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  extinct 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  remain 
  only 
  in 
  those 
  

   regions 
  which 
  are 
  still 
  Arctic. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  

   order 
  of 
  events 
  as 
  we 
  can 
  read 
  it 
  with 
  

   tolerable 
  certainty 
  in 
  the 
  language 
  of 
  Time- 
  

   relative. 
  But 
  we 
  have 
  little 
  means 
  of 
  

   knowing 
  what 
  relation 
  this 
  order 
  of 
  events 
  

   bears 
  to 
  Time-absolute. 
  It 
  is 
  still 
  disputed 
  

   among 
  Geologists 
  how 
  far 
  the 
  causes 
  of 
  geo- 
  

   logical 
  change 
  were 
  once 
  more 
  intense 
  in 
  

   their 
  action 
  than 
  they 
  are 
  now. 
  It 
  is 
  quite 
  

   certain 
  that 
  during 
  the 
  passing 
  away 
  of 
  a 
  

   glacial 
  climate, 
  the 
  cutting 
  power 
  of 
  rivers 
  

   must 
  have 
  been 
  intensified 
  by 
  the 
  increasing 
  

   rapidity 
  with 
  which 
  ice 
  and 
  snows 
  were 
  

   melted. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  facts 
  connected 
  with 
  

   the 
  position 
  in 
  which 
  remains 
  of 
  the 
  extinct 
  

   animals 
  are 
  often 
  found, 
  which 
  cannot, 
  in 
  my 
  

  

  