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SEE— THE CAUSE OF EARTHQUAKES. 



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l)y numerous large quadrupeds ; but after it attained an altitude of 

 two miles they had naturally deserted it ; and now, at an altitude of 

 nearly three miles we find only the bones to show that it was once 

 liabitable by such animals as now flourish in the low plains of India. 



