ORGANIC REMAINS 



OF A 



FORMER WORLD, 



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LETTER I. 



MODE IN WHICH THE WORK IS INTENDED TO BE PURSUED..,, 

 REASONS TOR EMPLOYING THE EPISTOLARY FORM. 



I VENTURED, my dear friend, to assert, in the series of letters of 

 which the former volume is composed, that the examination of the 

 fossils of the animal kingdom, would yield a much greater degree of 

 interest and amusement, than could be expected from those of the 

 vegetable kingdom. This assertion was made on the consideration, that 

 from the composition and structure of many of the more solid parts 

 of animals ; such as the bones, the shelly and crustaceous coverings, 

 horns, scales, &c. many more of their remains would be found in a 

 state of preservation, than could possibly be the case with those of 

 vegetables. 



The parts of animals, which have been just particularized, are such 

 as must also necessarily lead to observations, which may be more 

 illustrative of the nature of the individuals to which they belonged, 



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