Part 4

Peat-mosses and Slips, 135

The History of Nations confirms the Newness of the Continents, 137

The very remote Antiquity attributed to certain Nations is not supported by History, 149

The Astronomical Monuments left by the Ancients do not bear the excessively remote Dates which have been attributed to them, 201

Table of the Extent of the Zodiacal Constellations, as they are designed upon our Globes, and of the Times required by the Colures to traverse them, 212

Construction and Use of the Table, 216

The Zodiac is far from bearing in itself a certain and excessively remote date, 230

Exaggerations relative to the Antiquity of certain Mining Operations, 238

General Conclusion relative to the Period of the last Revolution, 239

Further Researches to be made in Geology, 240

Recapitulation of the Observations upon the Succession of the Tertiary Formations, 243

Table of Geological Formations in the Order of their Superposition; by M. A. de Humboldt, 249

Enumeration of the Fossil Animals recognized by the Author, 253

Ichthyosaurus, 255 Plesiosaurus, 256 Crocodile, 258 Megalosaurus, 259 Pterodactylus, 261 Iguanodon, 263 Mosasaurus, 264 Dolphin, ib. Lamantin, 265 Morse, 265 Palæotherium, 266 Lophiodon, 268 Anoplotherium, 270 Anthracotheria, 272 Cheropotamus, ib. Adapis, 273 Vespertilio, 274 Ziphius, 280 Mammoth, 280 Mastodon, 281 Hippopotamus, 283 Rhinoceros, ib. Elasmotherium, 285 Horse, 285 Fossil Elk, 286 Megatherium, 289 Megalonyx, 290 Bear, 291 Man, 294

APPENDIX.

On the Birds to which the name of Ibis was given by the Ancient Egyptians, 299

GEOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATIONS

BY PROFESSOR JAMESON.

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On the Subsidence of Strata, 333

Deluge, 334

Formation of Primitive Mountains, 335

On the Distribution of Boulder-Stones in Scotland, Holland, Germany, Switzerland and America, 344

On the Alluvial Land of the Danish Islands in the Baltic and on the Coast of Sleswigh, 354

On the Sand-Flood, 368 Sand-Flood in Morayshire, 369 Sand-Flood in the Hebrides, &c. 372 Moving Sands of the African Deserts, 375

Action of the Sea upon Coasts, 378

On the Growth of Coral Islands, 379

On the Level of the Baltic, 398