OF CREATION. 



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people in the different 

 parts of England where 

 it occurs abundantly. It 

 is found varying in size 

 from specimens not an 

 inch long, to others mea- 

 suring upwards of a foot ; 

 but the structure is gene- 

 rally seen to be the same, 

 the fossil when complete 

 being more or less cylin- 

 drical, with one conical 

 extremity, the other end 

 widening out and exhibi- 

 ting a conical hollow, 

 which is sometimes filled 

 up with a number of lit- 

 tle cup-shaped bodies like 

 watch-glasses, fitting into 

 one another. 



Without amusing the 

 reader with the mistakes 

 of different authors with 

 regard to this fossil, it 

 will be sufficient to state 

 at once what it is, and 

 what is the meaning and 

 use of the various parts, 

 since the whole history 

 of the animal is now per- 

 fectly cleared up by the 

 aid of specimens which not 

 only exhibit all the solid 



Fig. 72 



BKLEMNITE. 

 (Restored Figure. 



