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Adelsberg, Caverns of, 195 Æpyornis, The, 252 "Age of Lakes," The, 257 Air, how it may become solid, 84 Aleutian Islands, Volcanoes of the, 97 Algæ, 103 Alluvium, 54 America in the Devonian Period, 217; in the Glacial Period, 271 Ammonites, 210 Amœba, The, 100 Andes, Volcanoes of the, 97 Andesite, 184 Andromeda, 92 Animal Life, The first, 104 Animal Species of the Carboniferous Period, 229 Ant, White, The work of the, 44 Anthracite, 133 Apes, The first, 268 Apteryx, The, 252 Archæan Era, 129, 199 Archæopteryx, The, 243 Archelon, The, 249 Arches, The strain on, 25 Aristotle and Earthquakes, 176 Armadillos, 275 Arrhenius, Prof., Theory of, 88 Arsinoitherium, The, 266 Assam, Earthquake in, 155 Atmosphere, has the Moon one? 123; of Mars, 126 Atmospheric pressure, 80, 101 Attraction of bodies, 102 Austen, Sir W. R., his experiment, 85 Avalanches, 69 Babylon, 45 Bacteria in Devonian Period, 217 Baikal, Lake, effects of earthquake, 140 Baltic, Ice in the, 74 Barometer, The use of the, 24 Basalt Rocks, 132 "Beds of Passage," 236 Birds of the Jurassic Period, 243 Bogoslof Islands, 162 Borings, Deep, 79 Boulder-clay deposited by glaciers, 73 Brachiosaurus, The, 241 Brahmaputra, The delta of the, 60 Britain in the Silurian Period, 211; in the Mesozoic Period, 231 British Isles, Ice in the, 75 Brontosaurus, The, 240 Cainozoic Period, The, 199 Calabria, Earthquake in, 149 Calamites, 222 Calumet and Hecla Mine, Temperature of, 82 Cambrian Hills, The, 200 Cambrian Period, 117; life in the, 202; surface of the globe in, 205 Carbonate of Lime, 40, 48 Carbonic Acid, The action of, 47 Carboniferous or Mountain Limestone, 218 Carboniferous Period, The atmosphere of, 219; insects, mollusca, vegetation, 220; fish, 224; strata, 226; animal species, 229 Carboniferous System, Extent of the, 227 Cariama, The, or Screamer, 251 Carinthia, Earthquake in, 141 Carrara marble, 134 Cephalopod types, 207 Ceratosaurus, The, 240 Chalk, what it is, 21, 248 Chelonians, The, 233 Climate, The changes of, 33 Coal, 219 Coccosteus, The, 215 Collision of planets, A, 93 Constructive work of earthquakes, 181 Coral Islands, 66 Coral reefs, 63 Coral reefs in the Silurian Age, 210 Coryphodon, The, 259 Cracks in the crust of the Earth, 97 Crater Lakes, 109 Crinoids, The, 210 Crustacea, 131, 202 Crust of the Earth, The study of the, 198 Cyclones, 42 Dead Sea, The, 58 Deltas of rivers, 20 Deposits, how they are made, 20, 45 Depths of the sea, 189 Devonian Period, 212; fishes of the, 216; vegetation, 216; insects, 216; Europe and America, 217 Diamonds, how they are produced, 132 Dinoceras, The, 266 Dinosaurus, The, 240 Diplodocus, The, 241 Dolichosaurs, 249 Dover, The chalk cliffs of, 21 Dredging, The necessity for, 20 Dryopithecus, The, 268 Dryptosaurus, The, 253 Dwina, Fossils in the banks of the, 232 Dykes, 105 Earth, The, not so solid as it looks, 23; its resemblance to a golf ball, 25; its uneven surface, 31 Earth, Weighing the, 88 Earthquake districts, 171 Earthquake, The sensation of an, 137; the cause of an, 166, 170 Earthquake waves, 174 Earthquakes, 23; San Francisco, 140; New Madrid, 140; Lake Baikal, 140; Iceland, 141; Carinthia, 141; Japan, 141; Ocean, 143; Lisbon, 148; Sicily, 149; Chili, 150; Assam, 156; Jamaica, 157; the Mississippi, 