lfataras of Iceland, 551.

Bunter Sandstein, fossils of, 193.

Bura, submerged Grecian town, 15, 762.

Buried cones on Etna, section of, 397.
----, temples of Cashmere, 762.

Burnes, Sir A., on Cutch, earthquake of, 461, 464.

Burnet, his theory of the earth, 31.

Burntisland, whale cast ashore near, 771.

Burrampooter, R., delta of the, 275. _See_ Brahmapootra.
----, bodies of men, deer, &c. floated off by, 751.

Bustards recently extirpated in England, 688.

C.

Calabria, geological description of, 474.
----, earthquake of 1783 in, 471.
----, tertiary strata of, 74.

Calanna, lava of Etna turned from its course by hill of, 409, 410.
----, valley of, 402, 404.

Calcareous springs, 239.

Calcutta, artesian well at, 280.

Caldcleugh, Mr., on earthquake in Chili, 1835, 453.
----, on eruption of Coseguina, 349.

California, volcanoes in, 349.

Callao town destroyed by sea, 502.
----, changes caused by earthquakes at, 501, 761.

Camels, carcasses of, imbedded in drift sand, 727.

Campagna di Roma, calcareous deposits of, 242.

Campania, aqueous lavas in, 728.

Camper, on facial angle, 608.

Canada, earthquakes frequent in, 470.
----, climate of, 582.
----, probably colder in newest tertiary period, 125.

Canary Islands, eruptions in, 436.

Cannon in calcareous rock, 759.
----, account of one taken up near the Downs, 726.

Canoes drifted to great distances, 661.
----, fossil, 759.

Cape May, encroachment of sea at, 332.
----, of Good Hope, icebergs seen off, 100.

Capocci, M., on temple of Serapis, 518.

Caraccas, earthquakes in, 465, 470.

Carang Assam volcano, 465.

Carbonated springs, 248.

Carbonic acid, supposed atmosphere of, 248.
----, gas, its effects on rocks, 249.

Carboniferous series, 115, 137.
----, era, predominance of ferns in, 87.
----, era, climate in, 87.
----, flora, knowledge of, recently acquired, 126.
----, period, vast duration of, 249.
----, _See_ Coal.

Cardiganshire, tradition of loss of land in, 324.

Cardium, locomotive powers when young, 652.

Caribbean Sea, tides in, 342.

Carpenter, Dr., observations on Mississippi R., 272.
----, on encroachment of sea at Lyme Regis, 321.

Carrara marble, 177.

Cashmere, temples buried in freshwater strata, 762.

Caspian, Pallas on former extent of, 45.
----, evaporation of the, 260.