Ancient Australia. 
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Meanwhile we wonder where the book may bo 
found wherein all this history is recorded ? When did 
those giant reptiles, and graceful ferns, come into and 
begin to live on this earth ? When did the rivers that 
scored the mountain’s side first run to the sea ? What 
Fig. 2." Labyrinthodon restored, ventral aspect ; found in Triassio 
Rocks around Sydney. 
manner of beings were those whose remains are im- 
bedded, in countless myriads, in the various rocks ? The 
sedimentary rocks are one vast sepulchre; can we 
decipher the curious legends engraven on these tombs? 
When were those volcanic fires first lighted ? “ There 
