INDEX. 



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Batrachian animals, notice of the tracks of, 329. 



Bay of Chaleur, structure of part of the coast, 

 102. 



Bayfield, Capt. R.N., notes on the geology of 

 the north coast of the St. Lawrence, 89. 



notice of an Orraoceras 



found by, 706. 



Beauport near Quebec, notice of beds containing 

 recent marine shells at, 96. 



. water of the St. Law- 

 rence perfectly fresh thirty miles below Beau- 

 port, 96 note. 



Beck, Dr., observations of, respecting the Faxoe 

 fossils, 250 and note. 



Beech, account of a piece of, partly petrified by 

 carbonate of lime, 207, 209. 



further notice of, 213. 



observations on, by Mr. R. Brown, 213. 



Belfast Lough, remarks on the petrified calcareous 

 nuts of, 210. 



Bell, Dr. Charles, geological notes by, on part of 

 Mazunderan, 577. 



Belstead, section of well at, 380. 



Bentley Hall, section of well at, 381. 



Berkswell, description of a variety of red sand- 

 stone at, 348. 



Bermuda, or Main Island, description of, 107. 



Bermudas, on the geology of the, 103. 



— form of the group and number of 



islets, 103. 



highest point above the level of the 



sea, 104. 



■ composed of calcareous rocks, 104. 



-— strata generally saddle-shaped, 104. 



bottom of the basin consists of cal- 

 careous sand and chalky ground, 104. 



soundings outside the reef not so 



rapid as in the Pacific coral reefs, 105. 



geological details of the principal 



islands, 106 et seq. 



account of caverns, 108, 112, 118. 



• alluvial deposits, confined to marshes. 



108. 



encroachments of land on sea, 109. 



sea on land, 109. 



sand, 109. 



Bermudas, organics, account of. 111, 115. 



chalk, or chalky ground of, derived 



from decayed Zoophytes, 114. 



reefs, sketches of, 116. 



diluvial agency, external evidences of. 



117. 



internal evidences of, 



118. 



description of the pinnacles in the. 



120. 



water, depth of wells, 120. 



building materials, 121. 



concluding remarks, 121. 



Berry Head, description of a section from, to 

 Start Point, 659. 



limestone, belongs to the highest 



strata of the older formations on the south- 

 east of Dartmoor, 650. 



■ ■ notices of, 652. 



Bideford, account of the culm bands near, 680. 

 of the plants 



associated with, 681. 

 Bideford Bay, description of a raised beach in, 



279, 287. 

 Bircham Hill, old red forced up through the 



limestone at, 197. 

 Birds, on fossil bones of, discovered in the strata 



of Tilgate Forest, 175. 

 BischofF, Professor, remarks on his theory of 



volcanos, 608 note, 609 note. 

 Bishop's Hill, section at, 382. 

 Blakenham magna, section of well at, 379. 



parva, section of well at, 379. 



Blackpots, notice of superficial deposits contain- 

 ing fossils from the lias, and recent shells 



found at, 146. 

 Black-rock, Cork, list of fossils found in the, 



21. 

 Blankenese Point, notice of the cliffs from, to 



Schulau, 244. 

 Blue Wick, section of the lower carboniferous 



series at, 237. 



inferior oolite, 237. 



Boase, Dr., reference to his observations on 



joints in the granite of Cornwall, 685. 

 Bognor Rocks, list of fossils found in, 262. 

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