INDEX.

Abyssinian table-lands, [190] et seq.
Albano, Lake, [89]
America, volcanic regions of North, [136] et seq.;
of Western, [144]
Andes, [18], [27], [227], [254]
Andesite, [263]
Antrim, [154] et seq.
Arabia, dormant volcanoes of, [126]-[135]
Arabian desert, [134]
Archibald, C. D., [213]
Arizona, volcanoes of, [137]
Argyll, Duke of, [173]
Ascension, [36]
Ashangi, volcanic series of, [192]
Atmospheric effects of Krakatoa eruption, [213]-[214]
Auckland district, volcanoes of, [147]
Auvergne, volcanic regions of, [14], [16], [92] et seq.
Azores, [32]
Ball, Sir R. S., [242], [244]
Basalt, [260]
Blanford, W. T., [188], [189]
Bonneville, Lake, [141]-[142]
British Isles,
Tertiary volcanic districts of, [154] et seq., [227];
pre-Tertiary volcanic districts of, [196] et seq.
Buch, L. von, [6], [11], [24]
California, volcanoes of, [140]
Callirrhoë, springs of, [133]
Cañon, the Grand, [138]
Cantal, volcanoes of the, [99]-[101]
Cape Colony, Basalts of, [194]
Charleston earthquake, [218], [222], [224]
Chambers, G. F., [246]
Charnwood Forest, [198]
Chimborazo, [18]
Clermont, vale of, [96]-[97]
Clinkstone, [263]
Cordilleras of Quito, [25]
Cotopaxi, [16]-[18], [24], [26]
Crater-cones, Lava, [19]
Crateriform cones, [13]
Craterless domes, [15]
Dana, Prof. J. D., [19], [39], [249]
Darwin, [28], [30]
Darwin, Prof. G. H., [9], [231]
Daubeny, [7], [61], [69]
Davison, C., [9], [231]
Davy, Sir H., [11]
Deccan trap-series, [187] et seq.
Demavend, Mount, [24]
Diabase, [262]
Diorite, [261]
Dolerite, [261]
Domite, [263]
Dore, volcanoes of Mont, [100]-[101]
Doughty, C. M., [127]
Durocher, [232]
Dutton, Capt. C. E., [9], [220], [222]
Dykes in Ireland, [169]-[170]
Earthquakes, [217] et seq.
Errigal, [10]
Etna, [14], [61] et seq., [229]
Fingal's Cave, [185]
Forbes, D., [27]
France, extinct volcanoes of, [92] et seq.
Gabbro, [261]
Gardner, J. S., [156]
Geikie, Sir A., [8], [29], [143], [156], [160], [169], [172], [176], [177], [196]
Giant's Causeway, [165]-[166]
Granite, [264]
Granophyre, [264]; of Mull, [174]
Green, Prof. A. H., [194]
Hatch, Dr., [260]
Haughton, Prof., [68]
Haurân, volcanoes of the, [22], [129]
Haute Loire, volcanic districts of, [101]-[105]
Hawaii, volcanoes of, [39], [249], [251]
Hecla, [32]
Herschel, Sir J., [244]
Hibbert, Dr. S., [6], [114], [124]
Hochstetter, F. von, [147]
Hopkins, [171], [217]
Hull, Dr. E. G., [110]
Humboldt, A. von, [20], [25]
Hutton, James, [5]
Iceland, volcanoes of, [30]-[32]
Ireland, volcanic Tertiary rocks of, [154] et seq.
Jaulân, [129]
Johnston-Lavis, [52]
Jordan valley, [126] et seq., [226]
Jorullo, [24]
Judd, Prof., [8], [68], [69], [71], [172], [178], [208]
Krakatoa, eruption of, [206] et seq.
Kurile Islands, volcanoes of, [28]
Laacher See, [121]-[123]
Lampophyre, [262]
Lancerote, [34]
Lasaulx, Prof. von, [68]
Lavas, relative density of, [232]-[234]
Lima in 1746, earthquake of, [222]
Lipari Islands, volcanoes of, [69] et seq.
Lisbon, earthquake of, [221]
Lister, J. J., [38]
Lunar volcanoes, [236] et seq.
