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 'I'rap 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, - - - - - - - - - 111 
Kirkdale Cave—Comparative Anatomy, - - - - 115 
Ancient Zoology, - - - - - - - - -117 
^Mineral Geography, - - - - - - - -118 
Geology of North Carolina, ------- 123 
Tertiary Strata, - -- -- -- - 125 
Secondary Strata, 129 
Sandstones, 131 
'Fransition and Slate Rocks, 135 
Primitive Formations, ------- 139 
