. The Bible and science. (^^;^=^s=fas^ Fio. 12G.—Sigillaria attaclied to stigmarian roots. YiG. 137.—Siigmarlaficoides, a carboniferous lossil. deeper and deeper, and at length, descending belowthe sea-level, were covered with salt water, w^here a coatof limestone gradually formed over them. Pine trees grew on the land around those swamps,air-breathing reptiles and centipedes crawled along theground, and insects hummed through the air. In the PALEOZOIC FOSSILS—PERMIAN. 277 deep rivers, near the mouths of which many of thosswamps probably lay, were great fishes.

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