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many thousands more in all probability, unless vandal hands of 

 man shall disturb its long repose. See Figure No. 7. 





Figure No. 7. 



At Huit's Cove, on laud formerly belonging to General Benja- 

 min Lincoln, is a large bowlder of conglomerate, somewhat rec- 

 tangular in form, which is about fifteen feet long, eight feet wide, 

 and ten feet high. A measurement around its sides and end-; 

 UTive a circumference of about 48 feet. 



RECENT PERIOD. 



Little can be said of the immediate effect of the great change 

 that ushered in the earlier era of this period, a change arising, so 

 far as can be now known, by the re-elevation of the land from the 

 Arctic Circle south to about the latitude of Northern Massachu- 

 setts. This rise of the land has been before mentioned, and fig- 

 ures showing the degree of elevation at various points have been 

 given. The magnitude of this was such as to have produced un- 

 doubtedly a much colder climate over the country even far south 

 of New England, and to this was probably due the destruction of 

 the huge animals that had for nges roamed over the Continent 

 from its most southern limits to the Arctic region. 



In Europe two eras of this period have been recognized, — the 

 first characterized by a second advance of the Glacial sheet, 



