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Show 31() INDEX. Bl'idgman, Mr., on worms eating loaves of a Phlox, 33 Ruckmn.n, on gmssos })rofiting hy being rolled, 10 Blll'ial of tho remains of n.ucieut buildings by wormR, 176 Burrows, depth of, 109 ----direction of, on a slope, 270 --- - oxc:watiou of, 98 --- -lined with bln.ck earth, 111 ----lined with loaves, 112 --- - months of, worms lie motionless near, 15 ---old, their collapse, 118 --- - plugged up, 58 ---- - terminu.ting in a small chamber, often liuo<l with Atones or seeds, 114 Calciferous glands, 17, 44 Co.nnibo.l worms, 37 ( 'amagio, Mr., depth of burrows, 114 Custiugs, acid, 52 - --from Bon.uliou, 101 --- tower-l1ke, ncar Nice, 106 ---ejection of, 116 ----tower-like, from non.r Calcutta, 123 --- of groat size on tho Nllgiri M.ouutn.ius, 126 --- weight of, from a single burrow n.nd from a givcu n.rou., 161 - --- thickness oflayor formed from, during a year, 169 ---~jocted over ancient buildings, 253 ---flowing down slopes, 261 --- washed o.way, 2.72 --- il.ry, disintegration of, 275 ---blown to leeward, 283 Cells, free, with calcareous matter in tho calciforouB glauds, 47 Cellulose, digestion of, 37 INDEX. Chalk-formation, surfn.co of, much denncled, 137 Chalk, residue of, forming a superficial deposit, 138 ---fragments of, soon buried and corroded, 139 --formation of mould over, 297 Cbodworth, Roman villa of, 197 Circular trenches ncar Stonehenge, 287 Claparcde, structure of tho intestines of worms, 19 -----on tho salivary glands of worms, 43 ---- on tho calciferous glands, 44 --- -tho pharynx adapted for suction, 56 317 --- -doubts whether on.rth serves worms as foo<l, 102, 105 ---- on the gizzn.rds of worms, 246 Clematis, petioles of, used in plugging up burrows, GH, 78 Cobrn.-snn.ke, intelligence of, 94 Collapsing of old burrows, 118 Concluding remarks, 305 Concretions of limo in tho anterior calciferous gbmls, 4.6 ----- calcareous, usc of, 54 Corals, mud derived from, 256 Corniche Road, disintogrn.ted castings on, 276, 2Hl Croll, Mr., on denudation, 233 Crowns or ridges on old ploughed fiol<1s, 292 Currents of air, worms sensitive to, 28 Do.ncor, Mr., on tho action o.nd number of worms, 14.6, 160 Deafness of worms, 26 Debris, over tho Roman remains n.t Silchostcr, 201 Decay of loaves not hastened by tho secretion with which they aro bathed, 38 Denudation of tho lo.nd, 230 Depth to which worms burrow, 109 Digo.stor, 246 |