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The topography and geology of the Fayum province of Egypt

Chapter 36: APPENDIX II.
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The study provides a systematic survey of the Fayum depression, combining topographic mapping, soil surveys, borehole data and field traverses to describe cultivated alluvial plains, remnant lake basins, and adjacent desert plateaux. It analyzes the Birket el Qurun and prehistoric lake remains, lake shrinkage, sand deposition and salinity, and assesses wadis, springs, and evaporitic deposits in Wadi Rayan and Muêla. Structural observations examine strata, dips, terraces, faults and folds to explain the region's origin and drainage, and evaluate the feasibility and hydrogeological consequences of using desert depressions as reservoirs. Maps, sections and water analyses support conclusions about soil composition, permeability and irrigation potential.

APPENDIX I.

PREVIOUS LITERATURE RELATING TO THE FAYUM.


  • Andrews C. W.—Extinct Vertebrates from Egypt. Parts I, II, Geol. Mag. N.S. Dec. IV. Vol. VIII, Sept. and Oct, 1901.
  • Notes on an Expedition to the Fayûm, Egypt, with description of some new Mammals, Geol. Mag. N.S. Dec. IV. Vol. X. Aug. 1903.
  • Further Notes on the Mammals of the Eocene of Egypt, (Pts I, II, III), Geol. Mag. N.S. Dec. V. Vol. I. March, April, May, 1904.
  • A note on the occurrence of a Ratite Bird in the Upper Eocene beds of the Fayûm, Egypt. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1904, Vol. I.
  • Andrews, C. W. and Beadnell, H. J. L.—A preliminary note on Some New Mammals from the Upper Eocene of Egypt, Survey Dept., P.W.M., Cairo, 1902.
  • A preliminary Notice of a Land Tortoise from the Upper Eocene of the Fayûm, Egypt. Survey Dept., P.W.M., Cairo, 1903.
  • Beadnell, H. J. L.—Découvertes Géologiques Récentes dans la Vallée du Nil et le Désert Libyen, VIII. Congr. Géol. Intern. 1900. Paris, 1901.
  • The Fayûm Depression; a Preliminary Notice of the Geology of a district in Egypt containing a new Palaeogene Vertebrate Fauna. Geol. Mag. Dec. IV. Vol. VIII No. 450, Dec. 1901.
  • A preliminary note on Arsinoitherium Zitteli, Beadn., Survey Dept., P.W.M., Cairo, 1902.
  • Neolithic Flint Implements from the Northern Desert of the Fayûm, Egypt. Geol. Mag. Dec. IV. Vol. X. Febr. 1903.
  • Blanckenhorn, M.—Geologie Ægyptens (Pts I-IV) Zeitsch. Deutsch. Geol. Gesell. Berlin, 1901.
  • Neue geologisch-stratigraphische Beobachtungen in Ægypten, S.-Ber. d. math.-phys. Classe d. Kgl. bayer. Ac. d. Wiss. Bd. XXXII, 1902, Heft III, München, 1902.
  • Die Geschichte des Nil-Stroms in der Tertiär- und Quartär periode, sowie des Palaeolithischen Menschen in Ægypten. Z. d. Ges. f. Erdk. Z. Berlin, 1902.
  • Nachträge zur Kenntniss des Palaeogens in Ægypten, Centralb. f. Mineral. No. 9. 1903.
  • Brown, Sir Hanbury.—The Fayûm and Lake Mœris, London, 1892.
  • Cossmann, M.—Additions a la Faune Nummulitique d’Egypte, Cairo, 1901.
  • Dames, W.—Uber eine Tertiäre Wirbelthier Fauna von der westlichen Insel des Birket-el-Qurûn in Fayûm (Ægypten). Sitzungsber. Akad. Wissensch., Berlin, 1883.
  • Dames, W. and Kayser.—Uber Zeuglodonten aus Ægypten und die Beziehungen der Archæoceten zu den übrigen Cetacean. Palaeont. Abhand. I. V. 5, Jena, 1894.
  • Editor Geological Magazine.—A New Egyptian Mammal (Arsinoitherium) from the Fayûm. Geol. Mag. N.S., Dec. IV, Vol. X, Dec. 1903.
  • Elliot Smith, G.—The Brain of the Archaeoceti, Proc. Roy. Soc. Vol. 71.
  • Flinders Petrie.—Hawara, Biahmu and Arsinœ, Egypt. Explor. Fund Reports, 1889.
  • Garstin, Sir William.—Report upon the Basin of the Upper Nile, Cairo, 1904.
  • Grenfell and Hunt.—The disposition of the Lake Mœris, Archaeol. Rep. Egypt. Exploration Fund. 1898-99. Pt. I. D.
  • Liernur, Western and Scott Moncrieff, Sir Colin.—Notes on the Wadi Rayan, Cairo, 1888.
  • Linant de Bellefonds.—Mémoires sur les travaux publics en Egypte, Paris, 1873.
  • Mémoires sur les principaux travaux d’utilité publique exécutés en Egypte depuis la plus haute antiquité jusqu’à nos jours, 1872-1873.
  • Lucas, A.—A preliminary Investigation of the Soil and Water of the Fayûm Province, Survey Dept., P.W.M., Cairo, 1902.
  • Martens. E. v.Subfossile Süsswasser-Conchylien aus dem Fajum. Sitz. Ber. Gesell. naturf. Freunde, Berlin, 1879.
  • Mayer-Eymar,—L’oasis de Moëleh, Bull. de l’Inst. Egypt., April, 1892.
  • Nouvelles Recherches sur le Ligurien et le Tongrien d’Egypte, Bull. de l’Instit. Egypt., April, 1894.
  • Die Versteinerungen der tertiären Schichten von der westlichen Insel im Birket-el-Qurûn See, Paleontogr. N.F.X., 3, (XXX).
  • Oppenheim, P.—Zur Kenntnis alttertiärer Faunen in Aegypten, (I). Palaeontographica, Dreif. Band. III, Public Works Ministry reports, 1889-1904. Abt. Erst. Lief. Stuttgart, 1903.
  • Reinach, v.Schildkrötenreste aus dem ägyptischen Tertiär. Sonderabd. aus d. Abhand. d. Senckenb. natur. Gesellsch. XXIX, I. Frankfurt, 1903.
  • Schweinfurth, G.—Reise in das Depressionsgebiet im Umkreise des Fajûm, Zeitschr. Ges. F. Erdkunde, Berlin, 1886.
  • A note on the Salt in the Wadi Rayan, Appendix II, Egyptian Irrigation (Willcocks), London, 1899.
  • Scott Moncrieff, Sir ColinNote on the Wadi Raian Project, Cairo, 1889.
  • Stromer, E.—Zeuglodonten-Reste aus dem oberen Mitteleocän des Fayûm, Bayer. Akad. Wissensch., Bd. XXXII, 1902.
  • Einiges über Bau und Stellung der Zeuglodonten, Zeitschr. d. Deutsch. Geolog. Gesellsch. 1903. See also Beiträge zur Paläont. u. Geol. Osterr.-Ungarins u. des Orients. Band XV. Heft II and III.
  • Afrika als Entstehungszentrum für Säugetiere, Zeitschr. d. Deutsch. Geolog. Gesellsch. 1903.
  • Whitehouse, Cope.—Bull. of the American Geographical Society, 1882.
