﻿THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  RECORD. 
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  Roderick 
  Murchison 
  has 
  long 
  ago 
  proved, 
  

   there 
  are 
  parts 
  of 
  , 
  that 
  record 
  which 
  are 
  

   singularly 
  complete, 
  and 
  in 
  those 
  parts 
  we 
  

   have 
  the 
  proofs 
  of 
  Creation 
  without 
  any 
  

   indication 
  of 
  Development 
  The 
  Silurian 
  

   rocks, 
  as 
  regards 
  Oceanic 
  Life, 
  are 
  perfect 
  

   and 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  forms 
  they 
  have 
  pre- 
  

   served, 
  yet 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  Fish. 
  The 
  Devonian 
  

   Age 
  followed, 
  tranquilly, 
  and 
  without 
  a 
  break 
  ; 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  Devonian 
  Sea, 
  suddenly, 
  Fish 
  

   appear 
  — 
  appear 
  in 
  shoals, 
  and 
  in 
  forms 
  of 
  the 
  

   highest 
  and 
  most 
  perfect 
  type. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  

   trace 
  of 
  links 
  or 
  transitional 
  forms 
  between 
  

   the 
  great 
  class 
  of 
  Mollusca 
  and 
  the 
  great 
  

   class 
  of 
  Fishes. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  reason 
  whatever 
  

   to 
  suppose 
  that 
  such 
  forms, 
  if 
  they 
  had 
  

   existed, 
  can 
  have 
  been 
  destroyed 
  in 
  deposits 
  

  

  