TO STRATIFIED ROCKS. 45 
T 
tilt crystalline rocks, wholly desti- 
e 0 animal or vegetable remains, we search 
^ those most obvious evidences of con- 
vance, which commence with the first traces 
of the transition period ; 
ar*. agencies which these rocks indicate, 
fin 1 yet even here we 
proof of system and intention, in the pur- 
IJose w nch they have accomplished, of supply- 
g and accumulating at the bottom of the water 
the materials of stratified formations, which, in 
after times, were to be elevated into dry lands 
in an ameliorated condition of fertility. Still 
rnove decisive are the evidences of design and 
nethod, which arise from the consideration of the 
SufrLd^ro^* f proposed to explain the most 
-Wch Lpea,t ° of Geology, I select those 
'ity ; but as residr*^^ higliest degree of probabi- 
have originated the cause they 
nnaffectod by chan '"Terences from these results will be 
sical causes by whif^f the phy- 
ing the merits of the bi,^^ >" estimat- 
requisite to understa i*’ productions of human art it is not 
winch the work has be “‘^ture of the machinery by 
“1 -.lent or .hits 15““" “ ‘»e 
rriay be fully imnress H ^-'u contrived ; so our minds 
suits of creative intelbo-o"^"^ perception of the magnificent re- 
of nature, although we carbul phenomena 
nisin that has been ir. * ^ partially comprehend the mecha- 
the full developement"^rtr^*‘°^®'‘’^'°‘^’‘^^‘°"'’ ^hhough 
ments by which tl workings of the material instru- 
“ay never be, vouSs'IfM perhaps 
afed to the prying curiosity of man. 
