THE 



ANCIENT WORLD; 



OR, 



PICTURESQUE SKETCHES OF CREATION. 



BY 



DfT. ANSTED, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S.; 



PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY IN KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON, 

 &C. &C. 



I 



LONDON: 

 JOHN VAN VOORST, PATERNOSTER.ROW. 



M.TJCCC.XLVII. 



