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assemblag^e of ors^anic remains yet discovered. Hogs as large 

 as Rhinoceros, Camels, Lions, Mastodons, a true Rhinoceros, 

 together with many others named by Cope, Marsh, etc. Yet 

 in no instance has any satisfactory proof been obtained of 

 man's existence on earth at such an early period as the Mio- 

 cene. No implements have been discovered. Dr. Warren 

 asserts "the Arctic Rocks tell a more wonderful tale than 

 'The Lost Atlantis" of Plato, when referring to the discoveries 

 at Spitzbergen and other parts of the continent unsubmerged. 

 That may be, but we seek in vain for any indication of the high 

 civilization mankind displayed when humanity emerged from 

 the Arctic Eden. The Dr. considers the prehistoric relics 

 discovered in every part of the earth peopled under the sun 

 merely point to subsequent degeneracy. Now here he repeats 

 the church's belief of olden times, viz., "that man at the be- 

 ginning was created perfect with great moral and intellectual 

 powers, and then came the fall. "All barbarous and savage 

 races," remarks Whately, Archbishop of Dublin, "are fallen 

 descendants of more civilized ones," an idea proved to be er- 

 roneous lonsf since. 



The submersrence of the Arctic as a recent occurrence 

 (geologically speaking) is universally admitted by leading 

 scientific men. It is ascertained that the close of Mezozoic 

 time (and commencement of the Tertiaries) was marked by 

 extraordinarv disturbance over the Globe. For instance, in 

 the Indian Deccan, Sir A. Geikil, states 200,000 square miles 

 of countrv lie buried beneath a sheet of lava from 400 to 500 

 feet in thickness, and in the Miocene period the Great Moun- 

 tain chains of the earth Avere raised into the present position. 

 The Himalavas were elevated between 16,000 and 17,000 feet 

 above sea level. We absolutely know little regarding the de- 

 pression in the earth's crust elsewhere; so the conclusions of 

 eminent scientific men, based on the depth of "The Atlantic," 

 between Africa and America, in proof that no connecting land 

 could have existed, may be doubted. 



"The true Atlantis," "the Cradle of the Race, "the long 

 lost Eden," is found, but it is barred against us, exclaims Dr. 



