INDEX. 
Elevated coral reefs or islands, 67, 402. 
Elevations of modern eras in the Pacific, 402. 
of Christmas Island, 405. 
among the Feejee Islands and others 
north, 407. 
in the Hervey Group, 404. 
of Jarvis and neighbouring islands, 405. 
among the Kingsmill Group, 409. 
among the Ladrones, 410. 
among islands north of Samoa, 407. 
among the Sandwich Islands, 233, 251, 
408. 
of Tahiti, no evidence of, in coral rock 
on summits, 299. 
among the Tonga Islands, 406. 
of Washington Island, 405. 
in the Pacific, deductions concerning, 
412. 
Elevation theory of von Buch, noticed, 369, 
370. 
Elizabeth Island, elevation of, 403. 
Ellice’s Island, 407. 
Ellis, eruptions near Kapapala, Hawaii, in 
1823, 165, 184. 
Emmons, G. F., Caryophyllia obtained by, 
99. 
account of lake on Tahiti, 293. 
Enderby’s Island, 63, 65, 70, 407. 
Epidote in basaltic and porphyritic rocks of 
Chili, 580, 581. 
at Nassau Bay, 605, 
veins of, in Chili, 565. 
Epochs in geological history, origin of, 436. 
Equisetacea of Australia, 719. 
Eruptions through fissures, 196. 
Eruptions, see Volcanic. 
Kua, island of, 406. 
Eurydesma cordata, 700. 
elliptica, 700. 
globosa, 700. 
sacculus, 700. 
Fakaafo, 58, 54, 72, 407. 
Falls, in New South Wales, 451. 
of the Hanapepe, 264, 
of the Wailuku, near Hilo, 167. 
Fanning’s Island, 405. 
186 
741 
Faults in the coal formation of New South 
Wales, 476. 
in San Lorenzo, 594, 597. 
Feejee Islands, general features of, 337. 
boiling springs of, 3438, 
elevations among, 351, 407, 412, 
414, 
geological structure of, 843. 
view of the island Aiva, 127. 
Whippey Harbour, in Viti Lebu, 
118. 
rivers in, 27, 340, 342. 
reefs of Vanua Lebu and other 
islands, 34, 35, 39, 41, 337. 
thickness of reefs of, 48. 
Feis, island of, 410. 
Feldspathic centres of volcanic mountains, 
204, 364, 368, 372. 
ibid., C. Darwin on, 374. 
ibid., von Buch on, 373. 
rocks of Maui, 2381, 733. 
of Mount Kea, 214. 
of Mount Loa, 207. 
of Oahu, 238, 250, 733. 
of Tahiti, 294, 296. 
graduating into basaltic, New 
South Wales, 498. 
of Borabora, 304. 
Fiords of Northwest America, 675. 
evidence from, of subsidence, 676. 
Fish, fossil, from Australia, 482, 681. 
from Oregon, 722. 
Fissures, origin of, 195, 196, 217, 224, 436, 
general laws respecting, 416, 
general characters of, 281, 415. 
in the coal formation, New South 
Wales, 77, 480. 
in the Sydney sandstone, 467, 525. 
in the Wollongong rocks, 487, 489. 
in stratified rocks of San Lorenzo, 595. 
Fissure eruptions, Mount Loa, 196. 
Fitton, trends in Australia, 424. 
Fitzroy, temperature of the sea near the 
Galapagos, 135. 
Flames during volcanic action, 184. 
Floating vegetation of certain lakes, 521, 
522, 541, 
