TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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Preface 247 



I. The character and origin of fossil remains 251 



II. Sedimentary formations, their character and limitation 268 



III. The relation of fossil remains to structural geology 275 



IV. The relation of hiology to systematic and historical geology 284 



V. The relative chronological value of fossil renia ins 302 



VI. Correlative geology and its criteria 314 



VII. The criteria of past aqueous conditions 328 



VIII, The claims of geological science upon investigators, museums, etc 302 



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