. The testimony of the rocks; . MYLODON GLYPTODON CLAVIPES. predecessors in the monstrous birds, such as the dinornis,the aptornis, and the palapteryx, — wingless creatures like THE NOACHIAN DELUGE. 347 the ostrich, that stood from six to twelve feet in these several regions two generations of species of thegenera peculiar to them have existed, — the recent goneia-tion by whose descendants they are still inhabited, and theextinct gigantic generation, whose remains we find lockedup in their soils and caves. But how are such facts rec-oncileable with the hypothesis
. The testimony of the rocks; . MYLODON GLYPTODON CLAVIPES. predecessors in the monstrous birds, such as the dinornis,the aptornis, and the palapteryx, — wingless creatures like THE NOACHIAN DELUGE. 347 the ostrich, that stood from six to twelve feet in these several regions two generations of species of thegenera peculiar to them have existed, — the recent goneia-tion by whose descendants they are still inhabited, and theextinct gigantic generation, whose remains we find lockedup in their soils and caves. But how are such facts rec-oncileable with the hypothesis of a universal deluge ?/ The deluge was an event of the existing creation. Hadit been universal, it would either have broken up all thediverse centres, and substituted one great general centreinstead, — that in which the ark rested; or else, at anenormous expense of miracle, all the animals preserved bynatural means by Noah would have had to be returned bysupernatural means to the regions whence by means equallysupernatural they had been brought. Th
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