  • Willcocks, Sir William.—Perennial Irrigation and Flood Protection in Egypt, P.W.M. Report, Cairo, 1894.
  • Egyptian Irrigation, 2nd Edit. London, 1899.
  • The Assuan Reservoir and Lake Mœris, London, 1904.
  • Zittel, K. v.Geologie u. Palaeontologie der Libyschen Wüste, Cassel, 1883.


APPENDIX II.


Paul Oppenheim has recently published[100] a description of a large collection of Egyptian lamellibranchs; the following is a list of the species of which examples have been collected in the Fayûm (including Rayan and Moêla). Figured species are marked by an asterisk.

* Gryphaea pharaonum, Oppenh Lower Mokattam.
* Ostrea (Gryphaea) Whitehousei, May.-Eym.  „ 
* O.  „  Edmondstonei, May-Eym.  „ 
* O.  „  histris, May.-Eym.  „ 
* Gryphaea (?) arabica, May.-Eym.  „ 
* O. elegans, Desh. Upper (and intermediate) Mokattam.
* O. Fraasi, May.-Eym. Lower and Upper Mokattam.
* O. Stanleyi, May.-Eym.  „   „ 
* O. Cailliaudi, May.-Eym. Upper Mokattam.
* O. ramosa, May.-Eym. Lower Mokattam.
* O. plicata, Sol. Mokattam Series.
O. paucicostata, Oppenh. Lower Mokattam.
O. Reili, Fraas. Lower and Upper Mokattam.
O. Schweinfurthi, May.-Eym. Upper Mokattam.
O. Sickenbergeri, May.-Eym.  „ 
* O. Hessi, May.-Eym. Lower and Upper Mokattam.
* O. qeruniana, May.-Eym. Mokattam Series.
O. gigantica, Sol. Upper (and intermediate) Mokattam.
* O. (Alectryonia) Clot-Beyi, Bell. Lower and Upper Mokattam.
* O. ( „  ) Bellardi, May.-Eym. Lower Mokattam.
O. ( „  ) semipectinata, Schafh.  „ 
* O. ( „  ) Mehemeti, May.-Eym.  „ 
Carolia placunoides, Cantraine Lower and Upper Mokattam.
* Pecten moëlehensis, May.-Eym. Lower Mokattam.
* P. Cailliaudi, Oppenh. Lower and Upper Mokattam.
Plicatula pyramidarum, Fraas Upper Mokattam.
P. Bellardi, May.-Eym. Mokattam Series.
P. indigena, May.-Eym.  „ 
* P. Schweinfurthi, Oppenh. Lower Mokattam.
* Spondylus ægyptiacus, Newton Mokattam Series.
* S. Rouaulti, d’Arch. Lower and Upper Mokattam.
* S. perhorridus, Oppenh. Lower Mokattam.
* Vulsella crispata, Fischer Lower and Upper Mokattam.
* V. lignaria, Oppenh. Lower Mokattam.
* V. moëlehensis, Oppenh.  „ 
* V. chamiformis, May.-Eym.  „ 
* Nucula Mœridis, Oppenh. Upper Mokattam.
* Cucullaea dimehensis, Oppenh.  „ 
* Arca subplanicostata, Oppenh. Upper Mokattam.
* A. Tethyis, Oppenh. Mokattam Series.
* A. uniformis, Oppenh. Upper Mokattam.
* A. tenuifilosa, Cossm. Mokattam Series.
* Pectunculus juxtadentatus, Cossm. Upper Mokattam.
* P. aegyptiacus, Oppenh.  „ 
* Cardita Viquesneli, d’Arch. Lower and Upper Mokattam.
C. acuticostata, Lk.  „   „ 
* C. mokattamensis, Oppenh. Upper Mokattam.
* C. fayumensis, Oppenh.  „ 
* C. fidelis, May.-Eym.  „ 
* C. Mosis, Oppenh. Mokattam Series.
* Crassatella fajumensis, Oppenh. Upper Mokattam.
C. Junkeri, May.-Eym.  „ 
C. puellula, May.-Eym.  „ 
* C. trigonata, Lk. Mokattam Series.
* Lucina pharaonis, Bell. Lower and Upper Mokattam.
* L. Rai, Oppenh. Mokattam Series.
* L. polythele, Oppenh.  „ 
* L. calliste, Oppenh.  „ 
* L. gibbosula, Lk. Upper Mokattam.
* L. fajumensis, Oppenh.  „ 
* L. sinuosa, Bell.  „ 
* Diplodonta cycloidea, Bell. Mokattam Series.
* D. inflata, Bell.  „ 
* Lucina (Diplodonta) corpusculum, Oppenh.  „ 
* Cardium desertorum, Oppenh. Upper Mokattam.
* C. Schweinfurthi, May.-Eym.  „ 
* Cyrena (Corbicula) Blanckenhorni, Oppenh.  „ 
* Cyprina aegyptiaca, Oppenh.  „ 

[100]Zur Kenntnis alttertiärer Faunen in Ägypten. Pt. I. Der Bivalven, erster Teil. Palaeontographica Bd. XXX, III.


INDEX


  • A
  • Abshawai—30-31, 84.
  • Abu Roash as an island—65.
  • Acacias—25.
  • Adaptive radiation of Hyracoidea, &c.—69.
  • Aegean plateau, Giraffes, &c. of—69.
  • Aetheria81.
  • Africa with Europe or Asia, Connection of—68.
  • Africa as centre of mammalian radiation—68, 88.
  • Agamiin—84.
  • Agassizia gibberulus52.
  • Ain Warshat el Melh—20.
  • Air passages of crocodile skulls, as casts—52.
  • Akera aff. striatella51-52.
  • Alectryonia Clot-Beyi35, 50-52.
  • Allen—69.
  • Alluvial deposits—23, 25-26, 29, 39, 79-81.
  • Alluvial soil, Composition of—11-12.
  • Alluvium covering eastern area—25, 30.
  • Amenemhat I—13, 26, 82, 84.
  • Ampullina hybrida51.
  • Ampullaria51, 81.
  • Analyses of water—13, 22.
  • Analysis of fossil bones—54.
  • Analysis of ox bone—55.
  • Ancodus Gorringei34, 59, 70.
  • Andrews, Dr. C. W.—10, 34, 52, 59, 68, 71, 80, 87.
  • Anisaster gibberulus52.
  • Anomaluridae—68-69.
  • Anoplotheres—69.
  • Antelopes—69.
  • Aquatic animals—55.
  • Aquatic hyracoid—69.
  • Arca53, 60.
  • Arca Edwardsi43.
  • Arca subplanicostata90.
  • Arca tenuifilosa90.
  • Arca tethyis52, 90.
  • Arca uniformis90.
  • Archæoceti—44, 52, 87.
  • Ard varks—69.
  • Area of Birket el Qurûn—13.
  • Area of cultivated land—11.
  • Area of desert in depression—15.
  • Area of Fayûm depression—9-11.
  • Area of Fayûm freshwater lake—80.
  • Arenaceous deposits—84.
  • Arenaceous sediments of Nile—81.
  • Argillaceous sandstone—36, 39, 46.
  • Argillaceous sands—57.
  • Armadillos—69.
  • Arsinœ—13, 83, 87.
  • Arsinoitherium10, 54, 59, 62, 68-87.
