ESSAY 



ON THE 



THEORY OF THE EARTH. 



BY M. CUVIER, 



PERPETUAL SECRETARY OF THE FRENCH INSTITUTE, PROFESSOR AND 

 ADMINISTRATOR OF THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, &C. &C. 



WITH 



MIJYERdLOGICdL NOTES, 



AND 



AN ACCOUNT OF CUVIER'S GEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES, 



BY PROFESSOR JAMESON. 



TO WHICH ARE NOW ADDERS, ^ ?"',*; I 



OBSERVATIONS 



ON THE 



GEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA; 



ILLUSTRATED 



BY THE DESCRIPTION OF VARIOUS ORGANIC REMAINS, 

 FOUND IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD. 



BY SAMUEL L. MITCHILL, 



Eotan. Mineral, et Zoolog. in Univere, Nov. Eborac. Prof. &c. &c. 



PUBLISHED BY KIRK & MERCEIN, 



KO. 22 WALL-STREET. 

 Priutd by W. A.Merceih, ^o. 93 Geid-Street. 



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