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