CONTENTS. - V. 
History of the Earth, 81 
Original Temperature of the Earth, - - - - - 83 
Temperature of the Interior, ------ 85 
Hypothesis of La Place, ------ - 87 
Position of the Transition and Secondary Strata, 89 
The effects of Earthquakes and Volcanoes, - - - - 91 
Origin of the Trap Rocks, ------ 93 
Causes of the Elevation of the Strata, - - - - - 95 
Formation of Vallies, -------97 
Formation of the Transition and Secondary Strata, - - - 99 
Animal and Vegetable Remains, ------ 103 
Scripture and Geology, - - - - - - - 105 
Tertiary Formations, - - - - - - - -107 
The Deluge, Ill 
Kirkdale Cave — Comparative Anatomy, - - - - 115 
Ancient Zoology, 117 
Mineral Geography, - - - - - - - -118 
Geology of North Carolina, 123 
Tertiary Strata, 125 
Secondary Strata, .--,----- 129 
Sandstones, -....-.-- 131 
Transition and Slate Rocks, -----.- 135 
Primitive Formations, 139 
