INDEX. 



589 



Snowy vole, 30, 32. 



Sodertelge, buried hut at, 474. 



Solent, the, formerly a land- valley, 341. 



Solway Firth, raised-beaches of, 418 ; 

 submarine peat of, 431. 



Somme (Department), peat of, 480. 



„ valley, loss of, 153 ; peat in, 480. 



Sonnaz, interglacial lignite of, 303. 



Sordelli on plants in deposits of Val 

 Borlezza, 305 ; on plants of Leffe lig- 

 nite, 309. 



Sorde, rock-shelter of, 552. 



Sound of Jura, raised-beaches of, 418. 



Southampton Water, formerly a land-val- 

 ley, 341. 



Southern Europe, caves of, 112 ; physical 

 conditions of, in postglacial times, 533. 



Southern mammals of Pleistocene, 32. 



South Wales, glaciation of, 193. 



" Sowbacks " of till, 182. 



Spermophilus citillus, 30; S. altaicus, 

 62. 



Spezia, cave near, 114. 



Sphagnum, 493 ; & cymbifolium, 299. 



Spiennes, Palaeolithic implements under 

 loss near, 155. 



Spindle-tree, 47, 50, 53. {See also 

 Euonymus). 



Spitzbergen, postglacial deposits of, 496 ; 

 plants of, 508 ; connection of, with 

 Europe in postglacial times, 521. 



Spotted hyama, 27, 32. 



Spruce fir, 54, 494. 



Squirrel, 107, 510. 



Stache cited, 150. 



Stag. {See Ked-deer.) 



Stalagmite, composition and origin of, 79 ; 

 rate of accretion of, 79, 80, 83 ; in 

 Kent's Cave, 81, 91, 92 ; impurities in, 



84 ; sheets of, broken up and removed, 



85 ; in Brixham Cave, 86. 

 Stanley, Hon. W., mammoth remains in 



peat at Holyhead, 457. 



Stannergate, Dundee, buried land-surface 

 at, 390. 



Stanniferous gravels, 438, 442. 



Starling, 373. 



Steele cited, 531. 



Steenstbup cited, 346 ; on kitchen- 

 middens, 366 ; on Danish peat, 485 ; 

 on rate of growth of peat in Denmark, 

 491. 



Stefani cited, 345 ; on marine deposits 

 of glacial age in Italy, 355. 



Steinbach, lignite of, 152. 



Steppes, black earth of, 157 ; inundation 

 of, in Glacial Period, 240. 



Stoat, 31, 32. 



Stone Age, 6. 



Stopanni on moraines of Val d'Arni, 213; 

 on glacial lake of Val Borlezza, 304 ; 

 of lake deposits at Leffe, 310 ; on Plio- 

 cene glaciers, 324. 



Stork, 373. 



Stoss-seite, 177. 



Straits of Dover, 339, 341. 



Strandlinier of Norway, 271. 



Strathcluony, successive buried forests in 

 peat of, 421. 



Stream-tin gravels, 227. 



Striated rock-surfaces, 176. 



Striated shells in till, 277. 



Striated stones, 180. 



Striped hyaena, 27, 32. 



Studiati cited, 65. 



Sturgeon, 480. 



Stuttgardt, tufas near, 53. 



Subglacial rivers, etc. , 239. 



Submarine plateau of 100 fathoms, 339. 



Submarine trees and peat of Scotland, 

 385, 390, 399, 403 ; of England, 430- 

 453 ; of Ireland, 458 ; of Scania, 473- 

 475 ; of Denmark, Holstein, Hanover, 

 and Prussian coasts of Baltic, 476 ; of 

 the Elbe, 477 ; of Holland and East 

 Friesland, 477 ; of Flanders, 479 ; of 

 French coasts of Channel, 480. 



Submarine trough off southern coast of 

 Sweden and Norway, 515. 



Submergence, of British area during last 

 interglacial epoch, 266 ; in late glacial 

 times, 355 ; connection between, and 

 humidity of climate, 452 ; postglacial, 

 of Scandinavia, 465, 472 ; of Channel 

 area in postglacial and recent period, 

 481 ; postglacial, 525. 



Succinea, 449 ; species of, in La Celle 

 tufa, 57 ; in diluvium gris of Paris, 

 59 ; in Canstadt tufa, 59 ; in Wiirz- 

 burg loss, 61 ; at Thiede, 148 ; in 

 Steinbach loss, 152 ; in Belgian loss, 

 155 ; in Potsdam interglacial sands, 

 280 ; in Swiss interglacial beds, 302. 



Sulzer cited, 172. 



Sunderland, submarine forest near, 431. 



Sus scrofaferus and palustr is, 494. 



Swan, 373, 494. 



Sweden, glaciation of, 195 ; interglacial 

 beds of, 270 ; postglacial shell-beds of, 

 465, 468 ; unfossiliferous postglacial 

 sands of, 472 ; submarine peat and 

 raised-beaches of, 473 ; arctic-alpine 

 plants below peat of, 491 ; postglacial 

 changes in Southern, 505. 



Switzerland, caves of, 112 ; glaciation of, 

 207 ; interglacial deposits of, 297 ; 

 lake- dwellings of, 369 ; arctic-alpine 

 flora of, 495. 



Sycamore, 50, 51, 53. 



Symonds, Eev. W. S., cited, 220. 



Tagus valley, implements in Miocene and 



Pliocene of, 345. 

 Tailless hare or pika, 30, 32, 42, 113, 



147, 149. 



