V. The field is left clear and undisputed for the one Witness on the opposite side, whose testimony is as follows:—
"In six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is."
INDEX.
Agave, [147].
Ammonites, appearance of, [58].
profusion of, [65].
Amphibia, foot-prints of, [52], [56].
Anoplotherium, [69].
Antediluvian hypothesis, [9].
untenable, [51].
Babbage, Mr., opinions of, [25].
Babiroussa, [262].
Bamboo, [134].
Banyan, [164].
Barnacle, development of, [217].
Basalt, formation of, [66], [91].
Beaches, raised, [83].
Beard, [284].
Beetle, egg of, [310].
Belemnites, [58].
Bignonia, [168].
Birds, earliest, [69].
gigantic, [82].
feathers of, [253].
Blackwood, opinions of, [9].
Blocks, transport of, [78].
Blood, [275], [285].
Bones, structure of, [279].
Botryllus, metamorphoses of, [222].
Brachionus, eggs of, [321].
Bracts, development of, [166].
Brown, Rev. J. M., opinions of, [9].
Bulbs, growth of, [153], [156].
Buprestis, [214].
Butterflies, eggs of, [307].
Butterfly-flower, [150].
Cabbage-palm, [144].
Carboniferous deposits, [44].
Case-flies, [209].
Cassowary, [252].
Caverns, bone, [76], [88].
Ceiba, [174].
Cephalaspis, [44].
Chalk formation, [64].
Chalmers, Dr., opinions of, [19].
Chronology of globe, [30], [339].
Circularity of organic life, [113], [336], [351].
Clavagella, [225].
Coal, age of, [50].
extent of, [46].
origin of, [47].
Coccus, economy of, [315].
Cockburn, Rev. Sir W., opinions of, [14].
Cockroach, egg-case of, [318].
Conybeare, Dr., opinions of, [20].
Coprolites, [60].
Coral polypes, [40], [41], [45].
activity of, [86].
Couch-grass, [135].
Cow, circular life of, [121].
Cowry, [231].
Crab, metamorphosis of, [216].
Crag and tail, [55].
formation, [75].
Crinoids, abundance of, [58].
Creation, extent of, [22].
fact of, [110].
law of, [337], [368].
periods of, [15].
What is it? 123.
Cribella, metamorphosis of, [321].
Crocodile, [248].
Cuckoo-fly, egg of, [309].
Cumbrian formations, [36].
Currents, oceanic, [356].
Cuttlefish, shell of, [237].
Cycads, [60].
Cyclicism, [336], [351].
of the globe, [354].
of inorganic nature, [355].
of celestial orbs, [359].
Cysticercus, [196].
Daphnia, economy of, [325].
Dauber, economy of, [320].
Days of creation, [15].
Deductions, fallible, [2].
Deer, Irish, [84].
Deltas, [85].
Deposits, earthy, [87].
Depressions and elevations, [81].
Development hypothesis, [111].
Devonian formations, [42].
Diachronism, [125], [346].
Diatomaceæ in chalk, [64].
Dinotherium, [72], [370].
Dione, [228].
Disturbances of strata, [54], [66].
Dodo, [84].
Double cocoa-nut, [296].
Earth-pea, germination of, [299].
Echinus, [190].
Eggs of fowl, [328].
of insects, [306].
Elephant, dentition of, [266].
fossil, [73].
Elevations and depressions, [81].
Encephalartos, [161].
Euphorbia, [164].
Erythrina, [297].
Fairholm, Mr., opinions of, [12].
Feather, growth of, [253].
Feather-star, [193], [305].
Fig, Australian, [162].
Indian, [164].
Fishes, cycloid, [68].
earliest, [44].
sauroid, [52].
Fishes, scales of, [242].
Fœtus of kangaroo, [333].
Footprints, [57].
Foraminifera, [64], [70].
Frog, [57].
Gall-fly, egg of, [310].
Ganges, delta of, [85].
Geography, changes of, [60], [66], [70].
Geology, in need of caution, [4].
Germs, hypothesis of, [294].
Gilt-head, [241].
Glaciers, theory of, [79].
Gladiolus, [152].
Globe, chronology of, [30].
cyclicism of, [354].
density of, [37].
Gnats, egg-raft of, [207].
Goliathus, [205].
Granite, [37].
decomposition and reconstruction of, [38].
Grass-tree, [154].
Gray, Mr., opinions of, [20].
Grit, [46].
Gulf-stream, [356].
Gyroceras, [371].
Hair, growth of, [278].
Harris, Dr., opinions of, [19].
Hawkmoth, [118].
Hertfordshire, strata of, [33].
Hippopotamus, [263].
fossil, [73].
Hitchcock, Dr., opinions of, [21].
Horns of ibex, [257].
stag, [258].
Horse, [260].
Hylæosaurus, [62].
Hypotheses, variety of, [27].
Ibex, [257].
Ichthyosaurus, [59].
Iguanodon, [62].
Infusoria in chalk, [64].
Insects, eggs of, [306].
Iriartea, [139].
Julus, [212].
Kangaroo, fœtus of, [333].
Kirkdale cave, [77].
Labyrinthodon, [57].
Lace-fly, egg of, [311].
Lady-fern, [116].
Law of creation, [337], [368], [371].
Leaf-scars of fern, [130].
Lepralia, [219].
Lias, [58].
Light, velocity of, [360].
Lily, [156].
Limestone coral, [45].
Locust-tree, [177].
London clay, [67].
Loranthus, [169].
"Lusus Naturæ," [368].
