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Essay on the Theory of the Earth · Georges Cuvier — chapter 68 of 68 · ~127 words · public domain

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Pg 24 Footnote : ‘Geschechte der Natürliche’ replaced by ‘Geschichte der Natürlichen’. Pg 62 Footnote : ‘on the Hippopatamus’ replaced by ‘on the Hippopotamus’. Pg 65 Footnote : ‘describes the chace’ replaced by ‘describes the chase’. Pg 136 Footnote : ‘the peat-moses of’ replaced by ‘the peat-mosses of’. Pg 144 Footnote : ‘principal Phenician’ replaced by ‘principal Phœnician’. Pg 291 Footnote : ‘458’ replaced by ‘p. 458’. Pg 351 Footnote : Some adjustments have been made to the Greek quotation, after checking with external sources. Pg 510 Footnote : ‘been found some’ replaced by ‘been found in some’.

There is a reference to ‘Note K’ and ‘Note N’ and ‘Note O’, but they do not exist. ‘Note J’ does not exist and has no reference to it.

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