  • Arsinoitherium Andrewsii34, 70.
  • Arsinoitherium Zitteli10, 34, 59, 70, 87.
  • Assuan Reservoir—88.
  • Astarte46.
  • Astrohelia similis35, 43, 51.
  • B
  • Baboons—69.
  • Bacchias—83-84.
  • Baharia Oasis—9, 25, 27, 29, 66, 67.
  • Bahr Belama—18.
  • Bahr Yusef—11-12, 17-18, 25-26, 83-84.
  • Balanus39, 47.
  • Ball, Dr. J.—66.
  • Barbatia60.
  • Barriers between Nile lakes—79.
  • Barron, T.—71.
  • Barton Clay—58.
  • Bartonian beds—43, 53-70.
  • Barytherium10, 51, 68.
  • Barytherium grave35, 51, 70.
  • Basalt sheet—15, 28, 34, 53, 56-64, 75-76 (derived).
  • Basins receiving drainage—25, 79.
  • Bats, Ravine of El—29-30, 37, 39-40.
  • Beadnell, H. J. L.—10, 33, 59-60, 65-66, 78, 87.
  • Beauchamp sands—58.
  • Beekite—61.
  • Biahmu—13, 83-84, 87.
  • Birds, Fossil—70-87.
  • Birket el Qurûn—11, 12-14, 16, 23-25, 27-28, 30-32, 36, 40-41, 43-47, 49-50, 56, 61, 72-73, 80-81, 83-84, 87-88.
  • Birket el Qurun Schichten—63.
  • Birket el Qurûn Series—23, 27, 35, 41-50, 52, 64, 72-74.
  • Bithynia aff. Boissieri81.
  • Blanford—69-70.
  • Blanckenhorn, Dr. M.—30-31, 34, 39, 45, 58, 60, 64, 66, 71, 81, 87.
  • Blue Nile fauna—81.
  • Bone horizons & pits—52, 54, 62, 76.
  • Borings, Artesian—18.
  • Borings at Medinet el Fayûm—29-30, 41.
  • Borings by molluscs—23, 34, 43, 71-73, 78.
  • Borings by shells at two levels—72-73.
  • Borsonia37.
  • Boulders in gravel terraces—76.
  • Brackish-water shells—84.
  • Brain of archæoceti—52, 87.
  • Branches wanting on fossil trees—64-65.
  • British Museum collections—59.
  • Brown coal—53.
  • Brown, Sir Hanbury—11, 13, 80, 83, 87.
  • Bryozoa—36, 52.
  • Bubalis80.
  • Bugti beds (Sind)—70.
  • Bullen Newton, R.—76.
  • C
  • Cairo—9, 16, 28, 49, 56, 64, 65.
  • Calcareous beds in lake—12.
  • Calcareous grits—33, 53, 56-63.
  • Calcareous sandstone—25, 42-43, 45, 50-51, 59, 72.
  • Calcite—51, 58-59, 61-62.
  • Callianassa36, 58.
  • Calyptræa trochiformis43.
  • Canals—11-12, 18-19, 29, 73.
  • Canals, Mud brought to lake by—14.
  • Canis80.
  • Cape Rayan—21, 36.
  • Carbonaceous clays—46.
  • Carbonaceous matter—42, 51.
  • Cardita38-39, 47.
  • Cardita acuticostata90.
  • Cardita aff. carinata52.
  • Cardita aff. depressa52.
  • Cardita ægyptiaca46.
  • Cardita fidelis90.
  • Cardita fajumensis35, 46, 50-52, 90.
  • Cardita cf. gracilis and depressa52.
  • Cardita mokattamensis90.
  • Cardita Mosis90.
  • Cardita aff. triparticostata52.
  • Cardita Viquesneli35, 45-46, 90.
  • Cardium59.
  • Cardium desertorum90.
  • Cardium Schweinfurthi35, 43-44, 50-51, 90.
  • Carolia36-39, 48, 50, 52.
  • Carolia Beds—33, 48-53, 74 (rolled blocks).
  • Carolia placunoides35-36, 38-39, 45-49, 51-52, 73, 89.
  • Cassidaria51.
  • Cassidaria nilotica51.
  • Cassidaria aff. nodosa51.
  • Casts of crocodilian skull air passages—52.
  • Casts of shells—39, 44, 51, 59, 63.
  • Cavernous limestone—37.
  • Celestine—48.
  • Cellular weathering of sandstone—46.
  • Central African character of Fayûm shells—60.
  • Central Area of Fayûm—24-25.
  • Centres of independent evolution—69.
  • Cerithium39, 46-47, 53, 57-58.
  • Cerithium crispum58.
  • Cerithium fodicatum37.
  • Cerithium perditum58.
  • Cerithium tiarella58.
  • Cetacea—9, 43-44, 47, 49, 87.
  • Chalcedony—61.
  • Chalky limestones—40.
  • Charcoal, Natural—51, 53.
  • Chelonians—34, 44, 54, 62.
  • Chert, Tabular—61-62.
  • Cherty limestones—57, 59, 61.
  • Chicoreus anguliferus76.
  • Claudius Ptolemy—83.
  • Clavellithes longævus35, 45-46.
  • Clays—12, 15, 18, 20, 22-25, 28-30, 33-53, 55-59, 61-62, 74-76, 80, 82.
  • Clays, Variegated—62.
  • Clayey marls—37, 53, 62.
  • Clayey sands—29, 36-37, 42, 58.
  • Clayey sandstones—36, 50, 57, 62.
  • Clayey shales—77.
  • Cleopatra pirothi81.
  • Cleopatra pirothi var. unicarinata81.
  • Cleopatra bulimoides81, 84.
  • Cliffs—12, 14-15, 20-24, 27, 32, 36, 40-41, 45-46, 48-50, 53, 56, 73-74, 84-85.
  • Climate, Variations in Egyptian—81.
  • Coal, Thin seam of—53.
  • Coast-line of old continent—54.
  • Colossi at Biahmu—84.
  • Concretions—35-36, 38-40, 42-46, 50, 72.
  • Concretionary sands—58.
  • Concretionary sandstones—35, 46, 49, 51, 55-56, 62.
  • Concretionary weathering—42, 46.
  • Conglomerate—25, 74-76, 78.
  • Conical hill near Wadi Muêla—36.
  • Coniferous fossil trees—63.
  • Constancy of beds over wide areas—33.
  • Continental land in Oligocene times—64.
  • Continuance of Oligocene continental conditions—54.
  • Cope Whitehouse—16-17.
  • Coprolites—50-51, 62.
  • Corals—36-37, 44, 46, 51, 53.
  • Corbicula Blanckenhorni90.
  • Corbicula fluminalis, var. consobrina81, 84.
  • Corbula40.
  • Corbula aff. pixidicula35, 39, 43.
  • Cossmann, M.—45, 58, 87.
  • Cossmannella ægyptiaca50.
  • Cranial casts in limestone—52.
  • Crassatella fajumensis90.
  • Crassatella Junkeri90.
  • Crassatella puellula90.
  • Crassatella trigonata90.
  • Crassatellithes50.
  • Creodonts—70.
  • Crocodiles—9, 34, 51-55, 59, 62, 80.
  • Crocodilus59, 70.
  • Crystals of quartz, calcite &c.—61.
