This conclusion is founded on the incontrovertible 

 fact, that the remains of the elephant and mammoth 

 are found deposited in the great alluvial district on our 

 Atlantick coast, which never could have been caused 

 by a current, flowing from the Southern ocean ; because 

 in its course, following the direction of the Atlantick, 

 no district or country presents itself, from which 

 these animals could have been transported ; besides, 

 if from that source, they would have been transport- 

 ed still further over the continent, perhaps as far 

 north as those in Siberia. 



Not only are the remains of these animals found by 

 mere accident, in our alluvial district, and which in all 

 probability are nearly as abundant as the remains of 

 the elephant and rhinoceros in Siberia ; but the re- 

 mains of the mammoth, which is an animal, beyond the 

 shadow of doubt, peculiar to the high northern re- 

 gions, are found beyond the great bay or gulf of 

 Mexico, buried in alluvion on the continent of South 

 America. 



This difficulty alone, seems to present an insupera- 

 ble obstacle to the adoption of the theory of Mr. 

 Kirwan ; that the deluge was occasioned by an irrup- 

 tion only from the Southern Ocean. 



That a current may have flown from the Southern 

 Ocean across the continent of Asia, is more than pro- 

 bable ; the deposites of organick remains in the north- 

 ern parts of Asia and Siberia, are demonstrative of 

 such an event. That it may have been a consequence 

 of the elevation of the waters of the ocean, for the pur- 