158; Sonora, 160; Yakutat Bay, 160 Earthquakes, "Great" and "Small," 172; their constructive and destructive work, 181 Earthworm, The work of the, 44 Edentata, The, 275 "Egg-stone," 236 Eifel District, Crater Lakes of the, 109 Elasmotherium, The, 265 Elephant, The, 260 Elephas Imperator, 280 Emu, The, 260 Encroachment of the sea on the shores of the British Isles, 17 Eocene Period, The, 257 Eohippus, The, 263 Eoliths, 287 Era of the First Plants, 103 Erosion, Sea, 19 "Erratic" blocks deposited by glaciers, 72 Eulalie, Lake, effect of earthquake on, 142 Europe in the Devonian Period, 217 Evolution, 115 Excavations and what they reveal, 34 "Faults," 167 Fish in the carboniferous period, 224 Flint, 248 Flint implements, 288 Florida, Encroachment of the sea on the coast of, 18 Flying Reptiles, 242 "Foliated" rocks, 200 Foraminifera, 247 Forests covered by the sea, 19 Fossils, 131; in the banks of the Dwina, 232 Fossil records, 56 Fumaroles, 185 Ganges, The Delta of the, 20 Gases, How metals may be converted into, 84 "General Metamorphism," 133 Geologist, The work of the, 37 Geology, 37 Germany, Sand-dunes in, 46; Ice in, 74 Geysers, 141 Giant's Causeway, 132 "Gibraltar Skull," The, 286 Ginkgo Tree, 228 Glacial Period, The, theories concerning, 272 Glaciers, 69, 270 Globigerina bulloides, 247 Glyptodon, The, 275 Gneiss, 200 Grand Cañon of the Colorado, 54 Graphite, 133 Great Barrier Reef, 66 Great Salt Lake, 57 Hadrosaurus, The, 253 Harwich, Encroachment of the sea at, 17 Hawaii, Lava eruptions in, 105, 187 Heat and Cold, 68 Heligoland, Encroachment of the sea on, 18 Hesperornis, The, 249 Horse, The, 259, 264 Hurricanes, 43 Ice in Scandinavia, Scotland, Germany, 74, 270 Iceland, Eruptions in, 106; Earthquakes in, 141, 154 Ichthyornis, The, 250 Ichthyosaurs, The, 234, 239 Igneous rocks, 104 Iguanodon, The, 245 Inostransevia, The, 233 Insect life in the Ordovician Period, 206; in the Devonian Period, 216 "Inter-glacial epochs," 273 Interior of the Earth, Theories concerning the, 87 Isle of Wight, Encroachment of the sea in, 17 Jamaica, Earthquake in, 157 Japan, Earthquake in, 141, 153 Jupiter, 91; as an abode of life, 119 Jupiter Serapis, The Temple of, 181 Jurassic Period, Reptiles of the, 237 Kelvin, Lord, Theory of, 87; concerning Life, 113 Kern, River, Effect of earthquake on, 141 Kingston, Jamaica, Earthquake at, 176 Kipling, Rudyard, 62 Kiwi, The, 252 Krakatoa, The eruption of, 45 Lago di Tolfilo, 152 Lakes, Deposits in, 56 Lakes produced by earthquakes, 152, 159 Land and Water, The distribution of, 31 Lariosaurus, The, 234 Laurentian Rocks, 133, 201 Lava eruptions, 105; in N. America, 106; plains, 107 Layers of strata which show the history of a place, 37 Leakage of the sea bottom, 190 Leonids, Lyrids, or Perseids, 99 Lias formation, The, 235, 237 Life, The simplest forms of, 111; theories concerning its origin, 113; early forms, 114; in the Cambrian Period, 202; in the Silurian Period, 203; in the Ordovician Period, 204 Lisbon, Earthquake at, 148 Llama, The, 273 London, What excavations have revealed concerning the site of, 35 Luray, Caverns of, 196 Lycopods, 222 Lyginodendrons, 223 Mammals, The development of, 234, 258 Mammoth, The, 279 Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, 196 Man, 284 Marble, how it is produced, 133 Marl in