f I. PRELIM. Fossils. .II. RELICS. Kinds. 3 



Fossils. 



THESE bodies are usually distinguished into na- 

 tive and extraneous. 



A. 4. NATIVE FOSSILS, or MINERALS 

 {Fossilia nativa s. Miner a) are fossils destitute of 

 an organic form: exhibiting such a structure only, 

 as arises from the apposition of the particles,, of which 

 they are composed. Minerals arrange under 4 

 classes Earths, Inflammables, Metals, and Salts. 



B. 5. EXTRANEOUS FOSSILS, or RELICS 

 (Fossilia extraneas.Reliquia) are fossils,, which have 

 the form or structure of animal or vegetable bodies. 



. II. 

 RELICS. 



Kinds. 



EXTRANEOUS fossils comprehend two sorts or 

 kinds f of animal and vegetable relics Conservata 

 and Petrificata. 



f Fossil plants and animals are found principally in two distinct 

 or separate states : in one, the original, organic matter (at least in 

 part) and its confonnation are preserved; in the other, the. struc- 

 ture or form of the original alone remains, the animal or vegetable 



