736 
Astartila cytherea, 689. 
intrepida, 689. 
polita, 690. 
transversa, 690. 
Atiu, caverns in, 68. 
level of, 404. 
Atoll, origin of the term, 33. 
see beyond, Coral island. 
Augite on Tahiti, 298. 
in Feejees, 350. 
Australia, effects of the continent, in deter- 
mining the courses of island ranges 
adjacent to, 433. 
extent of, 733. 
trends of bays and mountains in, 424, 
N.S. Wales, see New South Wales, 
Aurora, island of, 67. 
Avicula veneris, 704. 
Balanus fossil, from Oregon, 723. 
Banabe, subsidence at, 400. 
Basalt, masses of, on Rose Island, 309. 
Basaltic conglomerate in Illawarra, 502. 
of Oregon, 653. 
Basaltic dikes, New South Wales, 505. 
baking of the rocks of Nobby, 
by heat of, 511. 
changes in adjoining rocks, from 
heat of, 504, 
Basaltic eruptions, influence of, in New 
South Wales, on animal life, 518. 
Basaltic or high islands, of the Pacific, 
extent of, 25. 
origin of the mineral consti- 
tution of, 372. 
Basaltic rocks of Australia, 495, 513. 
of Chili, 579. 
of Illawarra, 496. 
of Oregon, 640, 645, 669. 
decomposition of, 648. 
Barrier reefs, 33. 
origin of channels within, 123. 
Bay of Islands, New Zealand, 4389, 733. 
Bay-indentations, an evidence of subsi- 
dence, 393, 675, 
Beaches, elevated, in Oregon, 659. 
in Australia, 534. 
INDEX. 
Beach formations from coral sands, 43, 64, 
148. 
ibid, on Oahu, 45, 253. 
ibid. on Kauai, 275, 277. 
Beaumont, Elie de, theory of mountain 
chains, not confirmed, 424, 
Beechey, elevation of Elizabeth Island, 403. 
elevation of Osnaburgh Island, 403. 
height of Ducie’s Island, 403. 
remark on the Gambier Group, 1380. 
soundings near coral islands, 55. 
Belemnite in rocks of Nassau Bay, 604, 
720. 
Beveridge Reef, 407. 
Birgi, on coral islands, 69. 
Birnie’s Island, 69, 407. 
Bischof, G., views of, on volcanic action, 
objected to, 369. 
Bishop, A., on Kilauea in 1825, 185. 
Blow-holes of Koloa, Kauai, 272. 
of Kiama, New South Wales, 496. 
Boiling springs, Feejees, 343. 
Bolabola, notice of, 304. 
reef of, 37. 
Boulders at Wallawalla, Oregon, 674. 
Bowditch Island, 58, 72. 
Buch, L. von, theories of, noticed, 369, 370, 
371. 
trachyte of Teneriffe, 373. 
California, northern, 613. 
rocks of, 630, 638. 
terraces in, 663. 
Callianassa oregonensis, 722. 
Callao, on the vicinity of, 587. 
recent deposits along the coast, 588. 
Canaries, observation on the valleys of, 390. 
Capillary glass, Kilauea, 178, 199, 200. 
Cardinia costata, 692. 
cuneata, 692. 
exilis, 692. 
recta, 691. 
Cardita subtenta, 726. 
Cardium australe, 701. 
ferox, 701. 
Carlshoff, 54, 61, 75. 
Caroline Islands, 410. 