  • Cucullæa aff. crassatina52.
  • Cucullæa dimehensis89.
  • Cultivated lands—9, 11-14, 39-42, 73, 83-84.
  • Currents in Birket el Qurûn—14.
  • Currents in ancient river—52, 54, 65-66, 71-78, 80.
  • Current-bedded clays, sands, &c.—51, 56.
  • Cuvier—69.
  • Cyprina ægyptiaca90.
  • Cyrena Blanckenhorni90.
  • Cytherea46.
  • Cytherea Newboldi43.
  • D
  • Dakhla Oasis—29.
  • Dam at El Lahûn—84.
  • Dames—9, 43-44, 49, 87.
  • Damp climate formerly in Egypt—81.
  • Dashûr, Pyramids of—28.
  • Dasypodidae—69.
  • Defile of Wadi Muêla—9, 21.
  • Delta, Ancient—54, 66-67.
  • Dentalium46.
  • Denudation, Effects of—39, 73, 75, 77, 84.
  • Deposition of sediments in Eocene times—54.
  • Depression, Origin of Fayûm—15, 29, 33, 79.
  • Depression cut out in sedimentary rocks—33.
  • Depression, Fayûm—9, 11-16, 20, 24, 26-30, 33-36, 39, 53, 61, 64, 67, 71, 75, 77-81, 84-85, 87-88.
  • Depression, Mogara—71.
  • Depression, Wadi Rayan &c.—17-19, 21-24.
  • Depressions of Libyan Desert—16, 29, 67.
  • Depth of Birket et Qurûn—13.
  • Der el Beda—64.
  • Der el Galamûn—21, 36.
  • Desert conditions—73, 79.
  • Desert region—11, 14, 16, 26-28.
  • Deshasleh—17.
  • Dictyopleurus Haimi52.
  • Diluvial deposits—81.
  • Dimê—13, 31, 45, 50, 72.
  • Dinotheres—69.
  • Diodorus Siculus—13, 82.
  • Dionysias—83-84.
  • Dip, Importance and nature of—15, 33, 48-49, 55, 57, 64.
  • Diplodonta corpusculum90.
  • Diplodonta cycloidea90.
  • Diplodonta inflata90.
  • Dip-slopes of central area &c., of Fayûm—24, 25, 27, 50.
  • Disconnection of Nile Valley and Fayûm—80.
  • Dormice—69.
  • Downthrow of faults—32, 50.
  • Drainage basins—11, 13, 23, 25.
  • Drains—12.
  • Dreikanter—56.
  • Druses of calcite—62.
  • Dugongs—53.
  • Dunes—17, 21-23, 26-27, 84-85.
  • Dunes, Slope of—26.
  • Dunes, Straight-lined character of—26, 85.
  • E
  • Earth-pillars—46.
  • Earthy limestone—46.
  • Echinids—36-37, 39.
  • Echinolampas Crameri35, 50.
  • Edentata—69.
  • Edwa—82-83.
  • Egyptian irrigation—88.
  • Elephants, Early—68.
  • Elephas80.
  • El-Gayat, village—20.
  • Elliot Smith, Dr.—52, 87.
  • Elwat Hialla—28, 55-56, 75-76.
  • Emigration of African animals—68.
  • Eocene sea, Extension of—66.
  • Eosiren10, 52.
  • Eosiren libyca35, 51, 70.
  • Eremopezus libycus34, 70.
  • Erosion by Nile—79, 80.
  • Erosion, Superficial—85.
  • Escarpments—15, 21, 26-28, 31-32, 45, 49, 52, 56-58, 60-61, 75-77.
  • Escarpments determined by fractures—32.
  • Eschara Duvali37.
  • Estuarine conditions of upper beds—53, 55.
  • Ethiopian faunal region—68-69.
  • Ethiopian region centre of independent evolution—69-70.
  • Euhemeria—84.
  • Euspatangus Blanckenhorni36.
  • Euspatangus cairensis52.
  • Euspatangus formosus36.
  • Evaporation of late Pliocene lake—78-79.
  • Even-toed ruminants—68.
  • Exogyra Fraasi35, 50-52.
  • F
  • Facetted quartz pebbles—56.
  • False-bedding—50-51, 55-57, 62, 73.
  • Farafra Oasis—29.
  • Faulting and folding—16, 29-32, 49-50.
  • Fault near Qasr el Sagha—32.
  • Fault, Nile Valley—15.
  • Fayûm beds shallower water than those of Mokattam—41.
  • Fayûm, Causes of origin of—15, 29, 33.
  • Ferruginous bands—51-52, 58.
  • Ferruginous clays—51.
  • Ferruginous grits—27, 58, 62, 66-67.
  • Ferruginous sand—54.
  • Ferruginous sandstone—46, 50, 52, 57.
  • Feshn—11.
  • Fibrous gypsum—52.
  • Ficula tricarinata43.
  • Filhol, M.—69.
  • Fiord, Nile Valley—78-79.
  • Fish remains—9, 35, 39-40, 42-44, 46-47, 50-52, 59, 70, 77, 70.
  • Fish-scales—39-40, 42, 44, 77.
  • Fish-spines—39, 50.
  • Fish-teeth—39, 43, 50.
  • Fish-vertebrae—50.
  • Flat-topped hills—20.
  • Flinders, Petrie—13, 87.
  • Flint implements—61, 82.
  • Flint pebbles—20, 50, 56, 62-63, 73, 75-76.
  • Flint, Tabular—61-62.
  • Floods—26, 54, 67, 82.
  • Flood protection—88.
  • Flood-readings—80.
  • Floor of depression—39.
  • Fluviatile conditions of deposition—58.
  • Fluviatile sands, etc.—60, 66-67.
  • Fluviomarine conditions of deposition—33.
  • Fluviomarine Series—9, 27, 34, 53-65, 74-76.
  • Flying rodents—68-69.
  • Fold near Qasr el Sagha—32, 49.
  • Foraminiferal beds—33, 35-39, 41-42, 45-48, 74.
  • Formation of Fayûm lake—26, 78-80, 82-84.
  • Fractures determining escarpments—32.
  • Freshness of Birket el Qurûn—14, 24.
  • Freshwater conditions of deposition—58.
  • Freshwater lake before Mœris—79-80.
  • Freshwater lakes of Nile Valley—79.
  • Freshwater shells—18, 44, 47, 60, 80-81, 88.
  • Freshwater shells absent in Wadi Rayan—23.
  • Fusus37, 48.
  • G
  • Gar el Gehannem—9, 23, 25, 27, 32, 36-39, 41, 46-47, 50, 52, 61, 67, 73, 80, 85.
  • Gar el Hamra—27, 67.
  • Garat el Esh—32, 61, 76, 85.
  • Garat el Faras—28, 50, 75.
  • Garat el Gindi—28, 75.
  • Garstin, Sir W.—18, 87.
  • Gasteropods—36, 58.
  • Geniohyus10.
  • Geniohyus fayumensis34, 70.
  • Geniohyus major34, 70.
  • Geniohyus mirus34, 70.
  • Geodes—61.
  • Geological Succession in Wadi Rayan—22.
  • Geological Magazine—10, 87.
  • Geology of Fayûm—33, 90.
  • Geziret el Qorn—31, 40, 43-45, 63.
  • Gharaq, Bahr el—11, 17.
