INDEX. 



Cairo, green sand containing shells at, 211 



Calabria, recent tertiary strata of, 22 



cfl'ects of the earthquake of 1783, 



142,319 

 Calais, ripple marks formed by the winds 



on the dunes near see wood-cut No. 



36, 176 

 Calanna, lava of Etna turned from its 



course by the hill of see wood-cut No. 



18, 86 



description of the valley of, 85, 91 



Calcaire grossier, alternation of the Plastic 



clay and, 244 



number of fossil shells of the, 245 



abundance of cerithia in the, 245 



. alternates with fresh-water limestone 



at Triel, 246 

 manner in which it was deposited, 



246 



in part destroyed when the upper 



marine strata were formed, 248 



. abundance of microscopic shells in 

 the, 250 



Palseotherium and fresh-water shells 



in, 252 



Calcaire siliceux of the Paris basin, 246 



alternates with calcaire grossier at 



Triel, 246 



how formed, 246 



Calcareous grit and peperino, sections of 



see diagrams Nos. 9 and 10, 72 

 Caltagirone, blue shelly marl of, 66, 67 



- fossil shells from see list, Appen- 

 dix II., 55 



Caltanisetta, dip of the tertiary strata at, 

 74 



list of fossil shells from. Appen- 

 dix II., 54 



Cambridgeshire, great line of chalk escarp- 

 ment from, to Dorsetshire, 315 



Campagna di Roma, age of the volcanic 

 rocks of the, 183 



Campania, tertiary formation of, 118 



comparison of recorded changes in, 



with those commemorated by geological 

 monuments, 118 



age of the volcanic and associated 



rocks of, 1-26 



external configuration of the country 



how caused, 127 



affords no signs of diluvial waves, 



128 



Canadian lakes, changes which would take 

 place in the Gulf of St. Lawrence if 

 they were filled up, 28 



(,'antal, fresh-water formations of, 236 



fresh-water limestone and flints re- 

 sembling chalk in the, 237 



proof's of the gradual deposition of 



marl in the, 239 



Cape \Vrath, granite veins of see wood- 

 cuts Nos. 85 and 86, 354 



Capitol, hill of the, a deposit of calcareous 



tufa found on the, 138 

 Capo Santa Croce, shelly limestone resting 



on lava at, 68 

 Capra, flowing of the lavas of 1811 and 



1819 round the rock of see wood-cut 



No. 21, 92 



traversed by dikes, 92 



Carboniferous series, 32G 



Carcare, tertiary strata of see wood-cut 



No. 55, 207, 222 



fossil shells of, 211 



Cardona, rock salt of, its relative age, 333 

 Casamicciol, shells found in stratified tuff 



at, 126 



Caspian Sea, level of the, 29, 271 

 Castell de Stolles, ravine excavated in lava 



opposite the, 189 

 Castell Follitt, extent of the lava stream of 



see map, wood-cut No. 43, 184 

 section of lava cut through by river 



at see wood-cut No. 46, 189, 190 

 Castello d'Aci, 81 

 Castrogiovanni, section of theVal di Noto 



series at see diagram No. 5, 64 



hill of, its height, 66 



capped by the Val di Noto lime- 

 stone, 66 



fossil fish found in gypseous marls 



at, 67 



list of fossil shells from Appendix 



II., 55 



Castelgomberto, fossil shells of see Table, 

 Appendix I. 



Catalonia, volcanic district of, 183 



extent of the volcanic region of see 



map, wood-cut No. 43, 184 



volcanic cones and lavas of (see 



Frontispiece), 185 



ravines, excavated through lava in, 



188,189 



age of the volcanos of, 191 



superposition of rocks in the vol- 

 canic district of see wood-cut No. 47, 

 192 



Catania, volcanic conglomerates forming 

 on the beach at, 73 



plain of, 75, 76 



marine formation near, 78 



Catastrophes, remarks on theories respect- 

 ing, 6, 33 



Catclif!', Little, section of part of, showing 

 the inclination of the layers in opposite 

 directions see wood-cut No. 33, 175 



Cavalaccio, Monte, shells procured from 

 the tufl's of, 79 



Caves in Sicily, osseous breccias found in. 

 139 



perforated in the interior by litho- 



domi, 140, 141 



Australian, bones of marsupial ani- 

 mals in, 143 



