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INDEX 



Sigsbee, C. D., 169, 172, 173, 178 ; gravi- 

 tating- trap, 184-85. 



Sillern, Wm M 161. 



Simpkins, John, 73. 



Skeats, E. W., 341. 



Society Ids., 359, 362-63; formation, 

 376-77. 



Sollas, J. W., 342, 368. 



Stevenson, R. L., 360. 



Sultan of Maldives, 385, 386, 387, 393, 

 395. 



Suva, first mention of, 324. 



Tahaa, 362. 



Tahanea, 361. 



Tahiti, 359. 



Tainaya mines, 134-35. 



Tanner, Z. L., 244, 251, 252, 262, 264, 

 312. 



Tetiaroa, 377. 



Thayer, Nathaniel, 37. 



Thombia, 339, 340. 



Thomson, W., 322. 



Thomson, Wm, Lord Kelvin, 172, 

 173. 



Thomson, SirWyville, 98, 121, 125; in- 

 vites Agassiz to distribute Challenger 

 collections, 157 ; 158, 167, 175, 176, 

 181, 185, 193 ; death, 204. 



Thurston, Sir John, 325. 



Titicaca, Lake ; Agassiz's exploration 

 of, 142-49. 



Tonga, 365-66 ; formation, 377. 



Torell, O. M., 165, 166. 



Tornaria, 115. 



Tortugas, 280, 281, 307. 



Totoya, 326, 339, 340, 367. 



Townsend, C. H., 251, 257, 258, 348. 

 Truk, 372, 377, 431, 432. 



Uxmal, 200, 201, 202. 



Vaillant, J. B. P., 111. 

 Victoria Nyanza, 442, 443. 

 Virchow, Rudolph, 104, 412. 

 Virginia, the, expedition of, 438-40. 

 Viviparous " Perch," 27. 



Wailangilala ; Agassiz's boring at, 330- 



31, 333; 335,338. 

 Wallace, A. R., 98, 417. 

 Warren, Wm., 17. 

 Watling's Island; landing of Columbus, 



290. 

 Weismann, Aug., 229. 

 Wendell, Barrett, vi. 

 West, P. C. F., 402. 

 Westergren, Magnus, 244, 250, 251, 253, 



346, 381, 409, 421, 423. 

 Whales' ear-bones, 351, 425, 426, 427. 

 Wharton, Sir W. J. L., 317, 318, 322. 

 Whitman, C. O., 208. 

 Wild Duck, the, 288 ; voyage of, 289- 



95. 

 Wilkes, Chas., 276, 326, 332; bench 



mark at Point Venus, 378. 

 Wire rope for dredging, 169, 173-75. 

 Woodworth, W. McM., 312, 314, 333, 



334, 335, 345, 361, 365, 371,384,442. 

 Wyman, Jeffries, 6, 16. 



Yangasa, 366. 

 Yaralla, the, 322. 

 Yucatan, 194-203. 



