On the Mosaic account of the Creation. 401 



there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, 

 neither shall there be any more pain ; for the former things 

 are passed away."* 



Thus the views of the Mosaic geologists regarding the al- 

 leged change of place between land and sea, are at once 

 refuted both by sound and reasonable criticism, and by the 

 crowning fact, that portions of our present continents are 

 identical with the antediluvian earth, to which have been 

 added by the greater elevation of the land in these latter 

 times, large tracts of secondary deposits which were laid bare 

 by the retirement of the sea at the period of the last great 

 revolution. 



Thomas Hutton, Capt. Bengal Army. 

 Mussooree, 2\st August, 1841. 



On the Oral, or Singbhoom Flying Squirrel. Pteromys Oral. 

 Plate xi. By Lieut. S. R. Tickell, Bengal Army. 



Order V. — Rodentia. Genus Sciurus. 

 Sub-genus Pteromys. — Species Oral (Mihi.) 

 Oral of the Koles. 

 No Hindustanee name. 



Dimensions and description of a mature Male. 



Ft. Inches. 



From tip of nose to tip of tail, excluding hair, 2 11 



Of which — Head, ... ... ... ... 3^ 



Foramen magnum to insertion of tail, ... 1 0£ 



Tail 1 71 



Breadth, from tip to tip of parachute ex- 

 tended to the utmost, 2 



From tip of parachute to articulation of its 

 extending spurious bone into condyle of 



ulna,... 4| 



From said articulation to side of body, ... 7f 

 * Revelations, chap. 21. 