lakes, 57 Mars, 91; as an abode of life, 119; atmosphere, 126 Marsupials, 237 Martinique, Devastation of, by volcano, 186 Mastodon, The, 260 Megatherium, The, 275 Mercury as an abode of life, 118 Meritherium, The, 261 Mesozoic Period, The, 199, 231 Metals may be converted into gases, 84 Meteorites, 96 Microbes and Bacteria, 111 Microlestes, 237 Migrations of the human race, 290 Miller, Hugh, 213 Millstone Grit, 218 Miocene Period, The, 257 Mississippi, The Delta of the, 20; sediment deposited, 51; earthquake in region of, 159 Moa, The, 252, 260 Monsoons, 42 Moon, The, 90; its birth, 100, 120; volcanoes in, 106; as an abode of life, 119; weight, 120; temperature, 124 Moraines, 70 Moraine-stuff, 70 Mountain formation, 167 Mud-banks, how they are made, 19 Mussels, 210 Mylodon, The, 276 Myths concerning earthquakes, 177 Naosaurus, The, 230 Neandarthal man, 285 Nebulæ, 92 Negroes, Nature's reason for the dark pigmentation of, 116 Neolithic Age, The, 287 Neptune, 119 New Chum Mine, Temperature of, 83 New Madrid, Earthquake at, 140 Niagara Falls, The work of the, 52 Nile, The Delta of the, 20 Nineveh, 45 North America, Ice in, 76 North Garden Gully Mine, Temperature of, 83 North Sea, The, how it was formed, 19 North Sea, Ice in the, 75 Ocean deposits, 61; life, 114 Oceanic Era, The, 101 Old Red Sandstone, 212 Oolite, 66, 238 Ordovician Period, Life in the, 204; surface of the earth in the, 206; insect life in the, 206; fish in the, 207; the Trilobite, 207 Ordovician rocks, 202 Oreopithecus, The, 268 Organisms, Multicellular and Unicellular, 111 Orion, 92 Ostracoderm group, The, 215 Ostrich, The, 260 Oxygen, The action of, 47 Palæolithic Age, The, 287 Palæomastodon, The, 261 Palæozoic Period, The, 199 Palæozoic Alps, The, 219 Pareiasaurus, The, 232 Parsons, Hon. Charles, on the difficulties of deep boring, 79 "Pea-grit," 238 Peak Cavern in Derbyshire, 195 Pearl-oyster, The, 210 Peat-water, The action of, 48 Pelée, Mount, 86, 108; the obelisk, 184 Permian or Dyas formation, 227 Peroxide of Iron, 40 Perseids, 99 Pharorachus, The, 251 Pithecanthropos erectus, 285 Planetismals or Meteorites, 99 Plant life in the Silurian Period, 210 Plants, Era of the first, 103 Pleiades, The, 91 Pleistocene Period, The, 269 Plesiosaurus, The, 234, 239 Pliny on the upheaval of land, 192 Pliocene Period, The, 257 Po, Sediment deposited by the River, 20 Polyps, Coral, 65 "Pot-holes" in Yorkshire, 195 Pre-Cambrian, 201 Pressure, of air, 80; of the ocean, 190 Pressure and weight of rocks, 85; astounding effects of, 134 Pribylof Islands, 164 Proboscideans, The, 273 Proterozoic era, The 130 Pteraspes, The, 215 Pterichthyds, The, 215 Pterodactyls, 242 Pterosaurs, The, 255 Quartzite, 200 Quaternary Period, The, 199 Quebec, Collapse of the bridge of, 25 Rag-stone, 238 Rain, The influence of, 47 Rainfall on the British Isles, 128 Raised Beaches, 151 Red clay deposit in the ocean, 61 Red Sandstone Formation, 212 Reptiles and Amphibians of the Triassic Period, 232; of the Jurassic Period, 237 Reptiles in the Carboniferous Period, 229 Rhinoceros, The, 265 Rhizopods, The, 224 Rhætic beds, 237 Rivers and Streams in the Silurian Age, 209 River Terraces, 55 Rivers, Work done by, 20; records left by, 50 Rocks, how they are made, 79; igneous and sedimentary, 104, 129; "foliated," 200 Rocks, Pressure