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Comte Rendus p 570 1839 May 1

Wonderful Paper of M. Lund on animals of Brazil - shows the lessening in size of Mammalia most wonderfully - even in Marsupialia in S. America. Now let it be granted that some cause has been in action to reduce size of quadrupeds (we know not what cause is favourable to the larger size of Aquatic Mam. in Arctic regions) grant

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this & we have unknown cause, better surely than deluge - for how could deluge act over plains of Pampas - Is not America more a distinct Province now than formerly, longer separation. Wonderful Paper - study get facts by heart

Th extinction of S. American fossils can have no relation to iceberg period because subsequent to those on Santa Cruz.

[Lund. 1839. Extrait dune Lettre de M. Lund, écrite de Lagoa-Santa (Brésil), le 5 Novembre 1838, et donnant un aperçu des espèces de mammiferes fossiles qu'il à découvertes au Brésil. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, vol. 8: 570-577.]