934 



GENERAL INDEX. 



Megaloni/x, 169. 

 Megalosaurus, 421. 

 Megatherium, 107. 

 Mellite, 704. 

 Mercury, 869. 

 Metals, 868. 

 Metalliferous veins, 866. 



of Crich Hill, 6S2. 



Mendip Hills, 522. 



Metamorphic rocks, 206. 



Metamorphism of strata, 863. 



Meteorolites, 50, 472. 



Mexico, volcanoes of, 835. 



Mica schist, 206, 843. 



Microscopic examination of fossil wood, 



698. 

 * coal, 



700. 

 Miller, Hugh, Mr., on transmutation of 



iron, 871. 



the Eurypterus, 



Mountain limestone of Northumberland, 



680. 

 Montgomery, James, Mr., on Coral 



Islands, 633. 

 Murchison, Sir R., on the geology of 



Cornwall, 754. 



Auriferous al- 



760. 



772. 



elevation, 



of England, &c, 773. 



stone, 755. 



the Clent Hills, 



parallelism of 



-First Impressions 

 1. 

 Old Red Sand- 



-Salt deposits, 539. 



Millstone grit, 662, 677. 



Mineralogy, 843. 



■ Mr. Dana's system of, 843. 



Mineral oil, 708. 



composition of rocks, 194. 



Miocene formations, 216, 220, 223. 



Moa, of New Zealand, 129. 



eggs of, 923. 



Mollusca, 217. 



Molluskite, 402. 



Monads, 608. 



Monkeys, fossil, 258. 



Mont Dore, 271. 



Monte Nuovo, formation of, 109, 811. 



Bolca, 252. 



Mississippi, delta of, 58. 



Mitchell, Sir Thos., fossil wood by, 711. 



Morris, Mr., catalogue of British fossils 

 by, 149. 



■ on the fossil flora of Aus- 

 tralia, 714. 



mammalia, 149. 



- the oolite of Collyweston, 



518. 



Mosasaurus, 311. 

 Mount Etna, 827. 



Hecla, 98. 



Washington, 10. 



Mountains, relative ages of, S76. 



height of, 36. 



Mountain limestone, 662, 678. 

 of Derbyshire, 681. 



luvia of Russia, 870. 



waters, 453. 



system, 754. 



Hills, 801. 



Brora, 519. 



system, 766. 



tains, 154, 781, 865. 

 Muschelkalk, 534, 537. 

 Mussel-bind, 605. 

 Mylodon, 168. 



- the Cheltenham 

 • Devonian 

 ■ Longmynd 



- Oolite of 



- Silurian 



- Ural moun- 



N. 



Napoleonite, 862. 



Naphtha, 703. 



Nature of coal, 699. 



Nautili, 246, 333. 



Nebular Theory, 41, 471. 



Nervous system, 593. 



Newfoundland, rising from the sea, 923. 



Newhaven, tertiary strata at, 115. 



New Red, or Triassic formation, 203, 



534. 

 New Zealand, Apteryx of, 128. 



boiling streams of, 98. 



fauna of, 893. 



extinct birds of, 129, 823. 



geology of, 799. 



Moa, 129, 823. 



Nicol, Mr., on the geology of Scotland, 



518. 

 Nile, deposits of, 60. 

 Noggerathia, 726. 

 Northampton, Marquess of, fossils bv 



302, 325, 528. 

 Northwich, salt springs of, 538. 

 Nova Scotia, coal strata of, 674. 

 Nummulites, 247. 



O. 



Ocean, geological effects of, 67. 



extent of, 33, 895. 



CEningen fossil Fox, 263. 



Old Red or Devonian System, 20^, 751, 

 Oolite/general view of, 202, 4!H, 492 



fossils of, 524. 



fishes of, 529. 



Oolite, reptiles of, 530. 

 Ophidians, fossil, 579. 

 Organ-pipe coral, 619. 



