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CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. 



CHAPTER XXV. 



volcanic district of Naples — continued. 



Dimensions and Structure of the Cone of Vesuvius— Fluidity and Motion of Lava— 

 Ropy Scoriae— Dikes— Hypothesis of Elevation Craters not applicable to Somma 

 and Vesuvius— Sections seen in Valleys on the North Side of Monte Somma— 

 Alluviums called 'Aqueous Lavas '—Origin and Composition of the Matter 

 enveloping Herculaneum and Pompeii— Condition and Contents of the buried 

 Cities— Small Number of Skeletons— State of Preservation of Animal and Vege- 

 table Substances - Rolls of Papyrus— Stabise— Torre del Greco— Concluding 



Remarks on the Campanian Volcanos 



page 620 



LIST OF PLATES. 





Directions to the Binder. 



I 



Frontispiece. View of the Temple of Serapis, at Puzzuoli, 



in 1836 



To face Title-Page 



Plate I. 



Map showing the area in Europe which has been covered by water 

 since the beginning of the Eocene Period . To face Page 



Plate II.— View of Earth-pillars of Kitten, on the Finsterbach, near 



Botzen, Tyrol 



251 



To face Page 336 



Plate III.— Ideal bird's-eye view of the course of the Niagara River from 



Lake Erie to Queenstown, showing the ravine cut by the river 

 between Queenstown and the Falls . . To face Page 358 



Plate IV.— Boulders drifted by ice on shores of the St. 



T To face Page 36o 



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Erratum . 



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