INDEX. 
287 
Deluge, has modified all valleys, 258. 
-proof that it was of short duration, 256. 
-transient, simultaneous, and not remote, 
146. 
-evidence of, at Gibraltar, 148. 
Den of hyaenas at Kirkdale, 19. 
Denmark, Prince of, his account of hyaena at 
Paris, 28. , 
Denudation, diluvial, producing cliffs, 95. 
-proofs of it in Devon, Dorset, and 
midland counties, 235. 
- . — valleys of, on chalk of Dorset, Wilts, 
and Berks, 248. 
-in Devon and Dorset, 199. 
-proof of in Germany, 213. 
--proofs of near Edinburgh, 203. 
-valley of, at the gorge of Rubeland, 
118. 
--near Oxford, subsequent to the in¬ 
troduction of the quartzose pebbles from War¬ 
wickshire, 254. 
--not the only cause of valleys, 258. 
-valley of the Weissent an example 
of it, 133. 
-- posterior to the period when extinct 
species of animals inhabited the caves, 238. 
-— proofs of, on coast of Devon, 244, 
245. 
---, in the Campsey hills, 201. 
-valley of, at the gorge of Rabenstein, 
139. 
--valleys of, round Muggendorf, 125. 
-proofs of, in Devon and Dorset, 235. 
Derbyshire gravel, its character, 195. 
-, bones in lead mines, 62. 
Derdham Down, bones in a cave there, 60. 
Devon coast intersected by valleys of denudation, 
239. 
Devonshire, Duke of, his block of iridescent fel¬ 
spar from the Neva, near Petersburg, 193. 
Diamonds in diluvial gravel, 220. 
Difference of breccia in caves and fissures, 151. 
Diluvial action, evidence of it in all the world, 171. 
- proved by deposits of loam and 
gravel, 185. 
-proofs of it on the continent, 211. 
.-proofs of it in America, 215. 
________ evidence of it in fissures, 150, 151. 
-general proof of it, 207. 
■ ■ waters introduced mud and pebbles, 121. 
-, their action in cave of Gailen- 
reuth, 136. 
-detritus introduced once only, 121. 
Diluvium, definition of, 2. 
-occurs on hills as well as in valleys, 191. 
-character of it in Norfolk, Suffolk, Lin¬ 
colnshire, and Yorkshire, 194. 
-universal in caves, 143. 
-in caves near Kostritz, 167. 
-contains elephants, &c. at Lawford, 176. 
-noticed in the Alps, 221. 
-varies in quality in different places, 70. 
-cliffs of, in Norfolk, Suffolk, and 
Essex, 192. 
-composed of loam, sand, or pebbles, 
144. 
————■ contains bones near the Hartz, 107. 
-exists on summit of the rock of Gibral¬ 
tar, 156. 
-differing from alluvium in Italy, 211. 
-term applied to “ old alluvial covers” 
of Mr. Bald, 187. 
Dillwyn, L. W. Esq. visits cave of Paviland, 82. 
-his account of two cavities with 
human bones, 166. 
Dog, enmity with hyaena, 23. 
Dorchester, Oxon, pebbles from Warwickshire at 
and near it, 252. 
-elephants’ remains, 174, 
Dorset, elephants’ remains near, ibid. 
Dorset coast intersected by valleys of denuda¬ 
tion, 239. 
Dover Straits shallow, and probably of diluvial 
origin, 44. 
