 260 



Pompeii, 192, 197 



Post-tertiary formations, 290 



Potassium, 106 



Potholes, 134 



Protein, 220 



Protoplasm, 220 



Psychrometer, 72 



Pumice, 193 



Quarry water, 22 

 Quaternary series, 290 

 Quicksilver, oxide of, 76 



R 



Radiolaria, 268, 271 



Railways, geolog.cal sections along. 23 



Rain. 39, 116, 133 



Rainfall. 39, 45 — 48, 65, 130, 22+ 



Rain-gauges, 49 



Rainless regions, 48 



" Rainy day," 48 



Raised beaches, 211 



Reading, 3 



Reculver. 170 



Red ox.de of mercury-, 77 



Reefs, 252, 258, 259 



Regelation, 158 



Respiration, 80 



Rey, the, 5 



Rhine, the, 145, 147, i6r 



Rhinoceros, ext.nct. 2S3 



Rhone, the, 141, 161 



River-basins, 15. 298 



Rivers, right and left banks of, 5 



work of, 130 



floods in, 133 

 River-valleys, 139 

 River-water, 124 

 " Roches moutonnees," 162 

 Rock-crystal. 58, 132 

 Rocks, 21, 28 

 Rocky Mountains, 202, 311 



