tgO Hints for the Formation of a 'theory cfthe Earth, 



firmed with thofe of analogous living ones ; viz, to afcef'* 

 tain whether thefe analogous living ones are found at prefentj 

 or have been found within the memory of man, in thofe 

 countries which contain remains of them; and if the an- 

 fwer is negative, to difcover the fituation and diiiance of the 

 neareft country where they are found. 



11. If no analogous ones exift alive at prefent but in cli- 

 mates where the temperature is very different, to afcertairi 

 whether there are any indications of their having formerly 

 exifted, and of their having been conveyed to thofe coun- 

 tries where remains of them are ftill found ; or whether, on 

 the contrary, thefe remains feem to have been tranfported 

 thither by currents, tides, or any other great movement of 

 the waters. 



12. In the like manner, whether there are found in the 

 cold countries veftiges of the produ6lions of warm coun- 



, tries; or reciprocally, whether in warm countries there are 

 found veftiges of the prodiiilions of cold countries. 



13. Whether foflil wood, or other veftiges of organifecl 

 bodies, are fituated in fuch a matiner as to indicate that there 

 were in the ancient ocean iflands abounding with animals 

 and vegetables. 



14. To ftudy with care the immenfe accumulations of 

 bones depofited in heaps (nids), or ftrata, in the ifles of 

 Cherfo, Ofero, and elfewhere. 



15. To examine the nature of the caverns which contain 

 them; fuch as Baumanvjh^ele, and others*. 



16. Whether it appears that thefe caverns were the volurt-' 

 tary retreats of thofe animals who died there a natural death, 

 or whether their bodies were conveyed thither by the waters f. 



[To be continued.] 



* In the Harz, and thofe of Gailenieuth in Franconia. C. 

 f Or, whether thefe bones are found, not only in caverns, but alfo in the 

 ftrata from which the cave; ns have been formed. C. 



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