OF A FORMER WORLD. 



it must therefore suffice to observe, that like their contem- 

 porary animals, they are all more or less indicative of a 

 much higher temperature than is now enjoyed in the lati- 

 tudes in which they occur. 



Fig. 8. 



1, Vegetable soil. 2, 4, and 6, Fresh water limestone. 3, Clay. 5 and 

 7, Dirt-bed with Cycadites, &c. 8, Portland oolite containing marine 

 shells, &c. 



In none of these formations have the remains of man or 

 of his works been ever found. 



The facts that have been stated, will, we think, satisfy the 

 reader of the justness of the conclusion, that the whole stra- 

 tified rocks which constitute the crust of the earth are de- 

 rived from matter deposited by water at the bottom of the 

 sea, in estuaries or lakes which at the time were inhabited 

 by animals differing in species and genera fro<>;* any 



