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BETWEEN

THE HOLY SCRIPTURES

AND SOME PARTS OF

GEOLOGICAL SCIENCE.

JOHN PYE SMITH, D.D. LL.D. F.R.S. & F.G.S.

DIVINITY TUTOR IN HOMERTON COLLEGE;

MEMBER OF THE PHILOLOGICAL, ETHNOLOGICAL, MICROSCOPICAL, AND PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETIES
AND HONORARY MEMBER OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF DEVON AND CORNWALL,
AND OF THE WASHINGTON U.S. NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE

PROMOTION OF SCIENCE,

FIFTH EDITION.

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JOHN HAMILTON DAVIES, B.A.

MINISTER OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AT SHERBORNE,

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