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 ? ?