. The polar world [microform] : a popular description of man and nature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe. Arctic races; Zoology; Races arctiques; Zoologie. AlU'TIC FOSSILS. â¢J 17 I*, (tf till' \()\V ld wlien'. ill it itios as year tln' lout ]>i'o- solidly- ccvtaiu ir to 111' »ro(.Mii'i'il imbcddi'il of the ralkt'd nil SCOVOl'i'il. 'rs. TIk' â inious of U thou;^!i sented tn Tlu" remains of a rhinoceros, very siniihir to the Indian sjieeies. are likewise found in o-reat nunihers alon^'the sliores, i>r on the steep and .-^audv river-banks of Northern Siber
. The polar world [microform] : a popular description of man and nature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe. Arctic races; Zoology; Races arctiques; Zoologie. AlU'TIC FOSSILS. â¢J 17 I*, (tf till' \()\V ld wlien'. ill it itios as year tln' lout ]>i'o- solidly- ccvtaiu ir to 111' »ro(.Mii'i'il imbcddi'il of the ralkt'd nil SCOVOl'i'il. 'rs. TIk' â inious of U thou;^!i sented tn Tlu" remains of a rhinoceros, very siniihir to the Indian sjieeies. are likewise found in o-reat nunihers alon^'the sliores, i>r on the steep and .-^audv river-banks of Northern Siberia, ;i]nii^- witli those <»f fossil s])eeies of the horse, the nuisk-ox, and the bist»n, whieh have now totally forsaken the Aretic wilds. The Archi]»ela^'o of New Siberia, situated to the north of llii" Liiehow Islands, was discovered by Sirowatsky in 1S(HI, and since then scientitically i'X]»lore(l by lledenstri'tni in I^OS. and Anjou in \^'l']. These islands are remarkable nred over their desolate shon'S, than for the vast (juantities of fossil-wood imbedded in their Koil. The hills, which rise to a considerable altitudi', consist of horizontal lii'ds of sandstone, alternating.;- with bituminous beams or trunks of trees. On ascending- them, fossilised charcoal is everywhere met with, encrusted with an ash-c(>h)ured matter, which is S(» hard that it can scarcely be scraj)ed otf with a knife. On the summit there is a lony* row of beams resem- liliiii^' the foriiKM', l)ut fixed perpendicularly in the sandstone. 'J'he ends, which ])roi(>ct from seven to ten inches, are for the most piirt broken, and the whole has the appearance of a ruinous dyke. Thus a robust forest veo-ctation once ilou- rished where now onlv hardv lichens can be seen; and nianv herbivorous animals feasted on f moss, and the polar bear is the sole lord of the dreary 'ihe A! iiali Shtui). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have
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