  • Gharaq Basin—11, 13, 19-20, 23-26, 31, 36, 85.
  • Gharaq, Wadi—17.
  • Ghardag bushes—22.
  • Ghart el Khanashat—26-27, 85.
  • Gigantophis10.
  • Gigantophis Garstini35, 51, 70.
  • Giraffes—69.
  • Gisortia37.
  • Gisortia gigantea51.
  • Giza, Pyramids of—28, 63.
  • Glacial period—69, 81.
  • Glauconitic clays—36, 39, 50.
  • Glauconitic marl—39.
  • Glauconitic sands—37.
  • Globular concretions—35, 42-46, 72.
  • Glycimeris pulvinatus52.
  • Goat remains—80.
  • Goniastræa cocchii43.
  • Goniaræa elegans51.
  • Goniopora51.
  • Grass in desert—27.
  • Gravels—15, 25-27, 32, 34, 40-42, 73-78.
  • Gravel-capped hills—75.
  • Gravel terraces—25, 34, 42, 71, 73-80.
  • Gravelly gypsum—77.
  • Grenfell, Mr.—83-84, 87.
  • Grits—27, 33-34, 57-63, 66.
  • Grooving due to blown sand—85.
  • Gryphæa arabica89.
  • Gryphæa Edmonstonei89.
  • Gryphæa histris89.
  • Gryphæa pharaonum89.
  • Gryphæa Whitehousei89.
  • Gauges, Nile—80.
  • Gypseous clays—33, 35, 37-40, 44-46, 51-52.
  • Gypseous deposits—71, 75, 77, 79.
  • Gypseous limestone—50, 52.
  • Gypseous marls—37-39.
  • Gypseous plain—20-21.
  • Gypseous sands—39.
  • Gypseous shale—42, 48.
  • Gypsum—18, 20, 36-37, 39, 42, 50-52, 61-62, 77-79.
  • Gypsum of Paris, Animals in—69.
  • H
  • Hade of fault—32.
  • Haram el Bahrl, El—36.
  • Harpoons, Flint—61.
  • Hawara—11, 13, 26, 87.
  • Headon Hill beds—58.
  • Height of Pliocene terraces—76.
  • Heliastræa acervularia43.
  • Heliastræa Ellisi13.
  • Heliastræa flattersi43.
  • Heluan—16.
  • Herodotus—13, 82, 84.
  • High-level lake—83.
  • Hippopotamus69, 80.
  • Historic epoch—81-85.
  • Horns of Birket el Qurûn due to siliceous bands—41.
  • Hunt, Mr.—83-84, 87.
  • Huxley, Prof.—68.
  • Hydractinia38.
  • Hydractinia cornuta35.
  • Hydrobia stagnalis84.
  • Hyracoidea—69.
  • I
  • Ice periods—69, 81.
  • Immigration of animals into Africa—68.
  • Implements, Flint—61.
  • India, Fauna of—69.
  • Indo-Malayan faunal region—69.
  • Invasion of Africa by European animals—69.
  • Invasion of Europe by African animals—69.
  • Ironstone—50, 58-59.
  • Irrigation works, Result of—12, 88.
  • Isocardia cyprinoides43.
  • J
  • Jerboas—69.
  • Joint-planes—36.
  • K
  • Kafr el Ayat—11.
  • Karanis—84.
  • Kayser—87.
  • Kenîsa, El—72.
  • Kharga Oasis—29.
  • Knobs along line of fault—32.
  • Kom Ombo—81.
  • Korif, Wadi—21.
  • L
  • Lacustrine deposits—12-13, 34, 40, 44, 47, 49, 66-67, 79-80, 82.
  • Lahûn—11, 26, 39, 84.
  • Lahûn Pyramid—28, 42.
  • Lake deposits—67, 79.
  • Lake in Fayûm—11-14, 78-80.
  • Lake Mœris—12-13, 18-19, 23-24, 43, 49, 79-80, 82-84, 87-88.
  • Lake, Nile Valley—78-79.
  • Lake of the Horns—12.
  • Lamellibranchs—12, 58-59, 89.
  • Lamination of arenaceous deposits—66.
  • Land-animal remains—52-54.
  • Land-areas, Ancient—65-67, 71.
  • Lanistes53, 58, 81.
  • Lanistes antiquus51.
  • Lanistes bartonianus34, 60.
  • Lanistes carinatus60.
  • Lava Flows—15, 33-34, 53, 56-58, 61-62, 75.
  • Leakage through ridge of Wadi Rayan—23.
  • Leda35, 39.
  • Lenticular sand-beds—55.
  • Leptodon69.
  • Levels made from Rayan to Nile Valley—17.
  • Libyan Desert, Area, etc., of—15, 88.
  • Liernur Bey—17-18, 87.
  • Liernur, Wadi—17, 19.
  • Lignite—51, 53.
  • Ligurian beds—43, 64, 88.
  • Limb-bones of vertebrates—52.
  • Limestones—12, 15-16, 20-25, 29, 33-42, 45-53, 56-57, 59-62, 65-66, 73-77.
  • Limnæa mœris81.
  • Limnæa natalensis81.
  • Limnæa palustris81.
  • Linant de Bellefonds—16, 83, 88.
  • Linthia52.
  • Little Rayan—22.
  • Littoral deposits—66.
  • Loam—39.
  • Lobocarcinus Paulino-Wurtembergicus36.
  • Lower Headon Hill beds—58.
  • Lower Oligocene—53-70.
  • Lucas, A.—9, 14, 22, 54, 88.
  • Lucina36, 39, 45-46, 48, 53, 58.
  • Lucina calliste90.
  • Lucina consobrina37.
  • Lucina Defrancei37.
  • Lucina fajumensis90.
  • Lucina fortisiana51.
  • Lucina gibbosula90.
  • Lucina globulosa37.
  • Lucina pharaonis35, 43, 45, 51, 90.
  • Lucina polythele90.
  • Lucina pomum43.
  • Lucina Rai90.
  • Lucina sinuosa90.
  • Lucina cf. tabulata43.
  • Lulu, Wadi—17.
  • Lydekker, R.—70.
  • M
  • Macrosolen Hollowaysi35, 46, 51.
  • Mactra compressa43.
  • Madagascar and Africa, Connection of—68.
  • Mammalia, Fossil—34-35, 55, 62, 38-70, 80, 87.
  • Mammillary weathering—57.
  • Mandibles of vertebrates—52.
  • Marls—18, 29-30, 33-35, 37, 39-42, 49-50, 53, 55, 61-62, 73-74, 76.
  • Marls in lake—12.
  • Marls, Saliferous—19.
  • Marly clays—29-30, 57, 62.
  • Marly gypsum—77.
  • Marly limestones—33, 35, 37-39, 47-48, 62, 77.
  • Marsh land—26, 40, 82.
  • Martens, Prof. von.—60, 81, 88.
  • Masaigega, Wadi—19.
  • Masaret-Abusia—40.
  • Mastodons—68-69.
  • Mayer-Eymar, K.—37, 43, 49, 53, 64, 88.
  • Mazana—17, 19.
  • Medinet el Fayûm—29-30, 41, 82-83.
  • Mediterranean fauna—81.
  • Medum—40, 77 (pyramid).
  • Megalohyrax10.
  • Megalohyrax eocænus34, 59, 70.
  • Megalohyrax minor34, 70.
