...piedeceffor of the prefer. r» " but of the earth which, in afcending " from tiie prefent, wt confidcr as the " third, and which had preceded the " land that was above the furface of " the fea, while our prefent land was " yet beneath the water of the ocean. " Here arc tliree...

...immediate predeceffbr of the prefent, but of the earth which, in afcending from the prefent, we confider as the third, and which had preceded the land that was above the furface of the fea, while our prefent land was yet beneath the water of the ocean. Here are three diftincT:...

...immediate predeceflbr of the prefent, but of the earth which, in afcending from the prefent, we confider as the third, and which had preceded the land that was above the furface of the fea while our prefent land was yet beneath the water of the ocean. Here are three diftinft...

...immediate predeceflbr of the prefent, but of the earth which, in afeending from the prefent, we confider as the third, and which had preceded the land that was above the furface of the fea while our prefent land was yet beneath the water -of the ocean. Here are three diftinft...

...ages rolled Upon their topmost capitals. " The world which we inhabit, " says Buckland, "is com" posed of the materials, not of the earth which was the "...consider as " the third, and which had preceded the land which was " above the surface of the sea, while our present land " was beneath the waters of the Ocean....

...—not of the system of nature which was the immediate predecessor of the present; but,—of ths system which in ascending from the present we consider as...was above the surface of the sea, while our present continents were yet beneath its waters." "There are," (it has been observed) " three distinct, successive...

...animals which are proper to that fluid medium." — " The world which we inhabit," he continues, " is composed of the materials, not of the earth which...consider as the third, and which had preceded the land which was above the level of the sea, while our present land was yet beneath the waters of the ocean....

...of fossil organic bodies ; while Dr. Hutton had learnt that " there is a system in nature," that " the world which we inhabit is composed of the materials...consider as the third, and which had preceded the land which was above the surface of the sea while our present land was yet beneath the water of the ocean."...

...globe of this Earth has existed." But after Jedburgh and Siccar Point what estimate could there be? "The world which we inhabit is composed of the materials...predecessor of the present but of the earth which . . . had preceded the land that was above the surface of the sea while our present land was yet beneath...

...immediate predeceflbr of the prefent, but of the earth which, in afcending from the prefent, we confider as the third, and which had preceded the land that was above the furface of the fea, while our prefent land was yet beneath the water of the ocean. Here are three diftincl...