and weight of, 85 Roestone, 238 Romney Marsh, 60 Rorqual, The, 275 Royal Commission on Sea Erosion, 19 Sabre-toothed Cat, The, 273 Saharan desert, The, 22 St. Pierre, Destruction of, by volcano, 186 Salt Lakes, 57 Sambon, Dr., 116 Samotherium, The, 266 San Francisco, Earthquake at, 140, 161 San Gabriel River, effect of earthquake on, 141 Sand-banks and mud-banks, how they are made, 20 Sand-dunes, how they are made, 45 Saturn as an abode of life, 119 Scaly Saurians, 248 Scandinavia, Ice in, 74 Schist, 200 Scotland, Ice in, 74 Sea, depths of the, 189; in the Silurian Age, 210 Sea, The, encroachment on land, 17; Isle of Wight, 17; British Isles, 17; Florida, 18; Heligoland, 18; Erosion, 19; its work, 19 Seaquakes, 143; Chilian coast, 144; the Florence Nightingale, 145; sensation of, 145; origin of, 147 Sea-water, The action of, 65 Sediment deposited by rivers, 20, 51 Sedimentary rocks, 104, 129 See, Dr. J. J., his theory concerning the interior of the earth, 88 Seismology, 23; in Japan, 153 Seismometers, 24, 153 Shape of the Earth, The, 31 Sharks, 216 Shingle, how it accumulated, 60 Shells found on dry land, 19; forests covered by, 19 Shells in lakes, Deposit of, 57; in the ocean, 63 Shetland Islands, Action of the sea on the, 59 Sigillarias, 222 Silchester, 45 Silica, 40 Silurian Period, Scorpions and insects in the, 203; surface of the earth in the, 208; rivers and streams, 209; coral reefs, 210; fish, 210; plant life, 210; Britain, 211 Silurian rocks, 202 Sivatherium, The, 266 Snail-shells in lakes, 57 Snakes, First appearance of, 255 Snow and Ice Age, 68 Sonora, Earthquake at, 160 Sperm Whale, The, 274 Sphenodon, The, 230 "Spy men," 286 Stars, The, 91 Steam a cause of earthquakes Stegosaurus, The, 242 Stone Age, The, 287 Stones smoothed by water, 55 Strata, The earth's, 78 Strokkur geyser in Iceland, 141 Submarine volcanoes, 187 Subterranean caves, how caused, 195 Sun, The, 90; as an abode of life, 118 Tapir, The, 273 Temperature of borings, The, 83; of the Moon, 124; of Mars, 126 Temperature, Changes of, 33 Terminal moraines, 76 Tertiary Period, The, 257 Tetrabelodon Mastodon, The, 260 Thames, Sediment deposited by the, 21 Tides, 87, 102 Titanotherium, The, 265 Tornadoes, 43 Torrents, The action of, 52 Torridonian Sandstones, 130 Trade Winds, 42 Triassic Period, The, 231 Triceratops, The, 253 Trilobite, The, 204; in the Ordovician Period, 207 "Trinil Man," The, 285 Typhoons, 43 Ultima Speranza Cave, The, 276 Upheaval of land, 151, 181 Uranus, 119 Valais Mountains glacier, 72 Valparaiso, Earthquake at, 160 Vegetation on the Moon, 124; of the Devonian Period, 216; of the Carboniferous Period, 220; of the Jurassic Period, 245 Venus as an abode of life, 118 Vertebrates, Evolution of the, 225 Volcanoes of the Andes, 97; in the Moon, 106 Water, The action of, 47; its power, 51 Water, The formation of, 109 Wateree, The, carried inland by a vast wave, 144 Waterspouts: how they are caused, 44 Waves caused by earthquakes, 143, 144, 145; the Chilian coast, 144; Hakodate, 144; the ship Wateree, 144; Arica, 144; Samoa, 145; N. Zealand, 145; Japan, 145; speed of, 145; Lisbon, 148 Weather, The influence of the, 40 Whales, 267 Weighing the earth, 88 Wind-stakes for stopping sand, 46 Wind, The work of the, 40

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