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ders of Sunk Country, West of New Madrid. Dead 

 Trees standing erect. A slight Shock felt. Trade in 

 Peltries increased by Earthquake. Trees erect in new- 

 formed Lakes. Indian Tradition of Shocks. Dreary 

 Forest Scene. Rough Quarters. Slavery in Missouri 225 



CHAP. XXXIV. 



Alluvial Formations of the Mississippi, ancient and modern. 

 Delta defined. Great Extent of Wooded Swamps. 

 Deposits of pure Vegetable Matter. Floors of Blue 

 Clay with Cypress Roots. Analogy to ancient Coal- 

 Measures. Supposed &quot; Epoch of existing Continents.&quot; 

 Depth of Freshwater Strata in Deltas. Time required 

 to bring down the Mud of the Mississippi. New Expe 

 riments and Observations required. Great Age of buried 

 and living Cypress-trees. Older and newer Parts of 

 Alluvial Plain. Upraised Terraces of Natchez, &c., and 

 the Ohio, the Monuments of an older Alluvial Formation. 

 Grand Oscillation of Level. The ancient Valleys inha 

 bited by Quadrupeds now extinct. Land-shells not 

 changed. Probable Rate of Subsidence and Upheaval. 

 Relative Age of the ancient Alluvium of the Mississippi, 

 and the Northern Drift - 242 



CHAP. XXXV. 



Departure from New Madrid. Night-watch for Steamers. 

 Scenery of the Ohio River. Mount Vernon, Ornitho 

 logy. No Undergrowth in Woods. Spring Flowers. 

 Visit to Dr. Dale Owen, New Harmony. Fossil Forest 

 of erect Trees in Coal-Measures. Movers migrating 

 Westward. Voyage to Louisville. Professional Zeal of 

 one of ; tiie Pork Aristocracy.&quot; Fossil Coral-reef at the 

 Falls of the Ohio, Louisville. Fossil Zoophites as perfect 

 as recent Stone-corals - - - - 2G 



