. 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. 467 point to the conclusions to which his researches h^ye led him, in order to shew that there has virtually been a positive re-creation of animals at each of the epochs of creation. "The mastodon, they say, found in the red and Norwich crag, was, till lately, regarded as a miocene or falunian species ; and, under this persuasion, calling it M. augustidenSt. THOMPSON ELEPHAS PRI
. 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. 467 point to the conclusions to which his researches h^ye led him, in order to shew that there has virtually been a positive re-creation of animals at each of the epochs of creation. "The mastodon, they say, found in the red and Norwich crag, was, till lately, regarded as a miocene or falunian species ; and, under this persuasion, calling it M. augustidenSt. THOMPSON ELEPHAS PRIMIGENIUS. on the authority of Prof. Owen, it was suggested by Mr. Lyell, that its remains might have been washed out of the strata into the crag. Many teeth of this mastodon, together with numerous ear-bones of whales, have recently been found at Felixstowe, in what is called the 'detrital bed,' so rich in phosphate of lime. That accumulation of drifted materials lies at ihe base of the red crag, and it has been supposed that the imbedded mammalian fossils were derived from the destruction of an older set of strata. But in regard to the mastodon above mentioned. Dr. Falconer declares that the fossil is a well known !-â 1 ⢠'1 â " I â¢â¢; 1'' r ' ! t j 1 f f i. 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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