Calcutta journal of natural history, and miscellany of the arts and sciences in India

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Petaurista philippensis syn. Pteromys oral Identifier: calcuttajournalo02mccl (find matches)
Title: Calcutta journal of natural history, and miscellany of the arts and sciences in India
Year: 1840 (1840s)
Authors: McClelland, John, d. 1883
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: Calcutta, Bishop's College Press
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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st heaven(of which as yet there has been no destruction,) with thefirst earth it becomes evident that St. John consideredour present to be identical with the antediluvian earth;and again from his saying that on the destruction of thefirst earth there was no more sea we at once perceivethat the first earth has not yet passed away ; consequentlythe Mosaic geologist is again in error, and the destructioncaused by the deluge, must be limited to the extent to whichI have alone received it. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the firstheaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea a And I, John, saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, comingdown from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adornedfor her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Beholdthe tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell withthem, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall bewith them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and a
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On the Mosaic account of the Creation. 401 there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying,neither shall there be any more pain; for the former thingsare passed away.* Thus the views of the Mosaic geologists regarding the al-leged change of place between land and sea, are at oncerefuted both by sound and reasonable criticism, and by thecrowning fact, that portions of our present continents areidentical with the antediluvian earth, to which have beenadded by the greater elevation of the land in these lattertimes, large tracts of secondary deposits which were laid bareby the retirement of the sea at the period of the last greatrevolution. Thomas Hutton, Capt. Bengal Army.Mussooree, 2st August, 1841. On the Oral, or Singbhoom Flying Squirrel. Pteromys Oral.Plate xi. By Lieut. S. R. Tickell, Bengal Army. Order V.—Rodentia. Genus Sciurus.Sub-genus Pteromys.—Species Oral (Mihi.)Oral of the Koles.No Hindustanee name. Dimensions and description of a mature Male. Ft. Inches. From

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