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that island, the wind blew so fair, and at the same time so 

 strong, that we thought it niore advisable to bear away, and 

 had the singular good luck to reach Leith Roads in less 

 time than we took going out, having performed our expedition 

 exactly in six weeks. 



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GEOLOGY. 



In the preceding part of this paper, I have purposely tefrain^ 

 ed from touching on geology, in order that I might bring to- 

 gether the few remarks that occurred on that subject. No 

 country perhaps presents such perfect sameness in its geologi- 

 cal relations ; from end to end the islands are composed of 

 trap rocks ; consequently, it is only to the peculiarities this 

 interesting series here affords, that my observations can ex- 

 tend. 



Sir George Mackenzie has already described part of the cu- 

 rious phenomena I now allude to, which he thinks corroborate 

 the doctrines suggested by some of the facts he met with in 

 Iceland, and has, in a great measure, exhausted a subject so 

 singularly meagre. A few observations, however, still remain 

 to be made, without entering into any theoretical discussions, 

 which, though amusing, in the present state of knowledge, are 

 not capable of leading us to any satisfactory conclusions, with 

 respect to the general formation of the globe. All I hope to 

 accomplish is, to give a faithful description of what I have 

 seen ; and to mark the impression made upon my mind, by 



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