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what direction, and at what distance, are rocks of the 

 same kind found in place ? 



23d. In digging into the earth in such a situation, 

 are there to be found organick remains of vegetables : 

 or those of animals?, either land or sequatick? 



34th. If of vegetables, or fossil wood, of what de- 

 scription are they ? 



25th. If of land animals, are they of a species that 

 are indigenous, foreign, or of such as are extinct ? 



26th. If of sequatick, are there analogous to be found 

 living? If so, where are they to be found, and of what 

 kinds are they ? 



27th. Are such remains found only at a certain 

 depth ? or are they distributed generally through the 

 alluvial mass ? If the former, at what depth are they 

 found ? 



28th. In a situation where it is supposed, a lake 

 once existed, is the surface of the valley generally 

 level ? or is there a gradual descent from one side, or 

 end, to the other ? If the latter, in what direction is 

 the descent ? 



89th. What is the probable height of such a valley, 

 or valleys, above the level of the ocean ? 



OF RIVERS. 



1st. " What is the extent of their course, and their 

 inclination from their sources to their mouth." (Saus- 

 sure.) Do they discharge their waters immediately 

 into the sea, or bay ; or into a gulf, or arm of a bay ? 



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