Origin of Species Variorum

→ of the whole world 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869

OMIT 1872

→ I suspect that not 1859 1860 1861 1866

Not 1869 1872

→ epoch. 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869

epoch. Wherever sediment did not accumulate on the bed of the sea, or where it did not accumulate at a sufficient rate to protect organic bodies from decay, no remains could be preserved. 1872

→ Formations rich in fossils, and of thickness sufficient 1866

In our archipelago, I believe that fossiliferous formations could be formed of sufficient thickness 1859

I believe that fossiliferous formations could be formed in the archipelago, of thickness sufficient 1860

As the common rule formations rich in fossils would be formed in the archipelago, of thickness sufficient 1861

Formations rich in fossils of many kinds, and of thickness sufficient 1869 1872

→ would generally be formed in the archipelago only 1866 1869 1872

only 1859 1860 1861

→ of time, during 1866 1869 1872

during 1859 1860 1861

→ on the steeper shores would 1861 1866 1869 1872

would 1859 1860

→ America; even throughout the extensive and shallow seas within the archipelago sedimentary beds could not, during the periods of elevation, be accumulated of great thickness, or become capped and protected by subsequent deposits, so as to have a good chance of enduring to an extremely distant future. 1861 1866

America. 1859 1860 1872

America; even throughout the extensive and shallow seas within the archipelago sedimentary beds could hardly be accumulated of great thickness during the periods of elevation, or become capped and protected by subsequent deposits, so as to have a good chance of enduring to a very distant future. 1869

formations

forma- tions

which have been examined with any accuracy, excepting those of the United States of America. I fully agree with Mr. Godwin-Austen, that the present condition of the Malay Archipelago, with its numerous large islands separated by wide and shallow seas, probably represents the former state of Europe,

when

whilst

most of our formations were accumulating. The Malay Archipelago is one of the richest regions →of the whole world in organic beings; yet if all the species were to be collected which have ever lived there, how imperfectly would they represent the natural history of the world!

But we have every reason to believe that the terrestrial productions of the archipelago would be preserved in an

extremely

excessively

imperfect manner in the formations which we suppose to be there accumulating. →I suspect that not many of the strictly littoral animals, or of those which lived on naked submarine rocks, would be embedded; and those embedded in gravel or

sand,

sand

would not endure to a distant →epoch. Wherever sediment did not

accu- mulate

accumulate

on the bed of the sea, or where it did not accumulate at a sufficient rate to protect organic bodies from decay, no remains could be preserved.

→Formations rich in fossils, and of thickness sufficient to last to an

age,

age

as distant in futurity as the secondary formations lie in the past, →would generally be formed in the archipelago only during periods of subsidence. These periods of subsidence would be separated from each other by

immense

enormous

intervals,

intervals

→of time, during which the area would be either stationary or rising; whilst rising,

each

the

fossiliferous

formation

formations

→on the steeper shores would be destroyed, almost as soon as accumulated, by the incessant coast-action, as we now see on the shores of South →America; even throughout the extensive and shallow seas within the archipelago sedimentary beds could not, during the periods of elevation, be accumulated of great thickness, or become capped and protected by subsequent deposits, so as to have a good chance of enduring to an extremely distant future.