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Etna, historical eruptions of, ii. 19-31 

 lateral cones, obliteration of, ii. 2 

 . marine Pliocene formations at base 



of, ii. 5 



recent fossil plants in tuffs of, ii. 6 



section showing double axis of, ii. 1 2 

 state of during Calabrian earthquake, 

 ii. 134 



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subterranean caverns on, ii. 24, 31 

 towns overflowed by lava of, ii. 22 

 Val del Bove on fiank of, ii. 7 

 view of from Primosole, ii. 4 

 truncated cone of, ii. 20 



Euphorbia-feeding beetles of Atlantic 

 islands, ii. 416 



Euphrates, delta of, advancing rapidly, 

 i. 484 



Europe, Southern, volcanic system of, i. 

 696 



— small change of level which "would 

 unite it with Africa, ii. 342 



European and Negro, amount of differ- 

 ence between, ii. 475 



Evans, Mr., on change of axis of earth's 



crust, ii. 208 

 flint implements in Isle of 



Wight gravel, ii. 562 



Evaporation, currents caused by, ii. 496 



Everest, . Eev. E., on climate of fossil 

 elephant, i. 180 



earthy matter brought down 



by Ganges, 480 

 Excavation of valleys, i. 356; ii. 133, 562 

 Excentricity, computations of variations 



of, i. 292 



of the earth's orbit, i. 269 

 Expansion of rocks by heat, ii. 177, 222 

 Extinction of species, ii. 433 



— — a constant work of nature, ii. 

 444 



~ the Dodo, ii. 456 



species by man, ii. 451 



Eye, formation of the, not accounted for 



by natural selection, ii. 491 

 Eyre Sound, glacier of, i. 208 



FALCON rock off Porto Santo, ii. 405, 

 425 



Falconer, Dr., on peat near Calcutta, 

 i. 475 



range of elephant, i. 186 



mammalia of Siwalik Hills, i. 

 201 



Falkland Islands, fauna of, i. 220 

 Falloppio on fossil concretions, i. 33 

 Falls of Niagara, i. 358 

 Faluns of Touraine, i. 200 



Faraday, Mr., on water of Geysers, i. 

 409 "^ 



regelation, i. 373 



VOL. II, 



FLO 



Farquharspn, Eev. J., on formation of 



ground-ice, i. 367 



Scotch floods, i. 350 



Fault, caused by Calabrian earthquake, 



ii. 122 ^ 



New Zealand earthquake, ii. 



So 



Faults, gradual formation of, i, 120 



Faunas and Floras of islands, ii. 402 



Featherstonhaugh on Red Eiver swamps, 

 i. 45 



Felspar, decomposition of, i. 410 

 'Feral' varieties never entirely revert 

 to old form, ii. 304 



Fergusson, Mr., on * the Swatch of no 

 ground,' i. 476 



formation of jheels, i. 478 

 Ferns, preponderance of, in Coal period 

 i. 226 



Ferraraon Sicilian earthquake, ii. 113 

 Ferruginous springs, i. 410 

 Fife, destruction of coast in, i. 509 

 Fir, upright stumps of, in Bournemouth 

 peat, ii. 530 



trunks in Danish peat mosses, ii. 



500 



Fish, fluviatile fossil, of Vicksburi^, i. 

 464 



— fossil, their bearing: on prop-res- 

 sion, 1. 153 



— number of British species in Devo- 

 nian, i. 154 



— found alive in Artesian wells, i. 393 



— migration and distribution of, ii. 369 

 Fisherton, near Salisbury, fossils of drift 



at, ii. 563 



Fishes, number of known species of, ii. 

 271 



Fishing-hut buried in marine strata, ii, 

 187 



Fissures, caused by Calabrian earth- 

 quake, ii. 122, 124 



— preservation of organic remains in, 

 ii. 514 



Fitton, Dr., on English Geology, i. 61 

 Fitzroy, Capt., on earthquakes in Chili, 



ii. 90 

 Flamborough Head, waste of, i. 509 

 Fleming, Dr., on fossil elephant, i. 187 



■ range of animals as proofs of 



climate, i. 178 



— supposed evidence of former 



tropical climate, i. 215 



on extirpation of species by 



man, ii. 454 



— migration of turtles, ii. 365 



■ — on stranding of Cetacea, ii. 572 

 Floods, animals drowned in, ii. 537- 

 539 



by bursting of lakes, i. 454 

 of Scotland, i. 349 



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