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THE UNIVERSE. 



single floAver enlivened tlie foliage, not one edible fruit 

 loaded its branches. The echoes remained absolutelv 









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274. Impression of a Gigantic Club-moss of the Coal Period — Lepidudendron tjracUc. 



mute, and the l^ranches without a sign of life, for no air- 

 breathing animal had as jet appeared amid these savage 

 scenes of the ancient Avorld ! 



One miijiit sav, in fact, that there was then no animal 



