INDEX. 
Plutonic intrusions, effects of, 
27, 28, 29 
Pocilliporite in sandstone, 23 
Porcelain earth, 138 
Porphyry, 13, 22 
Postdiluvial sea level, 107, 110. 
439 
Premature nestling, 367 
Prevailing winds, 152 
Progressive development, 70 
Purre, 298, 309 
Quadrupeds, black varieties, 192, 
195 
Quadrupeds, white varieties,194, 
195, 302 
Quail, 225 
Quartz, 42 
Rabbit, bones of, (fossil) 89, 
438 
Radiata, 265 
Radiata, rarer of Cornwall, 267. 
269, 271 
Raised beaches, 114 
Red ant, 168 
Red-tailed warbler, 205, 307 
Reed Warbler, 307 
References to the Plates, 429 
Refraction, cases of, 197 
Return of Spring, 425 
Rhinoceros, bones of, (fossil) 
89, 438, 439 
Ribbon jasper, 26, 32 
Ringed Plover, 324 
Ring Ouzel, 297 
Rivers, 143, 294 
Rivers, beauty of, 10 
Rivers, dark colour of, 144 
Rivers, force of at their mouths, 
133 
Rivers, once larger, 124 
Rivers, their retreat in modern 
times, 128 
Rivers, their sudden swelling, 
144 
Rocks, junctions of the various 
kinds, 31 
Roman Galley discovered, 116 
Roman remains, 109 
449 
Roze ouzel, 219, 307 
Ruff, 310 
Salmon, migrations of, 239 
Salt spray, a blight? 161 
Sand-martins, 348 
Scenery, enjoyment of, 2 
Scenery, threefold, 1 
Schist rocks, disintegration of, 
139 
Schist tracts, character of, 147 
Schorl, 21 
Scrofula, 176 
Sea coast, scenery of, 11 
Sea Eagle, 300 
Sea, great force of, 134 
Sea, ingress of, 113 
Sea, its level once much below 
the present, 110 
Seasons altered ? 159 
Sea urchin, destruction of, 407 
Sea views, effects of on the mind, 
ll 
Serpentine, 21, 22 
Shag rock, 122 
Sheep, bones of, (fossil) 438 
Shells in raised beaches, 114 
Shells, limits observed by, 315 
Shells of slate rock, (fossil) 44, 
432 
Shelter, advised in planting, 20 
Short-eared Owl, 300 
Situation, advantages of our,285 
Slapton Ley, 148 
Slapton Ley, visitors of, 310 
Slate, altered dip of, 28 
Slate as a building stone, 41 
Slate at Crabtree, 37 
Slate, bent and waved, 37 
Slate described, 33 
Slate, fossiliferous, 42 
Slate, fossils of, 42, 429 
Slate hills, direction of their 
lamine, 36, 72 
Slate, junctions of its kinds, 35 
Slate of Cann Quarry, 42 
Slow-worm, destruction of, 407 
Slugs, winter sleep of, 401 
smut, 168 
Smut, method of cure, 168 
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