The Eternal Strife between Water and Fire—Strata of Aqueous Origin—Tabular View of their Chronological Succession—Enormous Time required for their Formation— Igneous Action—Metamorphic Rocks—Upheaval and Depression—-Fossils—Uninterrupted Succession of Organic Life Page 1 General Remarks—Eozoon Canadense—Trilobites—Brachiopods— Pterichthys Milleri—Oldest Reptiles—Wonderful Preservation of Colour in Petrified Shells—Primæval Corals and Sponges—Sea-lilies—Orthoceratites and Ammonites—-Belemnites—Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus— Pterodactyli—Iguanodon—Tertiary Quadrupeds—Dinotherium— Colossochelys Atlas—Megatherium—Mylodon—Glyptodon— Mammoth—Mastodon—Sivatherium Giganteum—Fossil Ripple- marks, R…
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