Relative level of the sea and land subject to change, § 388. Proofs that it has sunk, on the shores of this island, § 389,--on the coasts of France and Flanders, § 390, 391,--on the shores of the Baltic, § 392. This has not arisen from the depression of the sea, but from the elevation of the land, § 393, 394. The surface of the Hadriatic higher now than formerly, § 395, 396. Also of the Mediterranean, § 398. Irregularities in these changes, § 399, 400. Hypothesis of Frisi, that towards the equator the sea is every where rising, § 401. Disproved, _ib._ Conclusion, § 402. NOTE XXII.--Fossil Bones. p. 458 Vegetable and animal remains contained in the fossil kingdom, § 403. Of those that are enveloped or penetrated with calcareous earth, § 405, 406. Of the bones buried in the loose earth, § 407. Bones in Siberia referred to the rhinoceros and the elephant, § 408. Those on the Ohio doubtful, § 408, 409. Opinion of Camper, § 410.--of Cuvier, § 411. Objections to the latter, _ib._ Enumeration of five _species_ of animals now extinct, § 412. Change in the animal, and vegetable kingdom may account for bones found in countries where no analogous species now exists, § 414. Proofs that the animals whose bones are found in Siberia inhabited that country, § 415-417. NOTE XXIII.--Geology of Kirwan and De Luc. p. 477 These authors have improperly drawn religion into their quarrel with Dr Hutton, § 419. De Luc writes a history of what befel the earth before the creation of the sun, § 420. Remarks on Kirwan's geological writings, § 422, 423, 424, 425. NOTE XXIV.--System of Buffon. p. 483 In what Buffon's theory of the earth and Dr Hutton's agree, and in what they differ, § 426, 427. Great merit of Buffon, notwithstanding his errors, § 428. NOTE XXV.--Figure of the Earth. p. 488