Chapter 6: LEFT-OVERS

THE LEWISIAN AND THE CREATION OF CONTINENTS

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• INSTRUCTIONS                                     
• 1:  A RED EARTH                                   
• 2:  DEEP SCAR: THE MOINE THRUST     
• 3:  THE FISH GRAVES OF ACHANARRAS
• 4:  VOLCANO                                         
• 5:  THE COMING ICE AGE                      
• 6:  LEFT-OVERS                                    
• 7:  HUTTON'S ARSE (1795)                     
• EPILOGUE                                             
• GLOSSARY                                            

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