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not drifted thither by the diluvian waters from other latitudes. 
(Rel. Dil. 44.) It is impossible for me to form a conception of 
a sudden, violent, transient, and universal flood, which trans- 
ported Norwegian pebbles to England, yet did not bring along 
with these a few carcases of the truly arctic animals, such as the 
white bear ; neither floated off to Africa the land animals which 
were browsing on the continuous antediluvian plains of Eng- 
land. To me it is equally inconceivable, that the inhabitants 
of southern and tropical countries, were not drifted northwards, 
and a few of them left in England by the agency of the retiring 
waters. Yet our diluvium contains not the productions of the 
polar or equatorial regions, but exclusively the remains of the 
early inhabitants of the British soil. This character furnishes 
another demonstration, that the'agent or agents concerned in pro- 
ducing the diluvium, must be regarded as having possessed only 
a limited or local authority. We must be careful here, not to 
confound with “ Lacustrine Diluvium,’ 1 deposits on which ! have 
bestowed the title of u Marine Diluvium.” Portions of this 
diluvium have been formed within the period of authentic his- 
tory ; other portions are of earlier origin. The bones of land 
animals may occasionally be expected to occur in this formation, 
as the inundations of the sea, by which it has been produced, 
might have mixed with the spoils of the deep the relics of the 
dead, or living terrestrial inhabitants which it met with in its pro- 
gress. 
3. Mud in Caves.— In the celebrated cave at Ivirkdale, there 
is a layer of mud in the bottom, inclosing the fossil bones, and 
over this bed there is a covering of calcareous stalagmite. Pro- 
fessor Buckland considers the bones to have been carried in by 
hyeenas as their food, when they dwelt in this den anterior to 
the deluge ; that the mud was introduced by the waters of the 
deh\ge ; and that the stalagmite is decidedly postdiluvian. 
( Rel . Dil. 48.). Another explanation is offered by the same 
author, of the mud and bones which occur, nearly filling several 
the formation. B y quoting in the “ Reply ” only the last of my eight exam- 
ples, the reader may be misled into the belief that the reproach is merited. 
Whereas, had the first of them been quoted, as justice required, it would hare 
carried on its front the refutation of the t charge of ignorance and want of can- 
dour it has been somewhat hastily brought forward to support. 
