CONTENTS.

ESSAY I. On Stratification. - - Page 1

II. On the Figure of the Earth . - 91

III. On the Inequalities which existed on theSurface of the Earth previously todiluvian Action, and on the Causes

of these Inequalities.

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200

IV.

On Formations.

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214

V.

On the Order of Succession in

Rocks.

231

VI.

On the Properties of Rocks, as con-nected with their respective Ages.

260

VII.

On the History of Strata, asfrom their Fossil Contents.

deduced

296

VIII.

On Mineral Veins.

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306