CREATION OF ANIMALS. 43 



place in the moral condition of man, a corres- 

 ponding change affects his physical one ; and 

 this alternation and conflict between good and 

 evil, in this double series, after a long and 

 arduous struggle, will finally be determined by 

 the destruction of this diluvial earth and heavens, 

 which we are assured will, in the end, be re- 

 placed by " New Heavens and a new Earth 

 iv her ein dwelleth righteousness." 



CHAPTER II. 

 Geographical and Local Distribution of Animals. 



HAVING considered the first creation of the ani- 

 mal kingdom, and the larger features of its his- 

 tory to the time of the Deluge, bringing us to 

 that era when our globe had assumed its present 

 general characters, and its population was in 

 those circumstances that led to their present ha- 

 bits and stations: the next subject to be discussed 

 is their geographical and local distribution. 



What had taken place in this respect before the 

 Deluge we have no means of ascertaining. That 

 the original temperature of the earth was once 

 more equal than it is now, seems to be the ge- 

 neral opinion of men of science, however they 



