COlsTTEFTS 
CHAPTER I. 
GEOLOGY, A HISTORY OF THE WORLD BEFORE HUMAN 
HISTORY BEGAN. 
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Australia has a History far more Ancient than any written 
by Men— To read this History is one of the Objects of 
Geology— Records preserved in the great Stone- Book of 
Nature . 
CHAPTER II. 
EXAMINATION OF ROCKS. 
Principles of Geological Study— Much may be learned from 
an m-door Study of Rock Specimens— No Study of Rocks 
complete without an Examination in the Field — Principles 
underlying Geological Science— The Earth subject to Change 
The Solid Land elevated and depressed — Continued 
slight movements of the Earth’s Crust 
CHAPTER III. 
FOSSILS. 
What are Fossils ?-What do they teach ?- Preservation of 
Fossils— Evidences of life in ages that are gone— Evidence 
of the Marine or the Fresh-Water Origin of Rocks 
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