In Several Sections, Both Natural In The Banks Of The Mississippi And Its Numerous Arms, And Where Artificial Canals Had Been Cut, I Observed Erect Stumps Of Trees, With Their Roots Attached, Buried In Strata At Different Heights, One Over The Other.

In several sections, both natural in the banks of the Mississippi and its numerous arms, and where artificial canals had been cut, I observed erect stumps of trees, with their roots attached, buried in strata at different heights, one over the other.

Charles Lyell

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In reply, I can only plead that a discovery which seems to contradict the general tenor of previous investigations is naturally received with much hesitation.

Charles Lyell

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