= 
212 
follows, 
Formati 
Ww 
Review of “ Outlines of the 
reckoning downwards: 1. Upper Fresh water 
on : 2. Upper Marine Formation : 3. Lower Fresh 
i h 
Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Moravia, 
Italy, Sicily, Dalmatia, Greece, Spain, Norway, Iceland, 
Hindoostan, Lower Egypt, and we find the followirg re- 
mark relating to North America. 
“ 
D 
lantic an 
orth America the tract extending between the At- 
dthe Alleghany mountains, appears to be composed 
principally of formations of this character: organic re- 
mains from this quarter are preserved in the Woodwardian 
+9. 
collectio 
n at Cambridge.” 
as alluvial by our geolagiets, But, as already remarked, 
c 
ay, sand and gravel have universally 
part of the globe. There can be, therefore, but little doubt 
that much of it answers 
les ; none of them being consolidated, except the 
feruginous gravel in an imperfect degree. Many other is!- 
