INDEX. 



781 



Eruption of Monte Rosa, 655. 



Eruptions containing fish, 660; air jooisoned 

 by, 661. 



Escargot, ganlen-snail [Hdlx aspersa], en- 

 graving of, 159. 



Esquimaux, hardihood of, 680; young, en- 

 graving of, 680. 



Exhalations of flowers, 491. 



Extracting milk from the cow-tree [Galacto- 

 dendron. utile), engraving of, 455. 



Eye of insects, 120; of the Ichthyosaurus, 

 690. 



F. 



Fable about the mastodon, 613; Cyclopean 

 rocks, 641; Kobolds, 694. 



Fauna of secondary epoch,585; tertiary epoch, 

 599. 



Fecula, abundance of, in cellular tissue of 

 plants; 370. 



Fecundation of plants, 492. 



Fingal's Cave, engraving of entrance to, 665. 



Fish, showers of, 347. 



Fishing for coral in the Mediterranean, en- 

 graving of, 69. 



Flamingo, nest of, 293; red [Phcenicopterus 

 ruber), and nest of, engraving, 295. 



Flies (Diptera) with rudimentary wings, 99; 

 wingless in wool of sheep, 99 ; 



Flint, 57 ; contains remains of sponges, 61 ; 

 connection with sponge, 61; 



Floral calendar, description of, 364; hours at 

 which they open, 365; clock, descrij^tion of, 

 365, note; ajiparatus, component parts of, 

 388. 



Flower, the, 387; difficulty of describing, 387; 

 protected by a spathe, engraving of, 393; 

 great consumption of, in France for per- 

 fumes, 439, note; Victoria regia, 483 ; 

 Kafflesia and i^oison-tree or upas of Java, 

 engraving of, 487 ; of the Asclepiadaceas 

 and OrchidaceEe, 500. 



Fly, Domestic, swarms of, in Upper Egj'pt, 

 107 ; voracity of offspring of, 130. 



Fondia eri/throps, nest of, 305. 



Fontenelle recommends study of facts, 7- 



Foot, Prehensile, of male Dytiscus, engrav- 

 of, 118. 



Foraminifera, chalk formations composed of, 

 89; engraving of, 90; enormous quantity in 

 single ounce of sea-sand, 90, note. 



Forests, insect ravages of, 216; of mangroves, 

 engraving of, 511 ; various aspects of, 520; 

 of palm-trees on the banks of tlie Nile, en- 

 graving of, 521; virgin, impenetrability of, 

 527. 



Forficula auricidaria, adult, nymph, and 

 larva, engraving of, 146. 



Forster and Pcron on madrepore reefs and 

 islands, 75. 



Fossil-meal, 32; ammonites, engraving of, 

 42; shells of secondary period, engrav- 

 ing of, 595; tertiary period, engraving of, 

 603; man, supposed remains of, 611. 



Fossils, 617; their variety, 617, 618; long 

 supposed to be freaks of nature, 620; 

 Eutfon's opinion, 621 ; various theories 

 regarding, 620, 621. 



Frogs, showers of, 345. 



Fuci, root of, represents a sort of cramping- 

 iron, 377. 



Fucus, Swimming, or Sargassum {Facus hac- 

 ciferus), engraving of, 63. 



Fungi, strange growth of, 715. 



Fungus which grows on neck of caterpillar, 

 716; engraving of, 717. 



G. 



Gall and Camper on anatomical signs of intel- 

 lect, 151. 



Gall insects, maternal devotion of, 161. 



Gaseous vapours, disengagement of, from 

 plants, 44G. 



Geckoes, destruction of young of mason-bee 

 by, 214; extreme agility of, 214, note. 



Geer, Baron, on Reduvivs personatus, 156. 



Geese, "Wild, migrations of, 314; catching of, 

 by Egyptians, engraving, 315; appoint sen- 

 tinels, 315; carried to market, engraving 

 of, 316. 



Generation, Spontaneous, in plants, M. Trecul 

 on, 370. 



Geology, sketch of, 570. 



Germany, scenes in coniferous woods of, 216. 



Germination, phenomena of, .510; of pri- 

 mary epoch, 573; transition period, 575; 

 secondary epocli, 585 : tertiary epoch, 596; 

 quaternary period, G04; of Arundo indica, 

 engraving, 513. 



Gej'sers of Iceland, Qi'io ; watery eruption of, 

 6C5 ; engraving of, 664. 



Giants, field of, 623; supposed remains of, 

 623, note. 



Gigantology almost a special science, 623, 

 note. 



Glacial period, i>henomena of, 607. 



Glaciers and eternal snows, 667 ; in the Bay 

 of the Magdalen in Spitzbergen, engraving 

 of, 673 ; movement of, established by 

 Agassiz, 675. 



Gtadiolus TernicoJor, changes in crtroUa of, 

 4S6. 



Gleaner bird of Australia (Tohijalla Ln- 

 tlinini), 258; engraving of, 255. 



Gleditsch, fecundation of plants proved by, 

 407. 



Globe, theory of formation of, 560. 



Glowworm [Lomjniris noctiltice(), luminosity 

 of, 132; male and female, engraving of, 

 132. 



