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It produces fluids which become rocks; and these 

 are formed beneath, or among the rocks of the earth, 

 or above them. 



These rocks possess the various characters of the 

 Unstratified ones, and produce the same effects. 



Among the consequences of elevation, are the 

 production of displacements in the superincumbent 

 water, and of torrents or currents. 



RETROSPECT. 



The inferences from OBJECTS and ACTIONS connect 

 the present with the Past; and, in a more limited 

 manner, with the Future. 



The fragments, and the solution, of former rocks, 

 and earths, in former WATER, produced the present 

 STRATIFIED ROCKS. 



The effects of former FIRE, produced the UNSTRA- 

 TIFIED ROCKS, with the consequences attributed to 

 them. 



Former races of living animals and vegetables, in 

 different waters and on different lands, produced the 

 objects of this nature now found in rocks and frag- 

 ments. 



The successive consecutions of distinct parallelisms 

 among the Stratified rocks, infer as many distinct 

 conditions of the globe. 



The time requisite for the production of STRATIFIED 

 ROCKS and for the reproduction of Animals and 

 Vegetables, imply prolonged intervals between each 

 condition. 



The powers which produced the unstratified rocks 

 and displaced the stratified, were the immediate causes 

 of the revolutions. 



Each change from one Condition to another, im- 

 plies one Revolution. 



