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PACIFIC, coral inlands of the, ii. 596 

 Palsearctic region, mammalia of 



the, ii. 341 

 Palaeolithic, or older stone age, climate 



- of, i. 177, 193 



period, possible date of, i. 296 

 - man, barbarism of, ii. 479, 493 

 ■ period, implements of the, in Hamp- 

 shire drift, ii. 559 



age, probable climate of the, ii. 563 



Palestine shaken by earthquakes, i. 596 

 Palissy on animal origin of fossils, i. 



35 



Pallas on Caspian Sea, i. 66 



fossil bones of Siberia, i. 181-183 



mountains of Siberia, i. 66 



domesticity eliminating sterility, 



ii. 312 



Palmer, Mr., on shingle beaches, i. 531 



Panama, former submergence of isthmus 

 of, i. 254 



tides in bay of, i. 496 

 supposed effects of submergence of 



isthmus of, ii. 446 

 proportion of fish and shells common 



to both sides of isthmus of, ii. 370 

 Pangenesis, Darwin's theory of, ii. 291 

 Papandayang, truncation of cone of, ii. 



145 



Papyrus rolls in Pompeii, i. 650 

 Paradise, Burnet on seat of, i. 48 

 Parana E., animals drowned in the, ii. 



538 

 Paris, Artesian well near, i. 390 

 Parish, Sir Woodbine, on Chilian earth- 

 quake, ii. 154 

 , animals drowned in Parana 



E., ii. 538 

 Paroxysmal energy of ancient causes 



controverted, i. 145 

 Parry, Capt. Sir E., on Polar bears 



drifting on ice, ii. 360 

 Peat-bed, submerged, containing E, 



primigenius^ i. 545 

 Peat in delta of Ganges, i. 478 



abundant in cold damp climates, ii. 



496 



animal substances preserved in, ii. 



501 



fossil animals buried in, ii. 505 



fossilised objects buried in, ii. 499, 



505 



growth and analysis of, ii. 496, 502 



mosses, bursting of, ii. 504 

 extent of, ii. 497 



■ recent origin of some, ii. 499 



Penco, in Chili, elevation near, ii. 155 

 Pengelly, Mr., on waste of Devonshire 



coast, i. 538 



history of St, Michaers Mount, 



i. 542 



PLA 



Pennant on migration of animals, i. 179 

 Penzance, loss of land near, i. 543 

 Percy, Dr., on measurement of heat, ii. 



207 

 Perihelion, its effect on climate, i. 275 

 Permian fossils imply warm climate, i. 



222 



period, supposed ice-action in, i. 222 

 Perrey, M. Alexis, on earthquakes, ii. 

 82, 228 



volcanic eruptions, i, 588 

 Peru, volcanos in, i. 581 



— • earthquake of 1746, ii. 156 

 Peruvian tradition of a flood, i. 11 

 Petroleum springs, i. 413 

 Thascolotherium Bucklcmdi, i. 160 

 Pheasants, two species of which breed 



together, ii. 311 

 Phillippi, Dr. A., on gradual change of 



species in Sicily, i. 312 k 



fossil shells of Etna, ii. 6 

 Phillips, Professor, on waste of York- 

 shire coast, i. 510 



heat increasing below earth's 



surface, ii. 205 

 Phlegrsean Pields, volcanos of, i. 608, 



616 

 Pietra Mala, inflammable gas of, i. 18 

 Pigeon, 150 races of domesticated, ii, 



289 



great changes made by man in the, 



ii. 289 



reversion of to Columba Livia when 



crossed, ii. 290 



all domestic races of interbreed, ii. 



305 

 Pigs, powers of swimming of, ii. 356 

 Pikermi, near Athens, fossil mammalia 



of, ii. 482 

 Pimpernels, sterility of crossed varieties 



of, ii. 308 

 Pingol, Dr., on sinking of west coast of 



Greenland, ii. 196 

 Pini on height and size of Monte Nuovo, 



i. 607 



Pitch-lake of Trinidad, i. 414 



Plants, fossil, their bearing on theory of 



progression, i. 148 



of Carboniferous period, i. 224 



— agency of man in dispersing, ii. 397 



animals in distribution of, ii. 



394 



■ absence of boreal, on Madeiran 



mountains, ii. 417 

 cosmopolite character of cryptoga- 



mous, ii. 387 

 with winged seeds, ii. 388 



dispersion of, ii. 386 

 geographical distribution of, ii. 381 

 of Atlantic islands compared to 

 British, ii. 421 





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