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Show IN])EX. De Ia Beebe, M., on the drifting of the lightet· parts of plants to sea by hurricanes, 244. -- his remarks on the subsidence at Port Royal, 269. --on the coral formations of theW est Indian seas, 291. -- on the alternation of coral and lava in the Iole of :France, 295. Delametherie, SJ>eculative views of, 11. Delille, wheat found in the Egyptian tomus uy, 31. -- on the native country of the common wheat, 31. Delta of the Ganges, alternations of m.arine and fresh-water strata formed m the, 277. -- of the Indus, recent elevation and depression of the, 277. -- of the Rhone, cannon inclosed in calcareous 1·ock taken up from the, 262. De Luc on the conversion of forests into · peat mosses, 214. Denudation caused by rain, 19!). Desert of Africa, its area as compared to that of the Mediterranean, 166. Desjardin, M., bones of the dodo found fossil under lava by, 151. · Dikes numerous in the Val del Bove, Etna, 303. . Disappointment Islands, connected with Duff's group uy coral reefs, 295. Dislocations of stt·ata, ancient and modern, remarks on, 195. Distribution of species, effect of changes in )>hysical geography on the, WO. -- effect of changes in climate on, HJ9. Dodo, on the recent extinction of the, 150. Dog, varieties of the, 26. --it~ distinctness from the wolf, 27. --hybrids between the wolf and, 51. Dogs, Lamarck on the numerous races of, 7. --examples of acquired instincts becoming hereditary in, 39. --have run wild in America, 153. -- goats in Juan Fernandez destroyed by, 154. Domestic qualities soon developed in some animals, but wholly denied to others, 47. Domestication, aptitude possessed by ~ome animals to, :lB. --influence of, 41. Dominica, a bed of coral found between two lava cul'l'ents in, 294. Downham, part of the town of, overwhelmed by blown sand, 235. Downs, accou~t of a cannon taken up from the sea near the, 262. Drift sea-weed, large banks formed by, 277. Drift wood, a boa constrictor conveyed to St. Viucent'H on, 104. -- on the imbedding of, 241. --abundant iu the North Sea, 244. -- conveyed in all direction11 by cur-rents, 245. Drumlanrig forest overturned by the wind in 1756, 212. Duff's group, these isl.ands connected with Diappointment Islands by cot·al reefs, 295. . . . . Dulverton, pigs found ent1re m d1ggmg a well at, 216. Duncombe Park, bones of recent quadrupeds found in a fissure in, 220. Dureau de la Malle, M., on the changes caused by man iu different races of dogs, 26. , --on the aptitude of some animals to domestication, 38. Dutch peat-mosses, remains of ships, &c., found in, 219. Dutch vessel found in the old .channel of the river Rother, 260. Earth's surface, effects produced by the powers of vitality on the, 185. -- permanent modifications produced uy the action of animal and vegetable life on the, 209. Earthquakes animals most abundantly preserved ~vhere they prevail, 230. -- ravages caused by the waves of the sea on low coasts during, 232. --in Sicily, 1693, severa~ thousand people entombed at once m caverns, during, 232. -~ effects of the submersion of land by, 264. -- their effects often unheeded, 267. --their effects in imbedding cities and forests, 268. --in the Pacific, 297. Edrom remains of the beaver found in the parish of, 251. . Edwards his account of the destructiOn of the 'town of Savanna Ia l\1ar, 233. Egypt, cities and towns buried under drift sand in, 234. Egyptian mummies identical with spe-cies still living, 28. . Eider-ducks destroyed by a fox dl'lfted on ice to the island of Vi doc, 145. Ekmark, on the diffusion of plants by uirds, 80. . . Elephants, their sagamty.not attr1bu~able to their intercou1·se w1th man, 46. INDEX. 317. Elephants will breed in captivity, 46. -- their powers of swimming, 92. }~levation, effects which would result in some places fl'Om pa1·tial, 1 G3. -- recent, in the delta of the Indus, 266. -- and subsidence, effects of alternate, 307. Elizabeth, ot· Henderson's Island described- see wood-cuts No. 8 and 9, 296, 2!)7. Elk Island, with 700 quadmperls, swept away uy a river-flood in Virginia, 250. Emu in Austt·alia will uecome exterminated, 150. Equilibrium among plants kept up by insects, 132. Eschscholtz's bay, cliffl! consisting of ice ana vegetable mould in, 194. Escrinet, Pass of, conglomerate now forming at, 221. Estuaries, imbedding of fresh-water species in, 275. -- description of the manner in which they become filled up, 276. Etna, fourteen towns and villages covered at once by the lava of, 236. --general dip of the volcanic beds of, 303. --lava currents of 1819 and 1811, on, 304. -- recent cones formed on, 304. Extermination of species, no prerogative of man, 156. Extinction of species, successive, part of the economy of nature, HJ8, 176. Facial angle, on the gradation in iutel. lect, as shown by the, GO. Femssac on the distribution of freshwater molluscs, 108. Finland, Gulf of, its connexion with the White Sea, 396. Fish, their geographical distribution, 105. --migrations of, 106. -- agency of birds and water-beetles on their distribution, 106. Fissures, preservation of organic remains in, 220, 231. -- on theit· communication with caverns, 221. Fleming, Dr., on the rapid flight of uirds, 102. --his account of turtles taken on the coast of England, 1 04. -- on the changes in the animal kingdom, caused uy the increase of human population, 148. -- his account of the stranding of cetacea on the B1·itish coasts, 278. Flinder~<, a reef of coral 350 miles long, described hy, 285. Floating islands within the tropics, ani-mals transported by, 97. Floods in Scotland, 1794, 248. -- 1829, 249. Forests, degradation of land increased by their destructiou, 198. -- rain diminished by the felling of, 200. --of America, cause of theh· position, 201. -- sites of many ancient ones now covered by peat, 206, 211. --sometimes overturned by storms, 212. -- in Germany destroyed by insects, 206. --submarine, remarks on their formation, 268. Forfarshire Lakes, shell marl deposits, how formed in the, 272, 299. --charm fonnd fossilized in the-see wood-cuts No.2 and 3, 273, 27 4. -- skeletons of animals numerous in the, 251. Formation of coral reefs, 283. Fort of Sindree, subsidence of, in 1819, 266. -- not thrown down by the earth· quake, 266. Forth, effects of a storm in its estuary, Feb. 1831, 280. Fourcroy on the occurrence of iron in all compact woods, 215. Fox man-of-war, changes which some articles, thrown up f!·om the wreck of the, 'l1ad undergone in 33 years, 262. France, human uones and WOJ·ks of art found with extinct quadrupeds, in the south of, 224. --number of ships of war lost during the last war with, 256. Franklin, on a whirlwind in J.\>Iaryland, 74. F1·esh-water formations, recent, not yet examined, in the tropics, 275. -- the vat·iety of species of testacea but small in, 277. Fresh-water and marine strata, alternations of, how fot·med in the delta of the Ganges, 277. Freshwater plants and animals, imbedding of their remains in subaqueous strata, 272, 275. Fries, on the dispersion of cryptogamic plants, 76. Frisi, on the conservative influence of vegetation, 198. Frogs, conveyed to the Rea in great numbers by floods, in Morayshire, 246. |