ONE LIVING ONE DEAD 



earth when these trees were growing, by 

 comparison with the same species of trees 

 growing today. 



I do not approve of the term "forest." I 

 know it is misleading to many who expect 

 to see what is not there. There are no 

 trees or stumps that are standing in place, 

 so far as I saw, in the agatized zone, and 

 there is no reason to believe that many 

 trees or, in fact, any of them, had their 

 organic matter replaced with silica at or 

 near the place where they grew. They 

 evidently were scattered when they fell, 

 drifting to a greater or less extent ere 

 they sank to their final resting places. 



The trees are found with their tops 

 pointing to all degrees of the compass. 

 This proves to me, and it should prove to 

 you, that no cyclonic force threw them 

 down. 



Their fall must have been "as the tree 

 inclined." All trees, with few exceptions, 



