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opinions than my own as to its merits, and would therefore consider it a 

 great favour if you would inform me whether it has been reviewed in any 

 of the periodicals. If not, some one of your correspondents may, perhaps, 

 at your suggestion, be inclined to notice it in your Magazine. 



I trouble you with this communication, also, from the fears I entertain 

 of the mischief which the book is likely to produce among those who are 

 ignorant of the theory of geology, and the evidence on which it is founded, 

 if it be suffered to remain unanswered, and the narrow-minded sentiments 

 therein, in my opinion, displayed, unpointed out. — An Admirer of Buck- 

 land. 



The book is certainly, with some unlearned readers, a little calculated to 

 create the impressions your correspondent speaks of,* but I question if such 

 people read the Magazine of Natural History, or any works of science or 

 philosophy. It is wasting words and time to combat with ignorance and 

 prejudice. — R. C. T. 



A Fossil Shell from a Qjaarry in Radnorshire. — Sir, The fossil from which 

 I copied the drawing I have sent {fig. 27.) was found in a quarry on the 

 estate of D. Thomas, Esq., Wellfield House, Radnorshire, where I believe 



they abound. As I am but a novice in the study of natural history, and 

 cannot inform you in what stone it is embedded, I have endeavoured to 

 represent it as near the colour as possible. To me it is rare, never having 

 seen a similar specimen before ; and I should therefore feel obliged if you 

 would inform me, in your next Number, what it is. The copy is the exact 

 size of the impression. I am. Sir, &c. — J. A, H. Kingston^ Herefordshire, 

 Sept. 29. 



The above figure represents a fine specimen of Trilobites (A-'saphus) 

 Debuchw A. Brongniart {Hist. Nat. des Crust. Foss. 20. tab. 2. f. 2. Par- 

 kinsouy iii. pi. 17. f. 13.) The stone it occurs in is either transition slate or 

 limestone. — J. D. C. S. 



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