Smith, Hamilton Lanphere, 1819-1903. [from old catalog] · Cleveland, M. C. Younglove and company · leaf 204
which are imbeddedin the basin of the sea at the mouth of the river. In this mannerthe remains of animals and vegetables are being continually en-veloped, and, should these deltas some day become dryland, thenaturalist could determine bv a studv of the imbedded remains, EXCAVATION OF A LAVA… … Sicilian rivers, which flows at the base of Etna. A A, bed of lavawhich has flown to a distance of five or six miles; B, bed of theSimento; C, foot of the cone of Etna; D, marine and volcanicstrata: E, ancient bed of the river. The lava current in whichthe channel is eroded is one of the more…
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