328 WN otice and Review of the Reliquiae Diluvianae. 
el of the earth. But we have not room to discuss this 
point t, and would refer our readers to the second Essay of 
iii First Principles of Geology, as well 
er review. ten a Buckland refers us 
st contains the bones of extinct species of animals, alone 
‘some that now inhabit the earth, must have been the 
eat of yr det on te Mr. Buck 
rv , | 
come to his knowledge, concerning dile “ a i 
parts of theearth. The facts in England, subject, 
indicate a current from the north, and in Seotle Ae from 
the north-west. Indeed, the waters of the deluge seem to 
have taken a southerly direction, over the greater part of Eu- | 
rope, and Mr. Buckland quotes from a memoir of Dr. — 
Bigsby, to show that a northerly diluvial current has pass- 
ed over the northern part of the continent of America. He 
might have found also a more extensive collection of facts 
to establish this point, in the Geological Essays of Mr. 
me published in 1820: and indeed, since Mr. Buck- 
an _ quoted from this Journal, where Mr. Hi 
aerials and the older unconsolidated strata toget ] 
he speaks of “alluvion and other formations alterna’ 
with each other.” But this does not render ale 
ne facts he has collected relative to the 
pebbles and bowlders. In regard to the 
immense regions of central North-America, the ee 
Gcsamige expeditions that have been performed 
countrymen under the patronage of governme: 
_ enough to satisfy every one that the surface is 