Macbrair, Mr., opinions of, [10].
Madrepore, [183].
Mammal, earliest, [63].
Mammoth, [73].
Man, introduction of, [83].
structure of, [275].
Mangrove, [173].
germination of, [301].
Marsupials, [82].
Mastodon, [73].
Medusa, [188], [304].
Megalosaurus, [61].
Melicerta, [210].
Miller, Hugh, opinions of, [15].
Millepore, [183].
Moa, [84].
Moho, [84].
Moon, cyclicism of, [359].
Mosasaurus, [65].
Moth, eggs of, [314].
Mountains, upheaving of, [66], [70].
Murex, [233], [365].
Nails, growth of, [277].
Nature, circularity of, [113].
plan of, [345], [369].
Nautilus, [235].
Navel, evidence from, [289], [334].
Nerita, axis of, [365].
Noah's flood, [6].
Œstridæ, economy of, [309].
Oolitic system, [58], [60];
duration of, [63].
Opossum, [63].
Organ-pipe, [185].
Organic life a circle, [113], [122].
Organisms, earliest, [40].
Orchis, [152].
Palm-leaf, young, [145].
Penn, Mr., opinions of, [11].
Phenomena, evidence of, delusive, [337].
Plants of London clay, [67].
"Plastic power," [368].
Plates of tortoise, [250].
Plesiosaurus, [59].
Plumularia, [119].
Powell, Professor, opinions of, [26].
Prickly pear, [172].
Prochronism, [125], [346], [368].
dependent on cyclicism, [354].
"Protoplast," opinions of, [23].
Pterodactyle, [62], [370].
Raindrops, [58].
Rattan, [145].
Rattlesnake, [247].
Reptiles, Marine, [16], [59].
Rhinoceros, fossil, [73].
Roots, aerial, of fig, [163].
of iriartea, [139].
of mangrove, [173].
of pandanus, [138].
Rotifera, viviparous, [322].
Sackcloth of palms, [141].
Sandstone, age of, [50].
new red, [56].
old red, [42].
Saw-fly, eggs of, [317].
Scale of fish, [242].
Scarlet-runner, economy of, [113].
Screw-pine, [136].
Scripture, efforts to reconcile with geology, [5].
literal sense of, [4].
Sea-urchin, [191], [305].
Sea-pen, [182].
Secondary epoch, [66].
Sedgwick, Professor, on past time, [98].
opinions of, [17].
Selaginella, [133].
Senses, evidence of, [1].
Serpent, earliest, [68].
Serpula, [198], [305].
Sharks, [52], [58], [243].
egg of, [326].
Shells, now fossilizing, [89].
Shore-crab, [216].
Silk-cotton tree, [174].
Silurian formations, [40].
Skeleton, human, [286].
Skeletons, evidence from, [105], [340].
Sloths, fossil, [82].
Smith, Dr. Pye, opinions of, [22].
Smithia, elegance of, [371].
Species, persistence of, [110].
Spider, eggs of, [313].
Stag, [258].
Star-fish, madreporic plate of, [366].
Stars, light from fixed, [361].
Stature of man, [284].
Strata, disturbances of, [54].
number of, [37].
Strombus, [230].
Sugar-palm, [141].
Sumner, Dr., opinions of, [19].
Surinam toad, [327].
Sword-fish, [240].
Tapeworm, [195].
Tapir, [69].
Teeth of babiroussa, [262].
Teeth of crocodile, [249].
elephant, [268].
hippopotamus, [263].
horse, [261].
man, [281], [285].
shark, [243].
Termes, [203].
Terebella, [201].
Tertiary epoch, [66].
fauna, [76].
Testimony, divine, [2];
dear to many scientific men, [5];
by some rejected, [8].
Testudinaria, [158].
Thames Tunnel, strata of, [32].
Thyroid cartilage, [284].
Timber, rings of, [178], [342], [349].
Tortoise, [250].
Tour of inspection, [127].
Traveller's tree, [148].
Tree-fern, age of, [128].
Tree-frog, [246].
Trilobites, [41].
Truth, value of, [7].
Tulip, seed of, [298].
Tulip-tree, [165].
Turner, Sharon, opinions of, [18].
Tusk of elephant, [266].
Ure, Dr., opinions of, [10].
Venus, prickly, [228].
"Vestiges," hypothesis of, [27], [111].
Volcanic action, [55], [66], [86].
Weevil, economy of, [308].
Whalebone, [255].
White ant, [203].
World, projected history of, [351].
Yorkshire, strata of, [33].
Young, Dr., opinions of, [13].
MARINE
NATURAL HISTORY CLASS.
In the summer of 1855, I met, at Ilfracombe, on the coast of North Devon, a small party of ladies and gentlemen, who formed themselves into a Class for the study of Marine Natural History. There was much to be done in the way of collecting, much to be learned in the way of study. Not a few species of interest, and some rarities, fell under our notice, scattered as we were over the rocks, and peeping into the pools, almost every day for a month. Then the prizes were to be brought home, and kept in little Aquariums for the study of their habits, their beauties to be investigated by the pocket-lens, and the minuter kinds to be examined under the microscope. An hour or two was spent on the shore every day on which the tide and the weather were suitable; and, when otherwise, the occupation was varied by an indoors' lesson, on identifying and comparing the characters of the animals obtained, the specimens themselves affording illustrations. Thus the two great desiderata of young naturalists were attained simultaneously; they learned at the same time how to collect, and how to determine the names and the zoological relations of the specimens when found.