  • Melania53, 57-60.
  • Melania muricata60.
  • Melania cf. Nysti60, 64.
  • Melania tuberculata81, 84.
  • Melanopsis81.
  • Melanopsis fauna—81.
  • Melongena nilotica, var. bicarinata51.
  • Menesi Ali, Ezba—17.
  • Meretrix nitidula51.
  • Meretrix parisiensis51.
  • Mesalia51.
  • Mesalia fasciata35, 51.
  • Mesalia oxycrepis51.
  • Middle Eocene—9-10, 15, 32-33, 35-53, 54-55, 57-58, 60, 62, 64, 66-67, 70, 80.
  • Migrations of mammalia—69-70.
  • Miocene beds suggested—64.
  • Miocene, Lower—34, 54, 70.
  • Miocene, Lower, of Orient European in type—70.
  • Miocene strata, Absence of—34, 71.
  • Mitra36.
  • Mœriophis Schweinfurthi50, 70.
  • Mœris (see Lake Mœris).
  • Mœritherium10, 52, 59, 68, 70.
  • Mœritherium gracilis35, 51, 70.
  • Mœritherium Lyonsi34, 35, 51, 59, 70.
  • Mœritherium trigodon34-70.
  • Mogara—34, 54, 71, 85.
  • Mokattam beds, Lower—35, 89-90.
  • Mokattam beds, Upper—33, 41, 49, 89-90.
  • Mokattam beds deeper water than Fayûm beds—41.
  • Mokattam, Jebel—39, 41, 49.
  • Monastery in Wadi Muêla—21.
  • Moncrieff, Sir C. S.—16-17, 87.
  • Monkeys—69.
  • Monoclinal fold—16.
  • Monograph of Fayûm vertebrates—10.
  • Monotony of desert—26.
  • Muêla, Wadi—9, 14, 16-17, 20-21, 35-37, 88-89.
  • Mutela53, 60.
  • Mytilus affinis51.
  • N
  • Natica46.
  • Natica crassatina64.
  • Natrûn, Wadi—26, 27, 54, 85.
  • Nautilus36, 46, 48.
  • Nawamis—40.
  • Necrodasypus69.
  • Neolithic implements—82, 87.
  • Neritina nilotica81, 84.
  • Nezleh Canal—19.
  • Nicolia63.
  • Nile deposit absent in Wadi Rayan—23.
  • Nile mud—80-82.
  • Nile Valley, Connection with—11, 13, 17-18, 79-82.
  • Nile Valley, History of—79, 87.
  • Nile waters enter depression—26, 79-80, 82.
  • Nilometer—80.
  • Nodular bands—44, 47.
  • Nodular limestones—48.
  • Nodules, Calcareous—39, 61.
  • Nonionina46.
  • Northern Desert Region—9, 26-28, 87.
  • Nucula Mœridis89.
  • Nucularia35, 39.
  • Nummulites—33, 36, 39, 41, 46-48.
  • Nummulites Beaumonti35, 41.
  • Nummulites curvispira35-37.
  • Nummulites Fraasi35, 41-42.
  • Nummulites gizehensis33, 35-37, 39, 41, 48.
  • Nummulites gizehensis limestones—33, 35-37, 39, 41, 48.
  • Nummulites Schweinfurthi41.
  • Nummulites sub-Beaumonti41.
  • Nummulitic limestones—36-39, 65.
  • O
  • Oases depressions—67.
  • Oases, Origin of—29.
  • Oasis, Parva—83.
  • Oldest beds in Fayûm—33.
  • Oligocene beds—34, 53, 70.
  • Oligocene of Orient European in type—70.
  • Oliva46.
  • Operculina33, 46, 74.
  • Operculina discoidea35, 41-42, 47, 74.
  • Operculina-Nummulite Beds—35, 41-48, 74.
  • Oppenheim, Dr. P.—43, 50, 88-89.
  • Oriental faunal region—69.
  • Origin of Fayûm, Causes of—15.
  • Original floor of depression—39.
  • Osborn, Prof. H. F.—68, 70.
  • Ostrea36-39, 42, 44-46, 48-50, 52.
  • Ostrea Bellardi89.
  • Ostrea Caillaudi89.
  • Ostrea Clot-Beyi38, 46, 89.
  • Ostrea cucullata41, 71, 77.
  • Ostrea digitalina43.
  • Ostrea Edmonstonei89.
  • Ostrea elegans35, 51, 89.
  • Ostrea flabellula51.
  • Ostrea Fraasi38-39, 47, 89.
  • Ostrea gigantea43.
  • Ostrea gigantica89.
  • Ostrea Gumbeli37.
  • Ostrea Hessi89.
  • Ostrea aff. heteroclyta51.
  • Ostrea histris89.
  • Ostrea longirostris43.
  • Ostrea Mehemeti89.
  • Ostrea paucicostata89.
  • Ostrea plicata43, 89.
  • Ostrea producta43.
  • Ostrea qeruniana89.
  • Ostrea ramosa89.
  • Ostrea Reili35, 39, 45-47, 51-52, 89.
  • Ostrea Schweinfurthi89.
  • Ostrea semipectinata89.
  • Ostrea Sickenbergeri89.
  • Ostrea Stanleyi89.
  • Ostrea Whitehousei89.
  • Oudardia ovalis39.
  • Outlets, Subterranean, to lake—14, 24.
  • Outliers—21, 28.
  • Output of water from springs—22.
  • Oysters—36, 39, 42, 48.
  • Oyster-beds—36, 50.
  • Oyster-limestone—52.
  • P
  • Palæogene freshwater shells—60.
  • Palæogene vertebrate fauna—87.
  • Palæontographica—43, 63, 88.
  • Palæomastodon10, 59, 68.
  • Palæomastodon Beadnelli34, 59, 70.
  • Palæomastodon minor34, 70.
  • Palms—21-22.
  • Paludina81.
  • Pangolins—69.
  • Paper-shales—36, 51.
  • Paris basin—58.
  • Parisian beds—18, 35-53.
  • Pass from Muêla to Rayan—21.
  • Pebble deposits—18, 30, 39-40, 56, 58, 76, 78.
  • Pecten39, 42, 46-47.
  • Pecten benedictus71.
  • Pecten Caillaudi89.
  • Pecten corneus37.
  • Pecten moëlehensis37, 52, 59.
  • Pecten solariolum52.
  • Pectunculus46.
  • Pectunculus juxtadentatus90.
  • Pectunculus ægyptiacus51, 90.
  • Pectunculus pseudopulvinatus35.
  • Pectunculus pulvinatus52.
  • Pelomedusa progaleata70.
  • Pelvis of Arsinoitherium54.
  • Perforate weathering of sandstone—46.
  • Permeability of Wadi Rayan—24.
  • Perennial irrigation in Egypt—88.
  • Pharaonic province—84.
  • Philotera—84.
  • Phiomia10.
  • Phiomia serridens34, 59, 70.
  • Pinna39, 47.
  • Plains—50, 52, 54, 77.
  • Plain of subaerial denudation—39.
  • Planorbis Ehrenbergi84.
  • Planorbis marginatus var. subangulata84.
  • Planorbis subangulata81.
  • Plant-remains—42, 50-51, 53, 57.
  • Plateau bounding Fayûm to north—26.
  • Plateaux15, 21, 25, 27-28, 32, 62.
