Geology and Natural History. 



iitir\ 0110(1. And so in Ut;ih, Idado and Wyoming, the i 



Kii dnii.l, France, Spain, India, on the banks of tho Nilo an 

 South Ainoi-ioa, which |.roxos tliat the revoiutlo.i whirli c!o^o< 

 Cretaceous era wa^ co-extensive vdtli the glohe :.iul .h-ln.yo. 



' li.'V'M/Kr^s o;- ^w; ininois (Uolo<firnl Svrr. ;,^ Jh 1'. / 



l\:uiia Keport in 1S58. 

 lie close of the descriptive part of tlio 

 LHves the list of the sp(>cios of plani; 



iiMrii.ution, as the auth<.r ^t.-itr^. 1h< 



■1. vieVriVlh- :1s Hch collections. 



"H.l in :,hiv<.r cotuav 1>v Air. IT. A. (^rcen [ot ttie >nrN ■ 

 lit-h brar- on th.e horizonfal surface of it^ crystalline lanirl 

 \\-C-'ver thin tliev niav be cut. the outline and nervation of le:.^ 

 '1 hranche. of terns -unl other veo-etables of the coal ; aii.i t,i 



"1^^-h'u-l/is trurknil anTlmrnrfre^ i<'a 'con.i.ound of tin ■ 

 !■; -hales, tin. leaves of ferns and other ])lMnis are M.niet.P 

 "•l/,!'>-es,rved in the form of evt.vinely thin ^^^y*;'';^, ^^^jj;'"^; ,''';;,,, 

 jvin- harlly '(Mion-Vi' td'sl'i'.nv 'tlicmltlines of t^^^^j'^^^iJ; ^. J^;' .|'^|;| 



'I n'taiuin'-- c!)nsi,lei-'ibl!«^ eVist\citv ' " Tho shales, accord in c: to 

 • :^'aount ".rr ^e.-t•lblV nritti-r mixed in them, and the depth .t 

 ''■"•^' thev h:u(, ireen formed under water |?], are of a more or le^s 

 irk color- whitish or vellowish when of fresh water ongm, au'i 

 '^"^ few remains of plants ; black and generally more homogcne- 



