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satisfactory information. 4. zur Geniige, satisfactorily. 5. iibrigge- 

 bliebenen, remaining. 6. Erst lange nach, not until long after. 7. aus- 

 gehend, starting. 8. abgesehen, see Introduction, 2. 9. gleich . . . 

 kann, can be at once assigned to its definite part, etc. 10. ihnen . . . friihere, 

 they were preceded by others, and then again by those still earlier. 1 1. indem 

 er lernt, by learning. 



XXII. ERUPTIVE GESTEINE. 



i. verdanken . . . der, owe their origin to the. 2. verbal tnismassige . . . 

 Vergleich, relative rarity in comparison. 3. nach, for. 4. durch und 

 durch, thoroughly. 5. Beim Erkalten, while chilling. 6. zerreiben 

 sich gegenseitig, grind each other mutually away. 7. fanden wir, we 

 should find. 8. voller Locher, porous, literally, full of holes. 9. indem . . . 

 bringt, by putting some starch in warm water. 10. Pflanzen- oder Tier- 

 reste, vegetable or animal remains. 



XXIII. DIE ENTSTEHUNG DER GEBIRGE. 



I. sie . . . gehoren, they however do not belong to the beginning of things. 

 2. kann . . . gelten, can doubtless be regarded the long mountain chain. 3. 

 zwei . . . Linien, two lines separating from one another. 4. sein musste, 

 must have been. 5. nicht eiiimal, not even. 6. nach oben, upwards. 7. 

 dadurch . . . hinausgetrieben, thereby pushed up above the surrounding 

 parts. 8. dieser . . . Gesteine, of these stones disturbed from their resting 

 place. 



XXIV. ROGENSTEIN. 



i. miter, amongst. 2. am . . . Thalchens, at the bottom of a little valley 

 shut in by granite rocks. 3. widrigeiif alls, if this were not the case. 4. 

 batten . . . mussen, must have drowned. 



XXV. DER DIAMANT. 



i. lenkt . . . bewirken, refracts the light more than any other crystal. 2. 

 es begreift sicb, it is understood. 3. versteht . . . selbst, is self-evident 



