Summary of the Argument--Striking Coincidence between the Order of Creation as set forth in the Narrative of Moses and in the Records of Geology--Comparison illustrated and developed--Scheme of Adjustment between the Periods of Geology and the Days of Genesis--Tabular View of this Scheme--Objections considered--It is not to be regarded as an established Theory, but as an admissible Hypothesis--Either the first Hypothesis or the second is sufficient to meet the demands of Geology as regards the Antiquity of the Earth--Not necessary to suppose that the Sacred Writer was made acquainted with the long Ages of Geological Time--He simply records faithfully that which was committed to his charge--The Mosaic History of Creation stands alone, without Rivals or Competitors, 343 [Illustration] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE 1. Granitic Rocks off the Shetland Islands, 63 2. Iceberg seen in mid ocean, 1400 miles from land, 75 3. Block of Limestone Rock with Glacial-markings, 78 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Examples of living Zoophytes: Campanularia Gelatinosa; Gorgonia Patula, 131 Frustra Pilosa; Madrepora Plantaginea, 132 Corallium Rubrum, 133 9, 10. Fossil Ferns from the Coal Measures, 143 11. Trunk and roots of a forest tree; found erect in a Coal Mine, near Liverpool, 152 12. Fossil Irish Deer, 163 13. Fossil Wood, showing the rings of annual growth, 171 14, 15. Fossil Fish from Monte Bolea in Italy, 173, 174 16. Group of several Fossil Fish in one block of Limestone, 176 17. Fossil Fish from the Chalk Rock of Sussex, 177 18, 19. Two Skeletons of the Ichthyosaurus, from the Lias of Dorsetshire, preserved in the Museum of Trinity College, Dublin, 179 20. Plesiosaurus Cramptonii, from the Lias of Yorkshire, preserved in the Museum of the Royal Dublin Society, 182 21. The Megatherium, or Great Wild Beast, 185 22. The Mylodon Robustus, 186 23. Section of a Quarry in the Island of Portland, showing the stumps of an ancient forest standing erect in the solid rock, 189 24. Calamite from the Coal Measures of Newcastle, 191 25. Lepidodendron Sternbergii; a forest tree erect in a Coal Mine, 192 26. Lepidodendron Elegans; Stem and branches, from a Coal Mine, near Newcastle, 193