Chapter XXIV: The Kingdom of Man 284

INDEX 293

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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MEGALOSAURUS _Frontispiece_

MAP SHOWING DISTRICTS OF WORLD-SHAKING EARTHQUAKES 15

ONE OF THE COLOSSAL NATURAL BRIDGES OF UTAH 40

THE GARDEN OF THE GODS, COLORADO 44

A CURIOUS ROCK GREATLY REVERED BY THE NATIVES 46

THE GRAND CAÑON OF ARIZONA 52

CLEOPATRA TERRACE, YELLOWSTONE PARK, U.S.A. 56

A PETRIFIED TREE 58

THE CRATER OF AN EXTINCT VOLCANO 104

THE PINNACLED CASTLE-LIKE PEAKS OF THE RAMSHORN
MOUNTAINS OF WYOMING 130

A GEYSER IN ACTION 140

A CURIOUS ERUPTION OF MOUNT ASAMA, JAPAN 154

A HOUSE DESTROYED BY AN EARTHQUAKE 158

THE RUINS OF THE MAGNIFICENT CITY HALL OF SAN FRANCISCO 160

THE TRACK OF AN EARTH WAVE 166

A GEYSER AT REST IN YELLOWSTONE PARK, U.S.A. 170

THE NEW SPINE OF MONT PELÉE 184

THE DEAD CITY OF ST. PIERRE, MARTINIQUE 186

A YORKSHIRE POT-HOLE: SHOWING THE EFFECTS WHICH CAN
BE PRODUCED IN LIMESTONE BY UNDERGROUND WATER 196

PLESIOSAURS 238

DIPLODOCI CARNEGIEI 240

ARCHÆOPTERYX AND COMPSOGNATHUS 242

EVOLUTION OF THE HEAD, PROBOSCIS, NOSTRILS, AND TUSKS
OF THE ELEPHANT 260

TWO ARSINOITHERIUMS AT BAY BEFORE A PACK OF HYÆNODONS 266

DIPROTODON 278

ERRATA

[Transcriber Note: Corrections have been applied!]

Page 19, line 9. For "Sir Thomas Holdich," read "Sir Thomas
Holditch."

Page 25, line 17. Read, "they are always, as it were, imperceptibly
quivering; and they are always liable, if the strain on them
should be increased in the slightest degree, to give way, or to
resettle the weight on their shoulders in some way."

Page 29, line 11. For "a greasy spot," read "a greasy shot."

Page 35, line 5. For "evidence," read "existence."

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