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The Liedenbrock Museum of Geology

           Thiswouldexplaintheexistenceofthosecloudssuspendedoverourheadsandthedevelopmentofthatelectricitywhichraisedsuchtempestswithinthebowelsoftheearth.

           Thistheoryofthephenomenawehadwitnessedseemedsatisfactorytome;forhowevergreatandstupendousthephenomenaofnature,fixedphysicallawswillormayalwaysexplainthem.

           Wewerethereforewalkinguponsedimentarysoil,thedepositsofthewatersofformerages.TheProfessorwascarefullyexaminingeverylittlefissureintherocks.Whereverhesawaholehealwayswantedtoknowthedepthofit.Tohimthiswasimportant.

           WehadtraversedtheshoresoftheLiedenbrockseaforamilewhenweobservedasuddenchangeintheappearanceofthesoil.Itseemedupset,contorted,andconvulsedbyaviolentupheavalofthelowerstrata.Inmanyplacesdepressionsorelevationsgavewitnesstosometremendouspowereffectingthedislocationofstrata.

           Wemovedwithdifficultyacrossthesegranitefissuresandchasmsmingledwithsilex,crystalsofquartz,andalluvialdeposits,whenafield,nay,morethanafield,avastplain,ofbleachedboneslayspreadbeforeus.Itseemedlikeanimmensecemetery,wheretheremainsoftwentyagesmingledtheirdusttogether.Hugemoundsofbonyfragmentsrosestageafterstageinthedistance.Theyundulatedawaytothelimitsofthehorizon,andmeltedinthedistanceinafainthaze.Therewithinthreesquaremileswereaccumulatedthematerialsforacompletehistoryoftheanimallifeofages,ahistoryscarcelyoutlinedinthetoorecentstrataoftheinhabitedworld.

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