CONTENTS. X1x 
PAGE 
Burn of Eathie. — The Upper Old Red Sandstones. — Scene in 
Moray, 7 . > . . . o . . . 190-210 
CHAPTER Zit. 
The two Aspects in which Matter can be viewed; Space and 
Time. — Geological History of the Earlier Periods. — The Cam- 
brian System.—Its Annelids.— The Silurian System. — Its 
Corals, Encrinites, Molluscs, and Trilobites. — Its Fish. — These 
of a high Order, and called into Existence apparently by Myri- 
ads. — Opening Scene in the History of the Old Red Sand- 
stone a Scene of Tempest. — Represented by the Great Con- 
glomerate. — Red a prevailing Color among the Ancient Rocks 
contained in this Deposit.— Amazing Abundance of Animal 
Life. — Exemplified by a Scene in the Herring Fishery. — Plat- 
form of Death. — Probable Cause of the Catastrophe which ren- 
dered it such, : : ; : r : = 211-225 
CHAPTER XIII. 
Successors of the exterminated Tribes. — The Gap slowly filled. — 
Proof that the Vegetation of a Formation may long survive 
its Animal Tribes. — Probable Cause.—Immensely extended 
Period during which Fishes were the Master-existences of our 
Planet. — Extreme Folly of an Infidel Objection illustrated by 
the Fact. — Singular Analogy between the History of Fishes 
as Individuals and as a Class. — Chemistry of the Lower For- 
mation.— Principles on which the Fish-enclosing Nodules 
