USHES ok monte BOLEA and NAPLES. 1 2.‘J 
le of carbonic acid, or sulphuretted hydrogen 
S s, or of bituminous or earthy matter in the 
^ormofmud. 
under which the fossil 
found at Molte Bolca seem to indicate 
mrf perished suddenly on arriving at a 
dcr ^ existing seas, Mdiich was ren- 
the ad, basa tic rocks afford abundant evi- 
ence. The skeletons of these fish lie mrallel 
slate, they ate always entire, and so closelv 
are ofteroo"!’ ““5' 
thoastl of *5* “ ■''“'I''' The 
over d f are dispersed 
Wr taLn f'“'' “'■riy all 
mast havl 1 T "."f "allaa 
u'ifrcrtl"T afdeposit.? : fZ 
7 fact that certain individuals have even pr^ 
I-osiZ, If 1 "Z dacom- 
1 sition of their soft parts had taken place.* 
t-- this qua.y, 
^"‘o'ogia Veronese Tab XH f 
Agassiz to be a flo. . ' ascertained by M. 
position of two accidental juxta- 
s'lpposed to be sw li* fish 
fliminniive stonv.er .1* 
not enter within ^ g'anon; moreover it does 
“‘o margin of its jaws. 
