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Show 322 INDEX. Lloyd's lists, nnmbcr of vessels wrecked between 17!)3 and 1829, as shown by, 257. Loch Doon, seven canoes found in, 2()1. Loch Fithie, why no marl formed in, 299. Loch 1\farlie, remains of the beaver found in, 251. Loch of Kinnordy, remains of insects fonnd in marl in the, 245. Locusts, devastations cansed by, 137. -- a great bank formed in the sea by their dead bodies, 138. London basin, tertiary deposits of the, 305. Louch, M., on the migration of the painted lady butterfly, 114. Lowe, Mr., on the land-mollnsca of Madeira and Porto Santo, 109. Lybian sands, caravans overwhelmed by the, 235. Iqon, Capt., on the imbedding of the carcasses of camels in tile African sands, 235. Macculloch, Dt·., on the gradation from peat to coal, 211. --on the occurrence of tannin in peat, 216. -- his theory that all limestone is of animal origin considered, 2!)8. 1\Iacl<enzie, Sir G., on the importation of the rein-deer into Iceland, 154. 1\Iackenzie river, accumulation of vegetable matter in, 2.J 1. -- beds of wood-coal found on its banks, 242. -- cause of the abundance of drift timber in, 243. 1\Iaclaren on the quantity of useful soil in America, 155. -- on the position of the American forests, 201. l\Iaclure, Mr., on the alternation of coral and Java in the 'Vest Indies, 2!)<!. 1\Iadagascar, great extent of coral uear, 285. l\fajendie, l\I., on the faculty of the retrie, rer, 40. Malabm·, a great sea of coral near, 285. l\1alcolm, Sir J ., on the buried cities in central India, 238. Maldivas, description of the chain of coral islands called the, see 'Vood-cut, No.4, 28.>, 286. Malte-Bnm on the verdant rafts of the 1\lississippi, !)8. -- his account of a crocodile taken in the Rhone, 104. -- on the geographical distribution of fish, 106. Malte-Brnn on the difftlSion of man, 11!). -- on destructive insects introduced by commerce, 122. -- on the level of the Caspian, 163. -- on the destmction of villages by landslips, 22!). -- on the burying of villages under blown sand, 235. -- on the abundance of drift wood in the North Sea, 244. --on the dl'ifting of bodies to the sea by the Ganges, 250. -- on the coral x·eefs of the Pacific, 2!)5. Mammalia, different regions of indigenous, 88. 1\fan, Lawrence on the causes which enable him to live in all climates, 62. -- his agency in the dispersion o£ plants, 82. --geographical distribution and dif· fusion of, 116. -- speculations on the probable bir..th· place of, ll6. -- his involuntary influence in dif· fusing animals and plants, 121. --changes caused by, 146. --recent origin of, 155, 270. -- effects of the diifusion of, 155. -- power of exterminating species no prerogative of, 156. -- his influence in modifying the physical geography of the globe, 202. -- imbedding of the remains of, and his works, in subaqueous strata, 253. --circumstances under which his remains may be preserved in recent de· posits, 255. -- perishable nature of the works of, 271. Mantell, Mr., on the superior solidity of human bones from a Saxon tumulus to those in a recent skeleton, 225. --remains of insects found in Lewes levels by, 245. -- his de~ cription of the recent strata in the valley of the Ouse, 275. Map, explanation of the, 304. Marine and fresh-watet· strata, alterna· tions of, how formed iu the delta of the Ganges, 277. Marine deposits, imbedding of freshwater species in, 275. Marine formations contain in general a great variety of species, 277. 1\Iarine plants and animals, imbedding of the remains of, 277. Marine testacea, imbedding o£ the l'e· mains of, 280. INDEX. 323 Marine testacea, great depths at which they have been found living, 281. Marine vegetation, 71, 78. l\farl lakes of Scotland, animals imbedded in the, 251. --- charro found fossilized in the, 273. Martin Meer, eight canoes found in dr-aining, 260. Martins on the changes which man will produce in Bmzil, 148. l\iaryland, account of a whirlwind in, 74. Matil~a island, its windward side highest, 2!)3. l\feandrina, coral formed by the genus, 284. Mediterranean, its area as compared to the African desert, 166. Melville Island, annual migrations of animals into, 97. Men, on the extermination of savage tribes of, by civilized colonies, 175. -- more than 100 swept away by a river flood in Java, 250. -- several hundreds swept away by the Nile, 253. -- durability of the bones of, 258. -- bones of, found in the delta of the Ganges, 258. Mendip hills, sediment deposited dul'ing floods in the caves of the, 221. Mermaid, coral reef, 294. l\Iersey, a vessel discovered in its former bed, 260. Metallic substances, changes which some taken up from the bottom of the sea have undergone, 262. Mhysir, a buried city in central India, 238. Migrations, of animals, 94. --of cetacea, 9!). --of birds, 101. -- of fish, 106. -- of insects, 113. Migratory powers indispensable to animals to enable them to l{eep their ground, 15!). Mississippi, floating islands in the, !)8. --imbedding of terrestrial plants in its delta, 243. -- valley, wild horses very numerous in parts of the, 152. l\f.>i lie1·J ov erflowed by lava in 1669, 237. Monkeys trained to ascend trees, 47. l\Iorayshire, animals conveyed to the sea by floods in, 24!). Morea, description of the formation termed Ceramique in the, 233. Moreau, Cresar, his tables of the naviga~ tion of Great Britain, 257. Montoire, great size ofthe peat moss of, 211. Mount Conto, town buried by the fall of part of, 229. 1\!ount Grenier, five villages buried by the fall of part of, 229. Mountain chains, remarks on the theory of their sudden elevation, 197. 1\Iules sometimes prolific, 49. Murchison, Mr., on the :recent conglomerate of Escrinet, 221. -- on the tex·tiaq strata of Lanca· shire, 306. N akel, a vessel and two anchors dug up near, 260. Napier, Capt., his account of the animals destroyed by floods in Scotland, 17941 248. Narwal found buried in mud on the beach near Boston, 278. -- skull of the, found in recent strata in the valley of the Ouse, 276. Nature, as defined by Lamarck, 13. Necker supposed species could not be annihilated, 128. Neill, his account of whales stranded at Alloa, &c., 278. Nerbuddah river, its channel cut through columnar basalt, 238. Newfoundland, cattle often mired in the hogs of, 216. Newhaven, valley of the Ouse recently filled up near, 275. New Holland, mammiferous quadrupeds of, 89. --its native inhabitants will become extinct, 175. -- extent of coral reefs off the coast of, 285. Nice, formation or breccias near, 221. Nightingale, extraordinary range of tl1e, 101. Nile, cities and towns buried under blown sand near the, 234. --several hundred men swept away l>y a flood on the, 253. Nitrogen common in mineral springs, lll!J. North American lakes, animals inhabit· ing them would be destroyed by their drainage, HiS. -- strata containing recent shells formed by the, 275. North Cape, abuudance of drift wood thrown on, 244. Nova Scotia, account of a vessel overturned by the bore or tidal wave in, 260. Norway, on the comparatively recent elevation of part of, 306. Y2 |