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structure of our island ; and the names of Buckland and 

 Sedgewick have long been classed with the profoundest in- 

 vestigators of our times. 



In the department of comparative anatomy, interesting 

 results have attended the researches of Dr. Buckland, Mr. 

 Clift, Mr. Pentland, Mr. Mantell, Sir Everard Home, and 

 Mr. Coneybeare.* The volcanic phenomena have been ably 

 illustrated by Mr. Scrope and Dr. Daubeny. 



There is some difficulty in determining where to pause. 

 Were we to enumerate all those who have assisted in the 

 advancement of English geology, the list would extend fur- 

 ther than is compatible with the plan of our sketch ; but the 

 names of several of these authorities will occur as we proceed. 



While the naturalists of Great Britain were rewarded by 

 so many interesting discoveries, others, not less important, 

 resulted from the researches of their foreign contemporaries, 

 Cuvier, Humboldt, Brongniart, Lamarck, and other scientific 

 men in France, Italy, Germany, and in more remote parts of 

 the earth. 



The examinations of our own countrymen have likewise 

 been widely extended, and there are few parts of the world 

 which have not been subjected, more or less, to the inspection 

 of British geologists. For improving our knowledge of the 

 structure of Southern and Western Europe we are indebted 

 to Dr. Buckland, Mr. Bakewell, Mr. Scrope, Dr. Daubeny, 

 Sir A. Crichton, Dr. Fitton, Mr. Coneybeare, Dr. Trail, and 

 Mr. De la Beche ; of Russia, to Mr. Strangeways ; of Hungary, 

 to Dr. Bright; of Jamaica, to Mr. De la Beche and Mr. 

 Bennett ; of Antigua, to Dr. Nugent ; of Ceylon, to Dr. Davy ; 

 of the Straits of Magellan, to Captain King; of Rio de Ja- 

 neiro, to Mr. Caldcleugh ; the southern and western parts of 

 the Canadas, to Dr. Bigsby ; and the coast of Labrador, to 

 the Rev. Mr. Steinhauer ; the northern coasts of America, to 

 Captain Franklin and Dr. Richardson ; and of some portion 

 of the Arctic regions, to the scientific gentlemen attached to 

 the expedition commanded by Captain Parry. 



In India geological investigations have been pursued by 

 Mr. Colebrooke, Mr. Eraser, Messrs. S. and B. Babington, 

 Dr. Adam, and Mr. Craufurd ; and the latter gentleman has 

 recently brought a magnificent collection of fossil animal re- 

 mains from Ava. Captain James Franklin has illustrated the 

 geology of a portion of Central India by a map and memoir. 



* Mr. Weaver has described the fossil elk of Ireland j and Mr. Konig, 

 of the British Museum, has commenced a work on fossils, under the title of 

 Icones Fossilium Sectiles, 



