...matter and soil, which has accumulated more than a foot of black earth around the roots of these trees. The regular and uniform preservation of this thin bed of black earth over a distance of so many miles, shows that * See Geological Transactions, Second Series, vol. ip 421 — 422. the change...

...dirt-bed, which has accumulated more than a foot of black earth, loaded with the wreck of its vegetation. The regular and uniform preservation of this thin bed of black earth over a distance of so many miles, shews that the change from dry land to the state of freshwater lake or estuary was not...

...forests beneath a body of freshwater, from which sediment enveloping fluviatile shells was deposited. 3dly. " The regular and uniform preservation of this...accompanied by any violent denudation, or rush of water, aince the loose black earth, together with the trees which lay prostrate on its surface, must inevitably...

...forests beneath a body of freshwater, from which sediment enveloping fluviatile shells was deposited. 3dly. " The regular and uniform preservation of this...bed of black earth over a distance of many miles, Ch. XVIII.) IN ISLE OF PORTLAND. 427 shows that the change from dry land to the state of a freshwater...

...former vegetation. " The regular and uniform preservation also of this thin bed, over a distance of so many miles, shows that the change from dry land to the state of a fresh-water lake or estuary, (which the nature of the overlying rock proves to have succeeded the period of dry land,) was not accompanied...

...the land sank down, and was submerged with its forests beneath a body of fresh water; and that the uniform preservation of this thin bed of black earth over a distance of many miles, shows the change was not attended by any violent rush of water. But in sections of more complicated appearances,...

...beneath a body of freshwater, from which sediment was thrown down enveloping fluviatile shells. 3clly. The regular and uniform preservation of this thin...distance of many miles, shows that the change from dry laud to the state of a freshwater lake or estuary, was not accompanied by any violent denudation, or...

...beneath a body of fresh water, from which sediment was thrown down containing fluviatile shells. 3. The regular and uniform preservation of this thin...lake or estuary was not accompanied by any violent rush of water, since the black earth and trees must inevitably have been swept away had any such violent...

...beneath a body of fresh water from which sediment was thrown down enveloping fluviatile shells. 3. The regular and uniform preservation of this thin...shows that the change from dry land to the state of a fresh- water lake, or estuary, was not accompanied by any violent denudation or rush of water, since...

...former vegetation. " The regular and uniform preservation abo of this thin bed over a distance of so many miles, shows that the change from dry land to the state of a fresh-water lake or œstuary (which the nature of the overlying rock provee to have succeeded the period of dry land) was...