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Liebig's computation of carbon in
plants, 133.

Liliaceæ, 27.

Limnoria terebrans in harbours, 36.
Lingula, 32, 212.

Lingula Zone of Wales, 70.

Linnæus' classification of nature, 25.
essays in the Amoenitates Aca-
demicæ, 170.

on Primitive Types, 195.
Lizard (Gecko), sucker-feet, 41.
Llandeilo formation, 72.
Llandovery Rocks, 75.
Lobster, bending tail of the, 34.
Ludlow zone, 76.

Lutraria digging into sand, 36.
Lycopodiaceæ, 27, 144.

Lyell, Sir C., shell in fossil tree found
by, 116.

on Climate, 152.

on the Germs of Life, 187.

M.

Malvern, antiquity of land, 168.
Mammalia, numerical distribution, 12.

rearing their young, 30.

Marine animals, changes with elapsed
time, 84.

-invertebral life, successive systems,
81.

invertebrata in Lower Palæozoic

Strata, table, 78.

Marsupialia fossil, 119.

Medusidæ, 32.

Milne Edwards, his generalization of

the Paleozoic Corals, 86.

Moa of New Zealand, 118.

Modiolæ traced in coral, 36.
Mole, claws of the, 43.

Mollusca, eye-spots, 10; description
of, 28.

Mollusca, shell-covered, 32.
Monkeys, remains of, 149.
Monocotyledones, 27.
Monomyaria, 94.

Morris, estimate of thickness of strata,
52.

Movements in air by animals, 37.
Murchison's Siluria, 71.
Musaceæ, 144.

Mya digging into sand, 36.
Myriophyllum verticillatum, 20.
Mytilus, 32.

N.

Narbonne, early human remains at,

48.

Natural Selection, 200, 215, 216.
Nature, the expression of a Divine
Idea, 3.

the forces of, 5.

the laws of, 5.

Nautilus (Argonauta), 33.

Niagara Falls, computation of time
by recession of, 140.
Nipadaceæ, 145.

Notonecta, motion of the, 34.

Nova Scotia, Sigillaria (fossil tree)
found in, 116.
Nymphæa alba, 20.

0.

Oldhamia found at Bray, 70.
Olenus, 71.

Ostrich, the, 24.

wing bones, 43.

Otter, webbed feet of the, 34.

P.

Palinurus, flexible tail of, 35.
Palissy's observations, 175.

[blocks in formation]

Strata identified by organic remains,

187; thickness of, 52.

Swan, webbed feet of the, 34.
Swansea, early human remains at, 48.
Swimming of the marine races, 33.
movements in animals, 33.

T.

Table of comparison of living species
with fossil, 55.

Table of comparison of living genera

with fossil, 56.

Table of comparison of living Mol-
luscous animals and those of the
ancient strata, 58.

Table of Temperature on the Earth,
157.

Teleosaurus, propulsion of the, 35.
Temperature the limit of the ranges
of life, 12.

Terebratula, 23, 32, 92.

Teredines destroy ships, 36; in drift-
wood, 37.
Thallogens, 27.

Time, geological scale of, 51.
Trichoda anas, propulsive organs, 36.
Trigonia, 96, 172.
Trigonocarpum, 144.
Trilobite, eyes of, 10.
Triton, motion of the, 34.
Tunicata, 91.

Turtle, paddles of the, 34.
Types of life structure, 25.

U.

Uniformitarian hypothesis of the age

of the globe's crust, 124.

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