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merable shells that are scattered in every direction of 

 these deserts, exactly resemble those of the Caspian sea, 

 and are not to be met with in the rivers." Pallas' Tra- 

 vels, vol. I. page 78. 



In speaking of the fossil shells on the banks of the 

 Wolga, he says, " Several bivalve shells of the C as- 

 pian sea are found in great numbers on the high banks 

 of this river." Vol. L page 113. 



Near Yenatsevka, A quantity of decayed shells 

 are every where found intermixed with this sand, and 

 some Caspian muscles in a calcined state/"' Vol. I. 

 page 118. 



In his description of the rolled pebbles and fossil 

 shells at Arsagar, he observes, " This extensive base, 

 and mountain itself, as far as the highest eastern knoll, 

 are covered w r ith small, black and white lenticular 

 pebbles, which must have assumed .that form under, 

 water. On the summit of the ridge, I found the bi- 

 valve shells of the Caspian sea, in a good state of pre- 

 servation, a proof that the waters of this sea formerly 

 covered the other Selenitick rocks, as well as this emi- 

 nence, that rises from twelve to thirteen fathoms above 

 its base." Vol. L page 14*. 



On the fossil shells near lake Byeloi Ilmen, he re- 

 marks, " On this border of sand banks we observed 

 many shells of the Caspian sea, though we had not met 

 with any in the low country, either because they were 

 covered over with mire, or entirely decomposed, or, per- 

 haps, they had been drifted more towards the banks of 

 the ancient sea." Vol. L page 307. 



