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EXTIIANEOUS FOSSILS. 
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5 Peaces they arc accompanied by the accumu- 
of marine animals ; but in some places. 
numerous, thei'e are none of these remains : 
'tly^eath 
sand or marie, which covers them, contains 
Illy 
'^Vyj j“‘'''vvater shells. No well-authenticated account 
Jytie, gi, tliey have been covered by regular beds of 
^ j. 'vith sea-shells ; and, consequently, that the 
t cat!^®'^®'^ tl'cm undisturbed, for a long period. 
which covered them was, therefore, a 
j!*' dig inundation of the sea. This inunda- 
'llj. StHij 
not 
I'lse above tlie high mountains ; for we find no 
I'tisei '^®Pnsits covering tire bones, nor are the bones 
Ij^ss “tere met with, not even in the high valleys, 
warmer parts of America. These 
nor joined in a skeleton, but scat- 
P^*^ fractured. They have not, then, been 
if I nfar by inundation, but found by it in places 
to^,* ®?'’®'ed them, as might be expected, if Uie 
'"’th 
- belonged had dwelt in these places, 
V' ®nin,?® successively died. Before this catastrophe, 
j ''f a: ®nis livprl tn f-)vo /^1 tfv vTrja 
dii 
lived, therefore, in the climates in which we 
^ **''^yed *!? bouss : it was this catastrophe which 
ti^®'’ide„t ] thei-e y and, as we no longer find tliem, it 
fcjt'etu n I*- Itas annihilated those species. The 
Ihe globe, therefore, nourished formerly 
O'*®! genus elephant, hippopotamus, rhi~ 
ll^ria^®*- ^3ve i 
*4 fir 1° mastodon, genera of which 
•ji^trig , *■ uo longer any species existing, except in 
;‘*at evgf***^ ’ of tl'o last, none in any part.” 
V'** is a / P®‘'1 of ll'o dry land was once covered by the 
*^oti^H°*' '''I'iol® 3 II geologists agree; and the dis- 
qua^^ above, of the fossil remains of many ge- 
once existing, but which have now 
dw^liQg '■Oiir the earth, leads to another fact, not less 
:st L which is at the same time coincident with 
file 0*' traditions of the human race, namely, 
*^■^38 when these great changes took place, 
''’''st'*'*' Uow iuhabitant of- the planet. These fossil 
9vir*f*^fisin ®^°ot to be particularized, arc among the 
'^of *Pe ^ 1 °^- ® phenomena, and irresistibly lead 
^ file t ®*^“tions respecting the past and future condi- 
‘®Testrial globe. 
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