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GENEEAL INDEX. 



MIS 



Mississippi, * bluffs' of the, i. 462 



colour of, caused by sediment, i. 310 

 diagram of banks of, i. 443 

 sediment carried down by, i. 458 

 curves of the, i. 4'42 

 cubs-offof the, i. 346 

 delta and alluvial plain of, i. 457 

 — growth of, i. 461 

 section of valley of, i. 464 

 Valley, loess of, i. 463 

 mud-lumps at mouths of, i. 447 

 sunk country of, i. 456 

 velocity of current of, i. 441 

 earthquake region of, ii. 107 

 floating islands on the, ii. 361 

 sinking of plain of, ii. 107 



Missouri, earthquakes in, ii. 106 



Moel Tryfaen, recent marine shells on, 

 i. 195 



MoUusks, fossil, as bearing on theory of 

 progression, i. 151 

 eggs of attached to floating wood, ii. 



377 



distribution and migration of, ii. 372 



geographical provinces of, ii. 372 

 imbedding of marine, ii. 574 

 mode of diffusion of, ii. 374 



Moluccas, earthquakes in, 1693, ii. 160 



volcanos of the, i. 585 

 Monads, Lamarck's theory of, ii. 256 

 Mongibello (Etna), axis of eruption of, 

 ii. 11 



Monkeys, grades of Eocene and Mio- 

 cene, i. 164 



Monte Bolca, fossil fish of, I. 65 



• — Minardo, growth and height of lateral 



cone of on Etna, ii. 45 

 — Nuovo, formation of, i. 606 

 — internal talus of, i. 616 

 Sacro, fossil mammoths of, i. 186 

 Somma, small range of dikes in, i. 636 

 Montesquieu on the races of man, ii. 

 465 



Monti Eossi, size of, ii. 2 



formation of, ii. 21 



Montlosier on volcanos of Auvcrgnc, i. 

 73 



Moore, J. C, calculations of climatal 

 effects of excentricity, i. 293 



on West Indian corals, i. 254 

 — effect of polar ice-cap, i. 



291 



Moraines of glaciers explained, i, 374 



Morayshire, effects of floods in, ii. 511 



Morea, ceramique of the, ii. 513 



osseous breccias now forming in the, 

 ii. 510 



human remains imbedded in, ii. 517 

 Morlot, M., on subsidence of bed of 

 Adriatic, i. 425 



two glacial periods, i. 196 



KEL' 



Moro Lazzaro, his geological views, i: 

 51-56 



Morton, Dr., on unity of type in Eed- 



Indian, ii. 473 



Moths flying 300 miles from land, ii. 380 



Mount St. Elias, Santorin height of, ii. 

 78 ^ 



Mountain-chains, doctrine of sudden rise 

 of, 121-131 



upheaval and subsidence of, 131- 

 138 



Moya, or fetid mud, from volcano in 

 Quito, ii. 112 



Mozambique current, course of, i. 498 . 



— — warming effects of, i. 247 



Mud-lumps of the Mississippi delta, i. 

 447 



views of, i. 450, 451 



currents of, in Calabrian earthquake, 

 ii. 133 



— volcanos, ii. 75 



Mules. See Hybrids. 



Mummies of Egypt identical with living 

 species, ii. 263 



Murchison, Sir E. L, on Hartz Moun-, 

 tain, i. 71 



map of Eussia, i. 251 



on Habkeren blocks, I. 209 



cited, i. 112, 251, 253 



on extension of Siberia, i. 188 



— marine strata of Devonian, 



i. 320 



travertin of Tivoll, i. 407 

 Murie, Dr., on fossil shells of Nile, i. 438 

 Murray, Mr., on Silver Pits and Dogger 



Bank, i. 569 

 Musk-ox, migration of, to Melville Is- 

 land, ii. 361 

 Mydaus mcliceps confined to high moun- 

 tains in Java, ii. 359 

 Myrmecobius fasciatus, i. 159 



I^APLES, coast of, raised by an erup- 

 ll tion, i. 44 



— volcanic district of, i. 599 

 Narwal, stranded near Boston, ii. 572 

 Natural barriers, the doctrine of, ii. 331 



— selection, ii. 316-327 



objections to the theory of, ii. 489. 



ultimately secures the prevalence 



of superior forms, Ii. 488 



Darwin on, ii. 277-281 



Nearctic region, mammalia of the, ii. 340- 

 Nea-Kaimeni, formation of, ii. 67 

 Needles of the Isle of Wight, i. 531 

 Negro, constancy of character for 4,000, 



years, ii. 471 

 — and European, amount of difference 



between, ii. 475 

 Nelson, Lieut., on coral reefs, ii, 605 





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