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species now subsisting only within the torrid zone, and those 

 of species which no longer exist at all, are found confusedly 

 huddled together in the soils of the most northerly lati- 

 tudes." " In examining the mineral masses in the interior 

 of the earth/' says D'Aubuisson, " the observer is astonished 

 at the prodigious quantity of the fragments of animals and 

 vegetables which it contains. He will recollect the order in 

 which organic beings are distributed upon the surface of the 

 globe ; some can only live in the bosom of the sea ; others 

 in fresh waters ; some are only to be found within the torrid 

 zone, while there are others which would perish the moment 

 they should be removed from the frigid zone ; in a word, 

 each species appears as if it were fixed to an element or 

 climate proper and peculiar to it. Whereas in the strata of 

 the earth everything is dislocated ; the remains of animals 

 which can exist only in the depths of the ocean, are found 

 kneaded into rocks which form the summits of mountains ; 

 the bones of those which can live only in the torrid zone are 

 found buried in the frozen soil of the polar regions. Almost 

 every where he will find relics of animals and vegetables, dif- 

 ferent from those which now exist. Every thing will indicate 

 to him that the place of his habitation has undergone great 

 changes and great revolutions." 



Pursuing the subject, Penn observes, " the mineral geology 

 contemplating these relics, and reflecting upon the places in 

 which they are found, immediately demands a revolution 

 different and distinct from either of those intimated by 

 Moses, in order to account for their presence in the places 

 where they now lie. But why," he asks, " does it need 

 that other revolution ? Solely because it reasons thus upon 

 the evidence before it ; these exuviae of equatorial animals 

 are found in northern latitudes ; therefore their ancient 

 owners must have died in those latitudes ; therefore they 

 must have lived in those latitudes ! And yet they could not 

 have lived in those latitudes unless a revolution has taken 



