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most unequivocal proofs of the violent agitations of 

 currents of water, at an elevation, much above the pre- 

 sent bed of the river, and corresponding in height too, 

 above the level of the ocean, very nearly with those in 

 the rocks of Gibraltar. 



Facts so palpable, and at the same time so numerous 

 and interesting in their kinds, are calculated to impress 

 a belief in the existence and operations of currents, in 

 every quarter of the globe ; and that too, far above 

 the present level of the sea. 



So decided are many in this opinion, that they have 

 not hesitated, to attribute the cause of these interesting 

 phenomena, to the operations of currents, without know- 

 ing or endeavouring to explain, by what means they 

 were put in motion, or whence they probably originated, 



Faujas considers the fossil remains, found at the 

 quarries of Montabussard, as having been brought 

 from India, by the same revolution which has removed 

 these remains of elephants, which are dug up in the 

 north of Europe, in Italy, France and England. 



La Metherie supposes, that the fresh water shells 

 and remains of quadrupeds, about Paris, were carried 

 and deposited in their present situation, by the opera- 

 tions of marine currents. And as before, M. Cuvier, in 

 his remarks on the environs of Paris, says, that " a 

 marked character of a great irruption from the south 

 east, is impressed on the summits, and in the direction 

 of the principal hills." 



Of these facts, there can remain no doubt ; almost 

 every country in Europe and Asia affords similar ap~ 



