Index. 



397 



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Vegetable tissue, clecomposisioii 



of 268, 369 



evolved products of. . 269, 



270, 274—281 

 residual products of 269 -274 

 Vegetation, see Flora. 



Velocity of meteorites 299 



Venus, atmosphere of 888, 389 



disk-markings on. . . 389, 390 

 transit of in 1882. . .384—390 



Vesuvianite 5, 11, 18 



Vieque. W. I., 119, 122, 124, 185, 188 



Viri-in Gorda, W. 1 185, 186 



Virgin Islands. . .117— 124, 185—192 



Vivianite 16 



Volcanic rocks, comparison of 



with meteorites 307—810 



Volcanic rocks of the West 

 Indies 186, 187, 192 



Wad 17 



Washingtonite 4, 10, 17 



Water-lime group 250 



Wavellite 7, 18, 16 



Waverlejf shales 360 



Wenlock beds 149, 151, 153 



Wernerite 12, 18 



West Indies, geology of, 



117—121, 186—192 

 land-shells of. . .119, 121—124 



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West Indies, physical geogra- 

 phy of 117—121, 124—126 



plants of 120, 121 



rocks of 119, 186—192 



Western New York, ancient 



drainage of 263—266 



drift-deposits of 251—262 



elevations in 265 



lake-basins of... 251, 258, 260 

 Palaeozoic rocks of. .249 — 255 



Willemite 12, 16 



Wilherite 16 



Wollastonite .12, 16 



Wollongonite 364 



Wolframite 8, 13, 17 



Wulfenite 8, 18, 17 



Yucatan, birds of, 245—248, 287, 288 



Zeolites 45 



Zinc desilverization 81 — 113 



Brodie's method, 99, 100, 103 

 Faber du Faur's method, 



99, 103—108, 113 



Flack's method 95, 99 



Zincite 17 



Zircon 5, 11, 18 



Zoisite 5, 11, 18 



Zoozanthellse 860 



ADDENDA TO INDEX. 



Albertite 280 



Algae, as sources of carbona- 

 ceous deposits 285 



Asphalt 270, 279, 280 



Asphaltic coals 270, 280, 281 



Centre of glaciation in Western 



New York 258—260 



Clinton group 250, 255, 256 



Coals, varieties of 272, 273 



Diamond, origin of 281 



Dopplerite 281, 282 



Genesee slates 251, 261 



Graharaite 280 



Graphite, origin of 270, 272, 



273, 274, 281, 304 



Hamilton group.. 251, 261, 276, 278 



Huron shale 276 



Jet 281, 282 



Medina sandstone 249, 250, 



255, 256, 261 



Niagara group . . .250—256, 278, 284 



Ontario basin, ancient drainage 



of 263—266 



Ozokerite 279 



ParafHne. .'. 278, 279 



Peat 253, 271, 272 



Petroleums, differences in, 278, 279 



oxydation of 279, 280 



Portage group 251, 261 



Salina group 250 — 255 



