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62871	Mantell, Gideon Algernon	Thoughts on a Pebble, or, A First Lesson in Geology			.txt	text/plain	17027	1411	74	gravel--an ancient sea-beach or shingle--formed of chalk-flints, that contains the remains of certain species of extinct shells and corals, [Sidenote: FOSSIL SHELLS IN CHALK.] abounds in marine shells and corals, and in the remains of fishes, living species; although a few of the corals and shells resemble, in [Sidenote: SHELLS AND FISHES IN CHALK.] concreted; for the deposition of the flint, like that of the chalk, 6:--Minute fossil shells from Flint and incontestably that the chalk and flint were deposited in the sea; the white chalk-strata were formed at a great distance from sea-shores the bottom of the sea; hence the shells, corals, and other organic above the waters, lines of sea-cliffs were formed, and boulders, sand, chalk species are figured of the natural size in _Lign. naturally expect to find the sea-shore bounded by chalk-cliffs. 1. A minute coral from chalk and flint; the lower figure is of the	./cache/62871.txt	./txt/62871.txt