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INDEX.
317
  • Chalk-formation, surface of, muck denuded, 137
  • Chalk, residue of, forming a superficial deposit, 138
  • —Chalk,— — — fragments of, soon buried and corroded, 139
  • —Chalk,— — — formation of mould over, 297
  • Chedworth, Roman villa of, 197
  • Circular trenches near Stonehenge, 287
  • Claparède, structure of the intestines of worms, 19
  • —Claparède,— — — on the salivary glands of worms, 42
  • —Claparède,— — — on the calciferous glands, 44
  • —Claparède,— — — the pharynx adapted for suction, 56
  • —Claparède,— — — doubts whether earth serves worms as food, 102, 105
  • —Claparède,— — — on the gizzards of worms, 246
  • Clematis, petioles of, used in plugging up burrows, 58, 77
  • Cobra-snake, intelligence of, 94
  • Collapsing of old burrows, 118
  • Concluding remarks, 305
  • Concretions of lime in the anterior calciferous glands, 45
  • —Concretions— — — calcareous, use of, 54
  • Corals, mud derived from, 256
  • Corniche Road, disintegrated castings on, 276, 281
  • Croll, Mr., on denudation, 233
  • Crowns or ridges on old ploughed fields, 292
  • Currents of air, worms sensitive to, 28


  • Dancer, Mr., on the action and number of worms, 146, 159
  • Deafness of worms, 26
  • Débris, over the Roman remains at Silchester, 201
  • Decay of leaves not hastened by the secretion with which they are bathed, 38
  • Denudation of the land, 230
  • Depth to which worms burrow, 109
  • Digaster, 246