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Hill, present themselves and continue down to die limestone rocks. The soil ol this tract, as of ail -the recently l'armto bottoms, is deop and fertile.' ,? . . ?; * The piwrtts ot the northern part of the _ Miami country aft belong to the alluvial formation. Many of them are low, wet. levcl( rich, *?nd la the situation of new Al luvions, others appear to be very ancient, are cleraiftd warty to the highest point ol the, country ??Q<1 V9?tk) ?yt.||i supposed alluvjaj^j^tftffiiQ. a geological a mi nation, or an inspection of the border ing woodland*. Titty at?fc compost/u at wonrybtiMes, 00m- sand, a?d bite ttf? minuted by banks from >0, to 20 feet in height. Most of thdm nave outlets, through which are discharged amall stream^ of ptfre water. lit rs isomtwhat singular thdlthe lands of nverau fcj rnals, jfi bayj? hiihertu been found. In Cindnn&rtj duly vestige* ol this kind, are %k>AJe- shtHls. of th'i gerftts tkytt, which inhabit* tUB^fiio. A number of those' wcrg ibund at 0w depih.?f ;4Q feet, in dtg-j ging for water, near tlje, back part of the Hill ; knd afterwards in the Bottom, at about the same depth, and at tlit^d' stance baifk. In the forynpv ease, thfcy were lyin^ in con nexion with girapevir? ---* ? ? ble matteri^Jfldj&# with the sheik ble worknjeo ?"e'D 4f* , Indians "Hie pository of the huge which K?ve been( ~ bom. reniiltis* Ipiipl was.^nw&lfl I ?? njturalists: it mmi Kle^MaStod^,; M. Cnvier cOntf he has lia?to^??.o?i. 'lhe teeth with flat sur feces, belong to the former ; ?s&t s&LXstr tiUe# of the hones ol fcbth. Other fon^sc^tv have br?, fo?n* J? eel wit)* those of the smaher 40 miles by water below Cincinnati!' ^hey' Were de^osiied about four miles fiomthe On Licking river, at the IMue Lick-, ol the same kind haV6 BgjeTi found, unutr similar elrcamstinc**. In the alluvi lands of the Ohio, but few have yet discovered. Near the riv#* St. Mary, .... of ^ <>f the Maumee. a grind' er of the first sptcies was dug -up. Near Dayton, contiguous ^o^thd threat ftljami, I a tooth of the sacortd species has be**di{| covetetk . lit ;tb?V uppe* On' Cincinnati is buiit, a jom^F tht if2 -- ' ?? F7 Th? only roatal yet discovered,; and the >nie, wtrich in places i* inelalic substantia. 1 %?* s^ii&awz Jrttf wa* Iflr/TEm^evfe ascertained Jjj 5&% jfei^ ^feSSg SiMSf# l&friutfjrfc. AiS Jfcfl .. ^ ' jytrics were u|ro|ifp' ptthrrV' ;:.i " **ok th# Jbf ' v ? > vi* Kitty nj the present state of polite Learning CHAP fER 4V. * ? Of tfeptrfcfAion ??wfac A learning and the Sj&ntn conM**rr'ieil. ,/Vyhile theoihe*power? of the mind in* dtrtge ill ff**|Mtnfc;iepo*e, end are AwrowJj, etrcttniscribtdt4n thefe operation! memory poly tiape#,. the impressions cf preceding notions, and conception swells at tlM| Us object* while judgw qp?pt de?ido?<hyny?fin oi luiawtMjpigioink and ?w^n,W|reJy4tnp*rt?tHe please* 4?id paintul fceUngf pf themoinent, irwgi-, dew m uncxpfored regions, and soars to [of ind ftn^e* mti*l degrees of fallacious perfection ? ?