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CONTENTS

OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

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CHAP. I.	Extent of the Province of Geology	12
II.	Consistency of Geological Discoveries with Sacred History.	18
III.	Proper subjects of Geological Inquiry.	37
IV.	Relation of Unstratified to Stratified Rocks.	39
V.	Volcanic Rocks, Basalt, and Trap.	45
VI.	Primary stratified Rocks.	48
VII.	Strata of the Transition Series.	55
	Remains of Vegetables in the Transition Series.	57
VIII.	Strata of the Secondary Series.	60
IX.	Strata of the Tertiary Series.	67
	Mammalia of the Eocene Period.	70
	Mammalia of the Miocene Period.	77
	Mammalia of the Pliocene Period.	79
X.	Relation of the Earth and its Inhabitants to Man.	82
XI.	Supposed cases of Fossil Human Bones.	86
XII.	General History of Fossil Organic Remains.	89
	Cases of Animals destroyed suddenly.	100
XIII.	Aggregate of Animal Enjoyment increased, and that of Pain diminished by the existence of Carnivorous Races.	105
XIV.	Proofs of Design in the Structure of Fossil Vertebrated Animals.	109
§ i.	Fossil Mammalia—Dinotherium.	109
ii.	Megatherium.	112
iii.	Fossil Saurians.	130
iv.	Ichthyosaurus.	133
v.	Intestinal Structure of Ichthyosaurus and of Fossil Fishes.	147
vi.	Plesiosaurus.	157
vii.	Mosasaurus, or great Animal of Maastricht.	167
viii.	Pterodactyle.	171