ORGANIC REMAINS 
OF A 
FORMER WORLD, S^c. 
LETTER I. 
MODE IN WHICH THE WORK IS INTENDED TO BE PURSUED.... 
REASONS FOR EMPLOYING THE EPISTOLARY FORM. 
I VENTURED, my dear friend, to assert, in the series of letters of 
which the former volume is composed, that the examination of the 
fossils of the animal kingdom, would yield a much greater degree of 
interest and amusement, than could be expected from those of the 
vegetable kingdom. This assertion was made on the consideration, that 
from the composition and structure of many of the more solid parts 
of animals : such as the bones, the shelly and crustaceous coverings, 
horns, scales, &c. many more of their remains would be found in a 
state of preservation, than could possibly be the case with those of 
vegetables. 
The parts of animals, which have been just particularized, are such 
as must also necessarily lead to observations, which may be more 
illustrative of the nature of the individuals to which they belonged, 
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