. Outlines of natural theology for the use of the Canadian student [microform] : selected and arranged from the most authentic sources. Natural history; Natural theology; Sciences naturelles; Théologie naturelle. I' â - â i I â iPp-f. 484 tral Siberia, true ferns and parasitical orchideae would thrive amidst the thick woods. Even as far north as central Denmark, humming birds might be seen flutlering around delicate flowers, and parrots feeding amidst the evergreen woods, with which the mountains would be clothed to the water's edge. Nevertheless, the southern part of Scotlandâonly removed tw
. Outlines of natural theology for the use of the Canadian student [microform] : selected and arranged from the most authentic sources. Natural history; Natural theology; Sciences naturelles; Théologie naturelle. I' â - â i I â iPp-f. 484 tral Siberia, true ferns and parasitical orchideae would thrive amidst the thick woods. Even as far north as central Denmark, humming birds might be seen flutlering around delicate flowers, and parrots feeding amidst the evergreen woods, with which the mountains would be clothed to the water's edge. Nevertheless, the southern part of Scotlandâonly removed twice as far to the eastwardâwould pre- sent an island, almost wholly covered with everlast- ing snow, and having each bay terminated by ice- cliffs, from which great masses, yearly detached, would sometimes bear with them fragments of rock. This island would only boast of one land-bird* and a little grass and moss ; yet, in the same latitude, the sea might swarm with living creatures. A chain of mountains running north and south through the Alps, (but having an altitude much inferior to the latter,) would connect them with the central part of Denmark. Along this whole line, nearly every deep sound would end in bold and astonishing gla- ciers. In the Alps themselves, with their altitude reduced by one-half, we should find proofs of recent elevations, and occasionally terrible earthquakes would cause such masses of ice to be precipitated into the sea ; that waves, tearing all before them, would heap together enormous fragments, and pile them up in the corners of the valleys. At other times, ice-bergs, charged with no inconsiderable blocks of granite, would be floated from the flanks of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bovell, James, 1817-1880. [Toronto? : s. n. ]
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