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ORGANIC RELIGB. 



2. Second Series. 



No organ- No Organized beings have been found in the lower parts of 

 in^]owei"ar- the argilHte. Hence we infer that so much of the argilHte had 

 giliite. been deposited, before organized beings had been created. 



Acofyledo. Near the middle of this stratum, we find anthracite, contain- 

 cuhiiffferous ing ferns and a few reeds, as in Providence, Rhode-Island, and 

 rldTted'^^ in Worcester, Massachusetts. At the surface, and in the 

 and mollus- wacke slate division, we find terebratulites, as at Waterford, 



cous ani- . • m tt • 



mals. New- York ; and the orthocerite, as in 1 roy. Hence we mfer, 

 that acotyledonous stiped and culmiferous plants, bivalve mol- 

 lusci and chambered univalves were created with or before the 

 depositions of the last of the argillite — the acotyledonous and 

 monocotyledonous plants before the animals. 



Land relics. As the ferns and reeds found in the argillite, appear to be the 

 production of land, not under water, (though they may have 

 grown in fens or marshes) the ocean must have retired before 

 they were created. And as the terebratulites, orthocerites, &c., 

 are marine productions, the oceanic waters must have retir- 

 Marine re- ed after ferns and reeds had grown. Because we find ma- 

 lics. organic relics only in the two formations overlaying the ar- 



gillite, we infer that oceanic waters covered the earth, until all 

 transition strata were deposited after the ferns and reeds of the 

 argillite were made. 



3. Third Series. 

 Monocoty- In the carboniferous formation of this series, we find coal, 

 lanTplants. not bituminous, as in Carbondale, Penn., containing cane, 

 palms, &c. Bituminous coal is found in this stratum, in Eu- 

 rope, Hence we infer that monocotyledonous, culmiferous and 

 stiped plants, of land growth, were created soon after the tran- 

 sition series was completed. Over the carboniferous forma- 

 Marine am- . . . 



mals. tion we find marme animal reucs only, to the end of this series. 



Hence we infer that the oceanic waters again returned, and 

 continued for a considerable time on the earth. 