  • Pleistocene Beds—30, 34, 47, 50, 54, 71, 79-81, 84.
  • Pleurotoma37, 43, 46, 53, 58.
  • Pleurotoma ingens34, 58.
  • Plicatula Bellardi50-51, 89.
  • Plicatula indigena89.
  • Plicatula polymorpha35, 45-46, 51.
  • Plicatula pyramidarum89.
  • Plicatula Schweinfurthi89.
  • Pliny—82.
  • Pliocene Beds—30, 34, 41-42, 54, 69, 71-78.
  • Pliocene sea, Invasion of—43, 71, 78.
  • Pliohyrax69.
  • Podocnemis antiqua37, 70.
  • Podocnemis Blanckenhorni70.
  • Podocnemis Blanckenhorni var. ovata70.
  • Podocnemis fajumensis70.
  • Podocnemis Stromeri35, 70.
  • Podocnemis Stromeri var. major70.
  • Pools formed by rainfall—25.
  • Pools produced by springs—20, 22.
  • Potamides53.
  • Potamides scalaroides34, 58, 64.
  • Potamides tiarella64.
  • Potamides tristriatus34.
  • Prehistoric epoch—81-82.
  • Prehistoric lake—23, 79-82.
  • Preservation of fossil remains—55.
  • Proboscidea—68-69.
  • Promontories of Birket el Qurûn, Origin of—41.
  • Propristis Schweinfurthi35, 51, 70.
  • Psephophorus eocænus35, 70.
  • Pseudodon58, 60.
  • Pterodon10.
  • Pterodon africanus34, 59, 70.
  • Pterodon macrognathus34, 70.
  • Pterosphenus10.
  • Pterosphenus Schweinfurthi35, 50-51, 70.
  • Ptolemaic lake—84.
  • Ptolemaic period—82.
  • Ptolemy Philadelphus—84.
  • Ptolemy the second—84.
  • Puddingstone of ancient rivers—26, 67.
  • Pyramid-like building—74.
  • Pyramid pebbles—56.
  • Q
  • Qalamsha, Ezba—23, 25-26, 41-42, 77.
  • Qasr el Banat—84.
  • Qasr el Qurûn—84.
  • Qasr el Sagha—9, 31-32, 43, 49, 52, 56-58, 60-61.
  • Qasr el Sagha Series—27, 32-33, 35, 38, 41, 44-57, 64-66, 75, 77.
  • Qatrani, Jebel El—28, 55, 61, 75.
  • Qatrani beds—34, 53-70.
  • Qerunia38.
  • Qerunia cornuta35, 45-46, 48, 51-52.
  • Quartz pebbles—20, 50, 56, 62-63, 73, 75.
  • Quartz sand—55.
  • Quartzite—62, 73-75.
  • R
  • Radiation of Mammalia from Africa—69.
  • Railway to Fayûm—40.
  • Raised beaches—34, 41.
  • Ratite bird—87.
  • Ravine Beds—23, 25, 29-30, 35, 37-42, 46, 77.
  • Ravines—12, 19, 29, 37, 39-40.
  • Rayan, Jebel—36-37.
  • Rayan, Geology of Wadi—22-23.
  • Rayan, Little—22.
  • Rayan Series—24, 25, 30, 33, 35-39, 41.
  • Rayan, Wadi—9, 11, 14-24, 27-28, 31, 85, 87-89.
  • Rays—70.
  • Recent Beds—34, 81-85.
  • Reclamation of Fayûm lake—82-84.
  • Reconnection of Nile Valley and Fayûm—80.
  • Reeds—20.
  • Regulator of floods, Fayûm as—82.
  • Reinach, Von—59, 88.
  • Reptiles, Fossil—70.
  • Reservoir at Assuan—88.
  • Reservoir proposed in Wadi Rayan—16-19.
  • Retreat of Eocene sea—54, 55, 66.
  • Rhinoceros bicornis69.
  • Ridge separating Nile Valley and Fayûm—25-26, 71, 73-74, 79-80.
  • Ridge separating Rayan and Gharaq—23.
  • Rimella rimosa35, 51.
  • Ripple-marked sandstone—51.
  • Rise of Nile bed—80.
  • River, Ancient—27, 52-55, 66-67, 79.
  • River-currents—65, 71, 78.
  • River-sand—55.
  • Roads in desert—27.
  • Rocks forming Libyan Desert—15.
  • Roda—13, 75, 80.
  • Rodents, Flying—68-69.
  • Rohlfs’ Expedition—9, 63.
  • Rolled fossils—73.
  • Rostellaria37.
  • Round-topped hill-ranges—75.
  • Rubiat—39-42.
  • Ruins—20-22, 48-50, 52.
  • Ruminants, Even-toed—68-69.
  • Rushes—20.
  • S
  • Saghatherium10.
  • Saghatherium antiquum34, 59, 70.
  • Saghatherium magnum34, 70.
  • Saghatherium minus34, 59, 70.
  • Salines—20.
  • Salinity of lake—14.
  • Salinity of water in Wadi Rayan—24.
  • Salt—18, 36, 77, 79.
  • Salt in Wadis Rayan & Muêla—19, 20, 88.
  • Samos, Island of—69.
  • Sands—15, 18, 21, 29, 33-34, 40, 42, 47, 50, 53, 55-59, 61-62, 71, 74-76, 80.
  • Sand accumulations, Wind-blown—12, 20-21, 32, 34, 73, 84-85.
  • Sand, &c., deposited in Birket el Qurûn—13, 80, 84.
  • Sandberger Hills—62.
  • Sandblast action—73.
  • Sand-rock—44, 50-51, 56-60, 62, 74.
  • Sands, Variegated—34, 53, 57, 59.
  • Sandstones—15, 28, 32-36, 38-39, 42-63, 72, 74-77.
  • Sandstone, Concretionary—35, 38.
  • Sandstone-grit—56, 58, 62-63.
  • Sandstones, Mottled—62.
  • Sandstones, Variegated—76.
  • Sandy clays—12, 18, 36-37, 42, 44, 46, 50-52, 56-59, 62.
  • Sandy conglomerate—18.
  • Sandy limestones—25, 35-36, 38-39, 42, 49-52.
  • Sandy marl—37, 42, 62.
  • Sandy shale—42.
  • Saqâra, Pyramid of—28.
  • Saws, Flint—61.
  • Scalenohedra of calcite—51.
  • Schizaster36.
  • Schizaster aff. africanus52.
  • Schweinfurth, Dr.—9, 14, 19, 24, 34-37, 43-44, 49, 64, 71-72, 77-80, 88.
  • Schweinfurth’s Temple—49.
  • Scoring due to blown sand—85.
  • Scott Moncrieff, Sir C.—88.
  • Sculpturing of sandstone—85.
  • Scutella beds—64.
  • Second Cataract—81.
  • Sections, Geological—36-42, 44-47, 50-52, 56, 58-62.
  • Sediment deposited in Fayûm—26, 54.
  • Sêla—9, 26, 39-40, 73.
  • Septaria—46.
  • Serpula46.
  • Sersena—25, 42, 75.
  • Shales—36, 42, 48.
  • Shaly Clays—44, 47, 62, 77.
  • Shaly marl—39-41, 44.
  • Sharks—39.
  • Sharks’ teeth—46, 51.
