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... English tertiary strata . ' ( One cause of ' peculiar interest ' is , that the deposits have been inland ; that is , by comparison , on land , and therefore contain the fossils of the animals which inhabited the land . ) For we are ...
... English tertiary strata . ' ( One cause of ' peculiar interest ' is , that the deposits have been inland ; that is , by comparison , on land , and therefore contain the fossils of the animals which inhabited the land . ) For we are ...
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... a state of slow decomposition , either exfoliating or being covered with powder , like the chalk cliffs on the English coast . ' 6 To account for the rarity of these so - called CH . II . ] 31 AND LAKES OF AUVERGNE .
... a state of slow decomposition , either exfoliating or being covered with powder , like the chalk cliffs on the English coast . ' 6 To account for the rarity of these so - called CH . II . ] 31 AND LAKES OF AUVERGNE .
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... English , the decay of the faces of the precipices , or the run of the hills , ' above them , or both . But In general the philosophic and the unphilo- sophic are terribly put out by the powers here claimed for the wash of rain . ' 6 ...
... English , the decay of the faces of the precipices , or the run of the hills , ' above them , or both . But In general the philosophic and the unphilo- sophic are terribly put out by the powers here claimed for the wash of rain . ' 6 ...
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... English Channel , the five northern ones into the Thames and German Ocean , while the eastern Rother forms a delta of 60,000 acres under the name of Romney Marsh . 6 6 No one can cast his eye on the foregoing map , taken from Lyell's ...
... English Channel , the five northern ones into the Thames and German Ocean , while the eastern Rother forms a delta of 60,000 acres under the name of Romney Marsh . 6 6 No one can cast his eye on the foregoing map , taken from Lyell's ...
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... English Channel were filled up , and the North and South Downs ran across it , and joined the chalk borders of the Seine , the waters of the Weald would help the Seine to drown Paris . And if Hampshire and the banks were high enough ...
... English Channel were filled up , and the North and South Downs ran across it , and joined the chalk borders of the Seine , the waters of the Weald would help the Seine to drown Paris . And if Hampshire and the banks were high enough ...
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