414 



INDEX. 



M. 



Macculloch, J., M. D., his account of lignite 



and coal referred to, 301. 

 his " Western Islands" 



referred to, 309. 

 Maddeloni valley, structure of, 351. 

 Madras, tertiary deposit of, noticed, 387, 394. 

 Malachite, small portions of, in the quartz of 



Lawley Hill, and Caer Caradoc, 248. 

 Malm-rock, organic remains in, at Nursted and 



Buriton, 99. 



quantity of calcareous matter in, 107. 



Mammalia, extinct race of, discovered in Bengal, 



393. 

 Manlan-hill, near Wetmasut, composed of grau- 



wacke and transition limestone, 388. 

 Mantel], Gideon, Esq., on the iron-sand forma. 



tion of Sussex, 131. 

 Mantle-form stratification characterized, 350. 

 Marble, Purbeck, 40. 

 univalves in, 40. 



Marl shell, on the origin of, 79. 



skeleton of Cervus Elaphus in, 87. 



statuary, found near Ava, employed for 



making images, 389. 

 Marine deposits near Lake Aral, 394. 

 on the shores of the Mediter- 



Marl near Romsey, Hants, bones of stag, roebuck, 



beaver, pig and ox, in, 89. 

 section of, in Ashley 



Meads, 88. 

 limestone, &c., Mr. Faraday's examination 



of, with a view to animal matter, 95. 

 — of Bakie Loch, organic remains of Crustacea 

 and testacea in, 78. 





- plants in, 



79. 







quadru- 



"■ 



peds in, 77. 





of the Loch of Kinnordy, 86. 





plants in, 89. 





' rock, on the origin of, 81. 





scales of mica frequent in, 87. 





section of, 75. 





seed-vessels of Charge in, 87. 





beds at Benham Marsh, 130. 

 lower, of the lias at Culverhole Point, 



their section, 26. 



their fossils, 22. 



upper, of the lias at Black Ven, their 



section, 23. 

 Marloes : see Trap. 

 Marshall, W. Esq., on carbonate of copper in the 



magnesian limestone at Newton Kyme, 140. 

 Mastodon, bones of, in the valley of the Ira- 



wadi, 379, 380. 



elephantoides, bones of, noticed, 380. 



— description of, 372. 



fossil remains of, found in Asia, 370. 



the Ohio, 



370. 



found near the Irawadi, description of 



two new species of, 369. 

 giganteum compared with M. lati. 



dens, 371. 



latidens, description of, 371. 



teeth of, characteristic of species, 



370 et seq. 

 teeth of, in British Museum, 372. 



Medial or carboniferous rocks, Jamaica, 1 57. 

 Mica, considerable quantity of, in the upper 



strata of the upper lias marls of Lyme Regis, 22. 

 scales of, frequent in the marl of Loch 



Kinnordy, 87. 

 slate found near Ava, 389. 



Micaceous slate and hornstone, Jamaica, 154. 

 Miller, Mr. J. S., on Belemnites, 45. 



the genus Actinocomax, 63. 



Misenum, promontory of, described, 350. 



Modiola, new species, Brora, 366. 



MoUusca, multitudes of shells of freshwater, in 



the strand of the Kennet Peat, 129. 

 Monk's Stone Point: see Coal-measures. 

 Montagna della Guardia, 199. 

 Montagnone, cone of, noticed, 342. 

 Monte Barbaro described, 343, 346, 347. 



Circello, limestone cliffs of, elevated, 351. 



Epomeo, craters of, described, 343. 



