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during tertiary period, 277. On the oolitic strata of Tarentaise, 144. On volcanos, 205. On direction of anticlinal lines, ii. 292. On ordinary and critical action of the earth, 301. On dislocations of molasse, 295.
Beche, Sir H. de la, on the fissures of rocks of Cornwall, i. 65. Ordnance maps of, 129. On the fossils of Bala, 130. His analysis of minerals found in igneous products, ii. 91, et seq. His survey of Devon and Cornwall, 105. On the altered rock of Dartmoor, 143. On mineral springs, 259.
Beddgelert, valley of, i. 134.
Bellevue, M. de, his designation of the phenomena of raised beaches, i. 324. On temperature of Artesian wells, ii. 276.
Ben Cruachan, an example of the granitic basis of the crust of the earth, i. 108. Porphyritic dykes at, 121.
Ben Nevis, porphyry discovered in, i. 121. Its height, ii.260. Not perpetually covered with snow, 265.
Bengal, Bay of, amount of annual discharge of sediment into, ii. 34.
Bermudas. Islands of, their origin compared with that of limestone corals of Dudley and Wenlock, i. 148. Coral reefs of, 330. Thought to resemble leithakalk of Transylvania, i. 253.
Berwyn Mountains, dip of strata at the, i. 38.
Bex salt mines, their temperature, ii. 272.
Bielbecks, excavations at, and discovery of animal remains by Mr. W. V. Harcourt, ii. 50.
Bies Bosch, encroachments of the sea on, ii. 33.
Binstead quarries, animal remains found in, ii. 42.
Birds, fossil remains of, i. 95. See Organic Remains.
Bize, bone caves of, remains of Man supposed to be found in, i. 100.
Black Forest, abundance of saliferous deposits in, i. 207.
Black Hill, Jamaica, its origin volcanic, ii. 230.
Blainville, De, his researches in fossil zoology, i. 96.
Blumenbach, his theory accounting for animal remains found in caves, i. 312.
Boase, Dr., on the vegetable deposits of Mount's Bay, ii. 61. On the mineral veins of Cornwall, 177. 189.
Bognor beds, their composition, i. 255.
Bogs of Ireland, their situation and thickness, ii. 63, 64.
Bohl, valley of the, ii. 214.
Bolca, Monte, fossil deposits of, i. 87
Borelli, his account of the destruction of Catania, ii. 211.
Bornholm, organic remains of cycadeæ and equiseta in the rocks of, i. 72. De Luc's account of, ii. 62.
Borset, mineral waters of, their analysis, ii. 256.
Boulder formation, i. 281. Speculations concerning the origin of, 281-294.
Bourbon; Isle of, ii. 231.
Brachiopoda, shells of, in the Welsh mountains, i. 72.
Bracklesham sands, their composition, i. 255.
Brahmaputra, amount of its annual discharge of sediment, ii. 34.
Bredon Hill, i. 230.
Breislac, M., his computation of the lava current of Vesuvius, ii. 211.
Brewster, Sir D., on temperature, ii. 264.
Bridgenorth, remarkable row of terraces at, ii. 7.
"Bridgwater Treatise," Dr. Buckland's, reference to, i.89.
Brine springs, analysis of, i. 205.
Brinham Rocks, ii. 10.
Bristol Hot Wells, 1, analysis of the waters of, ii. 255.
Brittany, stratified rocks of, their dip, i. 37. Mines of, ii. 161. Temperature of the mines of, 271.
British Isles, once submerged by the sea, i. 148. Thermal springs of, ii. 255. Scenery of, 325.
Broderip, Mr., reference to, i. 96.
Brongniart, M. Adolphe, his table of living and extinct plants, i. 73. His theory accounting for the earth's early productiveness, 187. His theory of the origin of coal, 188. His theory accounting for fresh water interpolations in marine strata of Paris, 261. His synopsis of tertiary plants, 265. His views as to the origin of raised beaches, 321, et seq.
Buch, Von, his table of Ammonites, i.84. His speculation concerning Alpine dolomite's, 210. On the transformations of limestone,
