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INDEX. 
sigillana ia liis coal mines of at Else- 
car, i. 470. 
Fleming, Ur., on structure of internal 
shell of sepia, ii. 68 ; his observa- 
tions on fishes in old red sandstone, 
i. 277. 
Flints, origin of, i. 90. 
Flucan, beneficial efifects of in mining, 
i. 546. 
Fluidity, original, theory of, i. 40. 
Footsteps, fossil, near Dumfries, i. 259 ; 
preservation of explained, i. 260 ; on 
red sand stone at llessberg, i. 263 ; 
value of their evidence, i. 262 ; re- 
flections on, i. 263 ; on oolite, near 
Uath.'probably of crustaceans, i. 260; 
recent, of testudo grreca, i. 261. 
Foraminifers, species of found by Count 
Munster, and Mr. Lonsdale, ii. 64. 
Forest, subterranean, remains of in 
Portland, i. 495, 496. 
Formations, geological, number and 
thickness of, i. 37. 
Forster, Mr. , his .section from N ewcastle 
to Cross Fell , i . 64 ; on quantity of iron 
annually made in England and 
kVales, i. 530. 
Vo.v.Mr.ll. W., on the utility of faults 
that intersect metallic veins, i. 546; 
on electro-magnetic properties of mi- 
neral veins, i. &2, and vol. ii. p. 1 08 ; 
on electro-magnetic action in mine- 
ral veins, ii. 107 — 109. 
Freshwater, deposits from, in tertiary 
strata, i. 79. 
Fries, on propagation of fungi, i. 447. 
Fucoids, remains of in transition strata, 
i. 63, 452. 
Fulham, Artesian wells at, i. 564. 
Fusion, earliest state of the materials of 
the globe, i. 55. 
G A i.Li Dis, skeletons of, at G uadaloupe, 
i. 104. 
Ganoidian, order of fishes, i. 269. 
Genesis, ungrounded fear of inconsist- 
ence with, i. 11; interpretation of 
Chap. I. consistent with geological 
discoveries, i. 21 ; text of, reconcila- 
ble with geology, i. 33. 
Geology, extent of province of, i. 5 ; 
why but lately established on induc- 
tion, i. 6 ; sciencesauxiliarytoit,i. 7 ; 
ils discoveries consistent with revela- 
tion, i. 8 ; religious application of, i, 
592 ; subserviency of to natural theo- 
logy, 593 ; proofs from, of the e.xistence 
and attributes of a Deity, i. 594. 
Georgensgemiind, fossil mammalia dis- 
covered at, i. 91. 
Gerard, Dr., his discovery of ammonites, 
&C. in the Himmalaya, i. 335. 
Claris, turtle in slala of, i. 257 ; fossil 
fishes at, i. 266, 273. 
Gleig, Bishop, his interpretation of 
Mosaic cosmogony, i. 28 — 30. 
Globe, successive changes in surface 
of, i. 1 1 ; influence of animal remains 
ui)on, i. 445 ; succession of physical 
forces which have modified its sur- 
face, i. 581. 
Golden Cap Hill, belemnites at base 
of, i. 377. 
Goldfuss, Professor, pterodactyles de- 
scribed by, i, 224, 228, 229; selec- 
tions of the structure of encrinites 
from works of, 426 ; his illustrations 
of cehinidans and stelleridans, i. 415. 
Graham Island, rise and destruction 
of, ii. 8. 
Grampus, size and character of, i. 217. 
Granite, recent elevation of, in Pyre- 
nees and Chili, i. 549; probable 
igneous origin of, ii. 3 ; intersecting 
and overlying cretaceous formations, 
ii. 5 ; older intersected by newer, ii. 
4 ; elevation of during tertiary period, 
ii. 4 ; fragments of, inclosed in lava, 
ii. 7. 
Gravatt, Mr., his experiments in diving, 
i. 180. 
Graveneire, stream of lava issuing from 
granite at, ii. 8. 
Greenock, Lord, his discovery of fishes 
near Leith, i. 278 ; his discovery of 
petrified intestines of a fish in coal, 
near Edinburgh, i. 199. 
Greenstone, veins and overlying masses 
of, ii. 5. 
Grenville, Lord, cycas in conservatory 
of, i. 493. 
Guadaloupe, human skeletons in sand- 
bank at, i. 104. 
Gyrodus, palatal teeth of, i. 281. 
Hall, Sir James, his experiments on 
crystallization under pressure, i. 41. 
Ualstadt, orthoceratite, found in oolite 
at, i. 363. 
Hamite, character and locality of, i . 367. 
Harlan, Dr., on fossil fucoids in North 
America, i. 452. 
Harwich, fossil emys at, i. 258. 
Haiiy, his theological inference from 
the conslruction of simple minerals, 
i. 576. 
Hawkins, Mr., his memoirs of ichthy- 
osauri and plesiosauri, i. 170 ; plesi- 
osauras discovered by, i. 204. 
Heat, influence of, in causing eleva- 
