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doctrines of geologic science, proceeded to observe, 44 Again, if the theory of 
sedimentary rocks were admitted, deposits would all be mixed ; limestone, 
chalk, salt, and other such deposits, would never have been found in 
immense beds. There were no remains of surfaces like that which now 
covered the earth ; no beds of rivers ; and as to the so-called denudation, 
rocks thousands of feet — nay, even miles in* depth, would be wanting to 
account for the present surface formations. Immense blocks of the 
denuded rocks would have remained. The pebbles and boulders were in- 
sufficient to account for what had disappeared. These pebbles were not 
drifted by glaciers, but w T ere formed on the spot. Scripture told us that 
every plant of the field and herb of the earth was in the earth before it 
grew, and this would account for fossil remains in whatever part of the struc- 
ture of the earth they might he found . The fossil remains of shells were 
numerous, because 4 the waters brought forth abundantly ;’ but tlie 4 winged 
fowls which were created on the fifth day seemed to have escaped, because 
they were made so that they might fly.’’ It would be idle to quote any 
further. We may well say to our readers, Verbum sapientihus. 
Coal Measures in Brazil.— At a late meeting of a local society, it was 
stated that a coal field had been recently discovered in the south of Brazil, 
which in some parts measured sixty-five feet in thickness. Two smaller 
ones lie to the north of it — one, said to be very valuable, in the province of 
Rio Grande do Sul, and the other in San Catherina. The field runs from 
south to north in one line of deposit, and appears to be oolitic. Coal had 
never before been found in this country, and of course the discovery will 
prove of immense value to the Government, which has hitherto been 
obliged to import this mineral at a great expense. — See The Mining and 
Smelting Magazine for January. 
Scriptural Mention of Flint Weapons. — The Rev. G. N. Smith mentions 
in a letter to Mr. Mackie, that there occurs in the Septuagint a passage in 
Joshua which relates to the burial of certain flint implements. He indi- 
cates the possibility of explaining the presence of these weapons in tumuli, 
by reference to the Old Testament evidence, which is as follows (Joshua 
xxiv. 30) — 44 And they buried Joshua in the border of his inheritance, 
and they placed with him, in his tomb, the flint knives with which he had 
circumcised the children of Israel ; and there they are unto this day.” — 
Vide The Geologist , No. 74. 
New Species of Hyaena from the Suffolk Crag. — The credit of discovering 
the remnant of a new being of Hytenoid type is due to Mr. E. Ray Lan- 
kester, who publishes his description of the fossil in a late number of the 
44 Annals of Natural History.” The only portion of the creature found 
was a tooth ; this -was discovered in the red crag at Felixstowe, in Suffolk, 
and from it alone Mr. Lankester has been enabled to establish an entirely 
new species. Dr. Falconer, to whom the specimen was submitted for ex- 
amination, expresses, with some reserve, his opinion that the tooth be- 
longed to an animal related to both Hyaena spelea and H. crocuta. From 
a comparison of the tooth (a third pre-molar) with the corresponding- 
teeth of the other species, Mr. Lankester supposes that it is that of a new 
species, and remarks, 44 There appears to be no description of any species of 
Hyaena corresponding with the characters of this tooth, the specimens from 
