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forms of genera which exist at the present time. This ad- 

 mixture was first noticed by M. Desnoyers, in the marine 

 formations of the faluns of Touraine.* Similar admixtures 

 have been found in Bavaria,f and near Darmstadt.J Many 



p. 379.) — The compact lava of Calabria contains 10. of carbonate of lime, 

 and the basalt of Saxony 9. 5. 



We may in like manner, refer Ihc origin of those large quantities of 

 silex, which constitute the chert and flint beds of stratified formations, to 

 the waters of hot springs, holding siliceous earth in solution, and depo- 

 siting it on exposure to reduced degrees of temperature and pressure, as 

 silex is deposited by the hot waters that issue from the geysers of Ice- 

 land. 



* Here, the remains of Palffiotheriura, Anthracotherium, and Lophiodon, 

 which formed the prevailing genera in the Eocene period, are found mixed 

 with bones of the Tapir, Mastodon, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, and Horse: 

 these bones are fractured and rolled, and sometimes covered with flustra, 

 and must have been derived from carcasses drifted into an estuary, or 

 sea. Annates des Sciences Naturclles. Fevrier, 1828. 



t Count Munster and Mr. Murchison have discovered, at Georgensge- 

 mund, in Bavaria, the bones of Paloetherium, Anoplotherium, and Anthraco- 

 therium, mixed with those of Mastodon, Riiinoceros, Hippopotamus, Horse, 

 Ox, Bear, Fox, &c. ; and several species of land shells. 



A very interesting detailed description of the remains found at this place 

 has been published by Hermann von Meyer Frankfurt, 1834, 4to. with 14 

 plates. 



t We learn from the excellent publication of Professor Kaup, of Darmstadt, 

 that at Epplesheim, near Altzey, about twelve leagues south of Mayence, re- 

 mains of the following animals have been found, in strata of sand, referable 

 to the second or Miocene period of the tertiary formations. These arc pre- 

 served in the Museum at Darmstadt. 



f Gigantic Herbivorous Animals fifteen 

 ( and eighteen feet long. 



Larger tiian living species. 



Allied to Tapirs. 



Allied to Mastodon. 

 Allied to the Horse. 

 Hog. 



Jiarge Cats, some as large as a Lion. 

 Allied to Bear. Ursus Cultridens. 

 Glutton. 



Allied to Dog, large as a Lion. 

 IS Fossilcs, par Kaup. Darmst. 1832. 



See description d' Osscme 



