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GENERAL INDEX. 



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GEI 



Geikic, A., on second advance of gla- 

 ciers, i. 196 

 Gommellaro on Etna eruption, i. 357 



glacier under lara, ii. 38 



— modern eruptions of Etna, ii. 28- 



30 



double axis of Etna, ii. 9 



Generation, alternate, ii. 327 

 Generelli's illustrations of Lazzaro 



Moro's views, i. 52-56 

 Geneva, Lake, delta of Ehone in, i. 



sediment deposited in, i. 308 

 Geographical causes of change of climate 

 more influential than astronomical, 



i. 273 ^ ^ 



predominant in affecting climate, 

 i. 283 



distribution of fossil mammalia, ii. 

 333 



animals, ii. 329. /SeeEegions. 

 — ■ — man, ii. 464 

 plants, ii. 381 



— provinces of animals, ii. 335 

 Geography, changes of, in Secondary 



and Primary periods, i. 255 

 former changes of, how affecting cli- 

 mate, i. 261. 



changes of, revealed by geology, i. 

 248 



since the Glacial period, i. 250 



Eocene period, i. 251 



Geological epochs, dates and duration 

 of, i. 300 



— Society of London founded, i. 86 

 Geology, modern progress of, i. 87- 8D 



— distinct from Cosmogony, i. 4 



— historical progress of, i. Chaps. II. 

 toV. 



speculative tendency of early, i. 324 

 defined, i. 1 



compared to History, i. 2, 4, 92 

 new school of, i. 85 

 prqudices which have retarded, i. 90 

 Georgia, U.S., new raA'ines formed in, 

 i. 344 



— South. S^-e South Georgia. 

 Gerbanites, theory of, i. 22 



German Ocean, shoals and valleys in, i. 

 568 



Gesner on petrifications, i. 60 

 Geysers of Iceland, i. 409 ; ii. 15 



cause of their intermittent action, ii, 

 218, 221 



— view of Icelandic, ii. 216, 217 



Gibraltar, Straits of, i. 562 



birds' bones in breccia at, ii. 522 

 Glacial epoch, i. 194 



— changes of level, since, i. 194 

 period, temperature of, i. 288 



— possible dates of, i. 291-296 



GEA 



Glacial period, comparative duration of, 

 i. 300 



— _— species living before and after, 

 identical, i. 313 



enduring tlirough all phases of 

 precession, i. 281 



hypothesis of greater mean warmth 

 in, i. 288 



— periods have not recurred periodi- 

 cally, i. 299 



Glacier, moraines of, i. 368 



— supposed, at mouth of Amazons, 

 Agassiz on, i. 468 



— view of, with moraines, i. 368 

 -lake of Switzerland, i. 376 

 preserved under lava, ii, 38 

 in lat. 46^^ 40' S. in Eyre Sound, i. 208 



Glaciers, motion of, i. 369-371 



near the sea in New Zealand, i. 211, 

 224 



— of Alps receding before 10th century, 

 i. 278 



— carrying and scoring power of, i, 374, 

 375 



Glen Tilt, granite veins of, i. 75 

 Gmelin on distribution offish, ii. 371 

 Godman, Du Cane, Mr., on birds driven 

 by gales, ii. 413 



migrations of reindeer, ii. 

 361 



God win- Austen, Mr., on stones drifted 

 by ice, i. 218 



current deposits, i. 572 



on valley of English Channel, 



i. 532 



i. 545 



Porlock Bay submerged forest, 



Gold-fish, varieties of, brought about by 

 Chinese, ;i. 296 



Golden age, doctrine of, whence derived, 

 i. 13 



Goodwin Sands, i. 525 



Goose, wild, fossil eggs of, near Salis- 

 bury, ii. 563 



Goppert, Prof., on mineralisation of 

 plants, ii. 533 



Gould, Captain, survey of Mississippi 



delta, 1764, i. 461 

 Graah, Capt., on sinking of west coast 



of Greenland, ii. 196 

 Graham Island, formed in 1831, ii. 58 



— views of, ii. 60 



Mrs., on earthquake in Chili, ii. 94, 



96 

 Granite, disintegration of, i. 413 



formed at different periods, i. 142 



— veins observed by Hutton in Glen 

 Tilt, i. 75 . 



— of the Hartz, Werner, on, i. 70 



Grant, Capt., on earthquake of Cutch, 

 ii. 102 



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