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INFERENCES. 
the whole of this evidence are, First, That in 
most deposits of fossil plants some individ¬ 
uals grew on the spot where they are now 
found. 
Second. That in many deposits there are 
accumulations of leaves, stems, and fruit 
and woody matter, the result of a long 
continuance of vegetation on the same bed. 
Third. That in other deposits the ma¬ 
terials have been transported by water, 
and are partly w^orn and decomposed. 
Fourth. That in some places the sea, in 
others the mouths of rivers, rivers and lakes, 
have stood where the coal is now found; 
and elsewhere the ocean and the river, have 
successively alternated in occupation of the 
same ground. 
Fifth. That the strata have been brought 
into their present position by violent forces 
acting subsequently to their consolidation. 
In the South Wales coal field are beds of 
fossil plants which contain coal pebbles also, 
proving that after the solidification of the 
lower coal, the action of running water 
formed travel from its surface,’ which again 
served as soil for the growth of the plants, 
