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A New Mare Internum

           "Yes;nodoubtofit.Lookatthatdustunderyourfeet;seethebonesscatteredontheground."

           "Sothereare!"Icried;"bonesofextinctanimals."

           Ihadrushedupontheseremains,formedofindestructiblephosphatesoflime,andwithouthesitationInamedthesemonstrousbones,whichlayscatteredaboutlikedecayedtrunksoftrees.

           "Hereisthelowerjawofamastodon,"Isaid."Thesearethemolarteethofthedeinotherium;thisfemurmusthavebelongedtothegreatestofthosebeasts,themegatherium.Itcertainlyisamenagerie,fortheseremainswerenotbroughtherebyadeluge.Theanimalstowhichtheybelongedroamedontheshoresofthissubterraneansea,undertheshadeofthosearborescenttrees.Hereareentireskeletons.AndyetIcannotunderstandtheappearanceofthesequadrupedsinagranitecavern."

           "Why?"

           "Becauseanimallifeexistedupontheearthonlyinthesecondaryperiod,whenasedimentofsoilhadbeendepositedbytherivers,andtakentheplaceoftheincandescentrocksoftheprimitiveperiod."

           "Well,Axel,thereisaverysimpleanswertoyourobjectionthatthissoilisalluvial."

           "What!atsuchadepthbelowthesurfaceoftheearth?"

           "Nodoubt;andthereisageologicalexplanationofthefact.Atacertainperiodtheearthconsistedonlyofanelasticcrustorbark,alternatelyactedonbyforcesfromaboveorbelow,accordingtothelawsofattractionandgravitation.

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