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619 



BUR 



3^,,es, Sir A., on ^ different colour of 

 water in Indian rivers, i. SiO 



earthquake of Cutch, ii. 99, 



101 



Burnet, his theory of the earth, i. 47 

 Burrampooter. See Brahmapootra. 

 Butler, his satire on Eurnet, i. 47 

 Butterflies, migration of, ii. 378 



transitional forms of, m valley ot 



Amazons, ii. 338 



CABBAGE, modifications effected in 

 the, ii. 299 

 Calabria, earthquake of 1783, ii. 113 



— (TGological structure of, ii. 117 

 Calabrian earthquake, destruction of life 



in,ii. 140 



— landslips caused by, li. 130, 133 



— lakes formed by, ii. 127 

 towns, ancient, on hill-tops, ii. 143^ 



Calanna, modern lavas in valley of, ii. 



31, 34 



Calcareous springs, i. 399 



— precipitates, i. 404 

 Calcutta, Artesian well at, i. 478 

 Caldcleugh, Mr., on earthquakes in 



Chili, ii. 90 

 Caldera, or Atrio of Vesuvius, i. 634 

 Callao, town destroyed by sea, ii. 158 



— changes caused by earthquakes at, 



ii. 156 

 Campagna di Eoma, calcareous deposits 



of, i, 404 



Campania, populous in spite of volcanic 



eruptions, i. 654 

 Canaries, landshells of the, ii. 426 

 Cannon in calcareous rock, ii. 549 

 Canoes buried in Scotland, ii. 548 



— drifting of, to vast distances, ii. 467 

 Capri, palace of Tiberius under water 



at, ii. 176 

 Carbonic acid, disengagement of free, 

 i. 412 



— supposed excess in Coal period, 

 i. 227 

 Carboniferous epoch, plants of, 224 



warmth of, referred by Mr. Croll 



to astronomical causes, i. 272 



how far universal, i. 116 



warm climate of, i. 224 



shells and corals of, i. 228 



Cardano on petrified shells, i. 34 

 Cardium 'pygm(Bum, swimming appa- 

 ratus of, li. 375 

 Carpenter on regrowth of amputated 



extra fingers, ii. 478 

 Carraccas, earthquakes in, ii. 106, 112 

 Carrara marble, i. 143 

 Caryophylliafastigiata, ii. 582 



Cashmere, buried temples of, ii. 553 



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Caspian Sea, level of, i. Ill 

 Cataclysmal theory of Stoics, i. 13 

 Catania, in part overwhelmed by lava, 



ii. 22 

 Catarrhine or old-world monkeys, ii. 331 



Catastrophes, theories respecting, i. 8, 



9, 32 



Catcott, his treatise on the Deluge, i. 62 



Caterpillars, devastations caused by, ii. 



439 

 Catt, Mr., on erratic block in chalk, i. 



218 

 Cattle, decrease in size of half-wild, ii. 



321 

 Causes, supposed intensity of ancient, i. 



' 102 



— supposed discordance of ancient and 



modern, i. 102 

 Cautley, Sir P., on artificial canals in 



India, i. 477 



fossils of Siwalik Hills, i. 



201 



hones of deer in well at 



Behat, ii. 521 

 — buried Hindoo town, ii. 



512 

 Cava Grande, Etna, inclined lava of, ii. 



35, 36 

 Caves, fossils buried in, ii. 514, 520, 



522 

 Cebus, transitional forms of two species 



of, ii. 339 

 Celsius on sinking of Baltic, i. 49 ; ii. 



339 

 Central fluidity, not required to account 



for volcanic phenomena, ii. 211, 241 

 of the earth discussed, ii. 199, 



209 

 Central Erance, lavas eroded in, i. 356 

 Centres, specific, of creation,^ n. 336 

 Cephalonia, earthquakes in, li. 116 

 Cerebral, development in vertebrata, 



including man, ii. 485 

 Cesalpino on organic remains, i. 34 

 Cetacea, absence of, in secondary rocks, 



i. 162 



— imbedding of, ii. 572 

 Chalk, floating ice in sea of, i. 216 

 warm climate indicated by fossils of, 



i. 213 



Chamisso, M., on coral islands, ii. 587 



Chamouni, glaciers of, i. 369 



Chara hispida, stem and seed-vessels of, 



ii. 566, 567 

 Charse fossilised in Scotch marl, n. 566 

 Charpentier on motion of glaciers, i. 369 



glacier moraines, i. 375 



Chasms left by Calabrian earthquake, ii. 



126 . , 



Chemical action in volcanic eruptions, 



ii. 232, 242 



