320 GEOLOGY. 



Fossil Elephants. 



The fossil remains of the elephant belong to a spe- 

 cies different from any of those now living, or known 

 to exist on the globe ; and although there are many 

 genera containing both extinct and recent species, 

 there are other genera which have no living exam- 

 ples, such as the mastodon, anoplotherium, and pa- 

 laeotherium. Their remains are found in the super- 

 ficial deluvial detritus, consisting either of gravel, 

 loam, or clay, and are never embedded in any of the 

 regular strata. 



Antediluvian Bears. 



The total quantity of animal matter that now lies 

 within the cave of Kuloch in Germany cannot be 

 computed at less than 5000 cubic feet. Allowing 

 two cubic feet of dust and bones for each individual 

 animal, we shall have in this single vault the remains 

 of at least 2500 bears, a number which may have 

 been supplied in the space of 1000 years, supposing 

 a mortality of 2j bears (who had their dens within 

 the cave) per annum. 



Fossil Fish. 



Saussure mentions a curious fact respecting the 

 impressions of fish met with on the hard schistose 

 marl of Monte Bolca, near Verona ; namely, that the 

 impression of 105 different species has been recog- 

 nized, of which 



27 belong to the European seas. 

 39 to the Asiatic seas. 



3 to the African seas. 



18 to the South American seas. 



11 to the North American seas. 



fresh-water lakes and rivers of dif- 

 ferent parts of the world. 



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