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has recently been found in the depth of a marble 
quarry, near Aix, fifteen miles from the Mediter- 
ranean, and six hundred and fifty-eight feet above 
its level; principally consisting of non-descript Pa- 
telle, and Telling. A vast mass of diluvian marine 
shells is deposited near the summit of Haldon Hills, 
to the north of the town of Teignmouth, at an eleva- 
tion of eight hundred feet above the level of the sea. 
On the same level is another distinct accumulation of 
shells, mostly composed of various species of Car- 
dium, Mactra, and Arca, mineralized into a mass of 
blood-red calcedony or cornelian. 
In the exotic regions of South America, and on 
the frozen mountains of the North, are several organic 
remains, indicating the former dominion of the ocean. 
Asia and Africa also, bear ample testimony to the 
validity of this wonderful event. Sea-shells are found 
in Peru, at an elevation of ten thousand feet above 
the waters of the ocean. On the lofty mountains of 
Arsaga, the bivalve-shells of the Caspian are spread 
abroad in all directions ; and rings for cables are still 
observed on the rocks near Sesatopole, in Tartary. 
Thus, while fossil-shells have been discovered in the 
quarries of Flanders, and among the Alps, on the 
Pyrenees, Caucasus, Athos, Lebanon, Ararat, the 
Riphaean ridge, and the steep mountains of Ice- 
land; the Andes, and the Cordilleras, present strata, 
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