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in immense quantities; these are known under 

 the name of fossil remains, which signifies the 

 change of such substances into stone. What is 

 very singular about these remains is, that rocks 

 composed of those of sea shell-fish, and other sea 

 animals, are now found on the tops of lofty moun- 

 tains ; yet these must, at one period, have been at 

 the bottom of the sea. 



Questions. 



In what do minerals differ from animals and vegetables ? 



Are minerals found to be of the same nature in all situa- 

 tions 1 



What bodies are included in the mineral kingdom 1 



Of what is the soil composed ? 



Name some of the most important of our own minerals? 



In what kind of order are minerals arranged ? 



What are fossil remains, and where are they found ? 



What is singular as to the situation in which some fossil 

 remains are found ? 



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