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Cachalot, 1561, 1563

Cactus, 917, 957, 1180-89

Caddis worms, 1404

Caffres, 1675-76

Calamites, 468, 473-74, 873

Calms, Belt of, 786

Calyx, 867-68, 1002

Camel, 1545, 1549

Camelopard, 1531

Camelopardus, 78

Camoens, 762

Campbell, Prof., 392-93

Camper, 1693

Canary Isles, 932-34

Cancer, 78

Candolle, A. P. de, 985, 995, 997, 1186, 1466

Candolle’s region, 940

Canes Venatici, 78

Canis Major, 125

Cannibalism, 1657

Canopus, 57, 63

Caoutchouc, 1163, 1166, 1169

Capella, 57, 63, 76, 85, 116, 122, 187, 315

Capron, 819

Carapace, 1394

Carboniferous, Limestone, 464
plants, 468, 473, 873

Carboniferous Period, 457, 464-79
fishes of the, 484-86

Carnivora, 1518-19, 1536, 1546, 1552, 1565

Carpels, 869, 1003

Carpenter, Dr., 730, 731, 736, 741, 754

Cashew-nut, 1179

Caspian Sea, the, 581-82, 583-85

Cassava-meal, 1164

Cassini, 226, 285, 360, 377, 378, 418

Cassiopeia, 78, 84

Cassiopeia’s Chair, 123

Cassowary, 1524, 1526, 1560

Castor, 98, 122, 123, 198, 207-8

Casuarina, 951

Caterpillars, 1421, 1459-60, 1602

Catheturus, 1622

Catingas, the, 922

Caucasian race, the, 1670-73

Cavalier, the, 81

Cave, of Adelsberg, 617-20
Azure, of Capri, 709
Mammoth, 615

Caves, 612-18

Ceiba, 950

Celacanths, 484

Cells, 1299

Celsius, 816

Cenotes, 609

Centaur, the, 98, 99

Cephalaspis, 483, 484, 671

Cephalopoda, 459, 481

Cephalopods, 1576

Cepheus, 78

Cerealia, 943-45

Cestracions, 484

Cetacea, 1516, 1536, 1561-65

Cetaceans, 676

Cetus, 98-9

Chair, the, 77

Chalcididæ, 1449-58

Chaldean shepherds, the, 26

Chalk Age, 483

Chambered shells, 459

Chamisso, 691

Chamisso’s region, 940

Chaparrals, 1140

Chariot, the, 75, 77, 81
of David, 80
the Little, 82

Cherioptera, 1536

Cheirostemon, 950

Chelinous, 1577

Chelonian reptiles, 1395-1401

Chestnut, 931, 1174-77

Chimborazo, 776

Chimpanzees, 1529, 1530, 1550, 1626

China, agriculture in, 1092, 1096

Chinchilla, 1555

Chi Persei, 180

Chlorophyll, 897

Chrysalis, 1460, 1464

Cicada, 1420

Cicadæ, 1436

Cicero, 359

Cilia, 1010, 1039, 1291-92

Cinchona, 919

Circassians, 1671

Cirripeds, 1500

Cladothrix odorifera, 652, 653

Clairaut, 292

Clams, 459

Clark, Alvan, 203, 256

Clerke, Agnes M., 191

Climate, change of, 502-5, 1127, 1650

Climbing perch, 1352-53

Clouds, 819-28
cirro-cumulus, 823
cirro-macula, 823-24, 825
cirrus, 824-28
colors of, 825-26
cumulo-stratus, 825
cumulus, 820-21, 822-23
names, popular, 784
nimbus, 825
“scud,” 825
stratus, 820-21, 822, 823-24

Club-mosses, 887, 961-63, 1229-30

Coal, 465-67, 474-79, 872, 886-87

Coal-measures, 464
flora of the, 471-79, 1230

Coal-sack, the, 134, 135

Coasts, length of the, 708

Cobra, 1552

Coccosteus, 470, 483, 484

Cochineal, 1185, 1420-21

Cockchafer, 1441, 1464

Cocoanut, 942

Cocoon, 1460

Cœlum, 78

Coleoptera, 1411-13

Coleridge, 762

Columbus, 1263, 1267

Comet, Biela’s, 300
Encke’s, 299, 304
Halley’s, 38
of 1472, 288
of 1680, 290, 296
of 1744, 41
of 1811, 39-40, 41
of 1843, 303
of 1848, 298

Comets, 37-42, 132, 282-307
great, 298-99

Common, Dr., 165-66, 244, 253, 260, 264

Condor, 1523, 1538, 1556

Confucius, 501

Conifers, 472, 873, 884, 931

Constellations, the, 31, 64, 75, 77-79, 101-3
the Chinese, 76
Northern, 80-88
Schiller’s, 104-5
Southern, 97-100, 147
Zodiacal, 88-97

Cook, Capt., 1673

Copernicus, 353

Coral-animals, 459

Coral formations, 689-707
reefs, 689-707

Corallines, 1258-59, 1331

Corals, 471, 481, 707

Corolla, 868, 1002

Corona Borealis, 86, 123

Coronæ, 826, 827

Corvus, the Crow, 98

Cotopaxi, 517, 545, 550

Cotyledon, 1001

Cowbird, 1605

Cow-tree, 920-21, 1167, 1170

Coxwell, 776-77

Crab, the. See _Cancer_

Crabbe, 762, 1210

Crabs, 1374-77, 1604, 1606, 1621, 1622

Crater, the Cup, 98

Cretaceous period, 874

Crinoids, 460, 471, 481, 1314-18

Crocodiles, 1391-92, 1551, 1556

Crown, the, 78

Crustacea, 459, 460, 1374-78

Crustaceans, 471

Cryptogams, 454, 873, 887-90, 957-58, 960-61, 965, 1000, 1229-30

Ctenoids, 483

Cuckoo, 1605

Cucumber, squirting, 1008-9

Cuttle-fishes, 457, 459, 482

Cuvier, 463, 1296, 1297, 1669, 1687

Cycads, 455, 873, 874-76

Cycloids, 483

Cyclones, 792, 844

Cygnus, 85, 123

Cynosura, 77

Cypress, 630, 1137

Cypress-swamps, 630-31, 1137-38

Cysat, 154

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