RANGITIKEI.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVI, Issue 1689, 29 November 1861, Page 5

RANGITIKEI.

Western Rangitikei « Literary • Association. — The lecture for -this month was delivered on Monday eveniug last, in the church, by Dr. Curll. The attendance was good, and tbe audience listened with great attention to the. interesting statements that were made. The subject was, ""the Physical History of the Globe," the lecturer confining himself to the pre-Adamite. period, and describing with great clearness the various • strata whioh compose the crust of the globe, and the vast changes which mother Earth uuderwent previous^to her being fitted as a residence for man. ' This part of the lecture was illustrated by diagrams; and the discription of the monstrous creatures that walked the earth or swam. thY flood^duriug these epochs were rendered more vivid by good drawings, at sight of which the younger portion of the •audience no doubt felt thankful that they were not liable to be pounced on byyany of „. those winged monsters, and carried off as food for their little ones, as chickens now too often fall violims v to a hawk. The next leoture to be delivered, by Dr. .Curll is to be in continuation of the subject; and much interest is felt in anticipation of his explanation of the lata discoveries in France and.elsewhere.of wrought flints, &c, whioh geologists say indicate the presence of man on the earth at a period much anterior to that to whioh tha chronology received at present oarries us. - There was uo lecture Jiere last month in consequence of the inclen\enoy of the weather on 1 the evening appointed for the purpose.