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Chapter X. 
RehtioHS of tlu< Earth and its Inhabitants 
to Man. 
the^r,!' “ 
nrin ^ chapters, it appears that five 
principa causes have been instrumental in pro- 
ducmg the actual condition of the surface of our 
c tw, “f 
sio n '» '> “'M slate.-. 
the botti’ of stratiBed rocks at 
m of the ancient seas. — Thirdly The 
frorbeneafi^tf unstratified rocks 
1 the sea, at successive intervals to 
rnd^W 
s, and the decomposing Power of 
atntosphertc agents; producing^ partial desTruc 
dlittl evt 
dav p-flj ™ 7'; S''"™'- »ond, and 
w~r ornptions. 
of the*"'" *t™ ^ of the utility 
the e» '’‘®P”S‘‘>on of the materials of 
of at/ .i’ resulted from the operations 
cons d . “'8'“^ conflicting forces, if we 
attended ^uconveniences that might have 
^u e other arrangements, more simple than 
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