  • Sheep remains—80.
  • Shell-borings—72.
  • Shell-impressions—39-40, 42, 44, 50.
  • Shelly limestone—38-39, 46, 51-52.
  • Shelly sands—36.
  • Shelly sandstone—46, 51.
  • Sherwin, R. S.—78.
  • Shore-line, Ancient—77.
  • Shore-line, Movements of—65.
  • Shrinkage of Birket el Qurûn—13.
  • Sidmant el Jebel—17, 34, 71, 77.
  • Siliceous bands, Horns of Birket el Qurûn due to—41.
  • Siliceous beds capping hills—61.
  • Siliceous limestone—37, 41.
  • Silicified grits—27, 62, 67.
  • Silicified sandstones—32, 57.
  • Silicified trees—27, 34, 51, 53, 55-59, 61, 63, 65, 73-75.
  • Silicified trees, Size of—53, 63.
  • Silsila—81.
  • Siluroid fish—35, 51, 70, 80.
  • Sirenia—51.
  • Sites, Excavated—84.
  • Skeleton-carrying currents—53.
  • Soil, Character of—11-12, 88.
  • Soil survey—9.
  • Solarium51.
  • Solarium aff. bistriatum51.
  • South Africa as centre of evolution—69.
  • South America, Migrations to—69.
  • Spatha53, 58, 60, 81.
  • Spatha dahomeyensis60.
  • Spatha Droueti60.
  • Spondylus ægyptiacus52, 89.
  • Spondylus perhorridus89.
  • Spondylus Ruaulti89.
  • Springs in Wadi Muêla—20.
  • Springs of Wadi Rayan—22.
  • Stem-weathering in sandstone—56.
  • Step-faults—31.
  • Stereogenys Cromeri35, 51, 70.
  • Stereogenys libyca70.
  • Stereogenys podocnemioides35, 70.
  • Stock-work—50.
  • Stone Age, Neolithic—82.
  • Strabo—13, 82.
  • Strata, Classification of—34.
  • Strike faults—32.
  • Stromer von Reichenbach, E.—44, 59, 69, 88.
  • Strontium sulphate pseudomorphs—48.
  • Subaerial denudation—39.
  • Sub-fossil fauna of Fayûm—81.
  • Successive faunal invasions, Theory of—68.
  • Sulphate of lime—78.
  • Sulphate of strontium pseudomorphs—48.
  • Survey collections—59.
  • Surveying operations—9.
  • Surveying by Colonel Western—17.
  • T
  • Table-land of cultivated area—11.
  • Tafla beds—39.
  • Tamarisk growth—22, 25, 72, 82.
  • Tamia—12-13, 15, 25, 27-28, 31, 40, 42, 49-50, 55-56, 72, 75.
  • Tamia lake—40.
  • Tectonics—16, 29-32.
  • Tellina40, 42, 51.
  • Tellina pellucida43.
  • Tellina scalaroides35.
  • Tellina tenuistriata35, 39.
  • Temperature changes in desert—73.
  • Temperature effects on pebbles—56.
  • Temperature of springs in Wadi Rayan—22.
  • Temple of Qasr el Sagha—49, 56.
  • Terebellum sopitum36.
  • Teredo39, 47.
  • Testudo Ammon10, 34, 59, 70.
  • Thallassochelys libyca35, 70.
  • Theadelphia—84.
  • Thickness of beds in section—37-29, 42, 45-46, 49-52, 56-60, 65, 76-77.
  • Thickness of sediments in Fayûm—15.
  • Thinning of Fluvio-marine series—55.
  • Tomistoma70.
  • Tomistoma africanum35, 51, 59, 70.
  • Tongrian beds—13, 64, 88.
  • Toothed whales—39.
  • Topography and structural geology—11-28.
  • Tortoises, Large—10, 53-54, 59, 66, 87.
  • Trachelochetus bituberculatus51.
  • Tropical shells in Fayûm—60.
  • Tuba, El—40.
  • Tudicla aff. umbilicaris51.
  • Tufaceous gypsum—77.
  • Turbo Parkinsoni43.
  • Turritella38-39, 44-53.
  • Turritella angulata43, 45, 60, 64.
  • Turritella carinifera35, 38, 43, 51-52.
  • Turritella imbricataria51-52.
  • Turritella Lessepsi51.
  • Turritella parisiana51.
  • Turritella pharaonica34-35, 45, 51-52, 58.
  • Turritella transitoria43.
  • Turritella turris43.
  • Turtles—53-55, 59, 60.
  • Twelfth Dynasty—26, 82.
  • Twigs preserved in clays—53.
  • U
  • Um el Atl—84.
  • Unconformable junctions—39-40, 73, 76.
  • Underground outlets of Birket el Qurûn—14.
  • Ungulate, Horned—10.
  • Unio34, 53, 58-60.
  • Unio abyssinicus81.
  • Unio Bonneaudi60.
  • Unio Caillaudi60.
  • Unio Homsensis60.
  • Unio lithophagus60.
  • Unio Nyassænsis60.
  • Unio Schweinfurthi81.
  • Unio teretiusculus60.
  • Upper Eocene—10, 32-34, 53-70, 76.
  • Upper Mokattam beds—33.
  • Upper Nile basin—87.
  • Ur-Nil—66.
  • V
  • Valvata nilotica80, 84.
  • Vegetation in water-courses—25.
  • Velates Schmiedeli37.
  • Venus46.
  • Venus plicatella35.
  • Vermetus46.
  • Vertebrae of Mœritherium52.
  • Vertebrae of Zeuglodon45, 47, 50.
  • Vertebrate fauna, Discovery of—9.
  • Vertebrates, Extinct—10, 34-35, 43, 49, 51-52, 55, 61, 63, 65, 67, 70, 87.
  • Voluta46.
  • Voluta arabica35.
  • Vulsella chamiformis37, 89.
  • Vulsella crispata89.
  • Vulsella lignaria89.
  • Vulsella moëlehensis89.
  • W
  • Wadi, Ravine of El—29-30, 37, 39.
  • Wadi Rayan, Muêla, etc. (see under Rayan, Muêla).
  • Wadi Rayan series—35-37.
  • Warshat el Melh—20.
  • Water analyses—22.
  • Water-courses—25.
  • Water-rounded pebbles—56, 72.
  • Water-supply of Fayûm—11, 88.
  • Weathering—57.
  • Wells—21.
  • Western, Colonel—16-18, 22, 87.
  • Whales, Frequency of river and shore-frequenting—53.
  • Whales, Toothed—39.
  • Whitehouse, Cope—88.
  • White Nile fauna, Absence of—81.
  • Widan el Faras—28, 55, 58, 60, 62, 75-76.
  • Willcocks, Sir William—13-14, 17-19, 80-88.
  • Wind-shadow—84.
  • X
  • Xiphodonts—29.
  • Z
  • Zeuglodon9, 39, 44, 49, 52, 87-88.
  • Zeuglodon brachyspondylus44.
  • Zeuglodon Isis35, 44-45, 47, 70.
  • Zeuglodon macrospondylus44.
  • Zeuglodon Osiris35, 44, 47, 49-51, 70.
  • Zeuglodon Zitteli44, 70.
  • Zeuglodon Valley—41, 46-49, 61, 63, 85.
  • Zittel, Prof. K.—43, 49, 62, 89.