Lyell, Sir C., [30], [62], [78], [217]
Mackowen, Col., [74]
Magdala, volcanic series of, [192]-[193]
Mallet, R., [9], [217]
Mauna Loa, [19], [39], [249]
Mica-trap, [262]
Milne, Prof., [28], [218], [253]
Moab, volcanic regions of, [132]
Moon, volcanoes of, [236] et seq.
Monte Nuovo, [85]
Mull, [172] et seq.
Neapolitan group of volcanoes, [28]
New Zealand, volcanoes of, [146]
Obsidian, [264]
Ocean waves of seismic origin, [208], [220]
O'Reilly, Prof., [9], [219]
Orizaba, [21]
Ovid, [3]
Pacific, volcanic islands of, [37]
Palestine, dormant volcanoes of, [126]-[135]
Palmieri, Prof., [55]
Pantelleria, [74]
Phlegræan fields, [85]
Phonolite, [263]
Pitchstone, [264]
Pliny, [2], [4]
Porphyrite, [262]
Powell, Major, [138]
Pre-Tertiary volcanic rocks, [187] et seq.;
of British Isles, [196] et seq.
Puy de Dôme, [105]-[110]
Pythagoreans on volcanoes, [2]-[3]
Quito, Cordilleras of, [25]
Rangitoto, [19], [149]
Reyer, Dr. E., [17]
Rhine valley, volcanoes of, [113] et seq.
Rhyolite, [263]
Riviera in 1887, earthquake of, [219]
Rocca Monfina, [80]
Roderberg, [119], [120]
Rome, [88]-[89]
Rosenbusch, H., [260]
Roto Mahana, [151]
Ruapahu, [151]
Russell, Hon. Rollo, [213]
Rutley, F., [260]
St. Helena, [37]
San Francisco, Mount, [138]
Santorin, [76]-[83]
Schehallion, [10]
Schumacher, [127]
Scotland, volcanic districts of, [172] et seq.
Scrope, Poulett, [5], [73], [93], [98]
Scuir of Eigg, [180]-[184]
Seismic phenomena, special, [201] et seq., [217] et seq.
Shasta, Mount, [140]
Siebengebirge, [116]-[120]
Skye, [177]-[179]
Sleamish, [168]
Smyth, Piazzi, [33]
Snake River, volcanoes of, [142]
Staffa, [185]-[186]
Strabo on volcanoes, [3]
Stromboli, [71]-[73]
Sumatra, volcanic action in, [226]
Syenite, [262]
Symes, R. G., [167]
Syria, earthquakes in, [219]
Taupo Lake, [150]
Taylor, Mount, [138]
Tell el Ahmâr, [131]
Tell el Akkasheh, [131]
Tell el Farras, [131]
Tell Abû en Nedâ, [130]
Tell Abû Nedîr, [129]
Templepatrick, quarry at, [160]
Teneriffe, [33]
Tertiary period, volcanic activity of, [255]
Thucydides, [2]
Tonga Islands, volcanoes of, [38]
Tongariro, [151]
Trachyte, [263]
Trass of Brühl Valley, [123]-[125]
Tristan da Cunha, [37]
Tristram, Canon, [127], [131]
Utah, volcanoes of, [137]
Verbeek, R. D. M., [202]
Vesuvius, [4], [14], [41]-[60], [67], [229]
Volcanoes,
historic notices of, [1]-[5];
form, structure, and composition of, [10]-[19];
lines and groups of active, [20]-[29];
of mid-ocean, [30]-[40];
extinct or dormant, [84] et seq.;
special volcanic and seismic phenomena, [201] et seq.;
the ultimate cause of volcanic action, [225] et seq.;
whether we are living in an epoch of special volcanic activity, [253]-[256];
brief account of volcanic rocks, [259]-[265]
Vulcanists, [5]
Vulcano, [69], [71]
Wallace, A. R., [81]
Waltershausen, W. S. von, [7], [61]
Wellington, Mount, [149]
Wharton, Capt., [212]
Whymper, E., [18]
Yarmûk, valley of the, [129], [131]
Yellowstone Park, [145]
Zirkel, F., [260]
Zöllner, [240]

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