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nomey shyt intended to put down the alluvion in all such cases, 
ut have colored the spot according to the subjacent pia 
And on this pond I am sensible that there are a num 
of small parts of the alluvion that ought, in strictness, ts 
have been colored as old red sandstone; as in East-Hamp- 
ton and Pipers: but pene so small they. were neglec. 
ted. 
16. Gezst. Jameson. e eee 
- Déluvian Detritus. Buckland. 
“ By geest,” says Jameson, “is understood the alluvial 
matter which is spread over the surface both of the hilly 
and low country and appears to Bane been formed the last 
time the waters of the ocean stood over the surface of the 
earth. And it is probable that Professor Buckland refers 
to the sa By delavi- 
an detritus, he means : “fragments $ of neighba 1g and dis- 
tant rocks, and with bones not mikeraliced geneeae in 
valleys.” Whatever objections may lie against these defi- 
nitions, every geologist knows that much ‘deposition exists 
on the globe which no one refers to what is commonly un- 
derstood by alluvion, and which could result from no pro- 
cesses nature is now carrying on. This is scattered over 
the most mountainous tracts, and in all cases of consider- 
able extent, occupies at least three quarters of the surface. 
It is usually denominated soil, comprehending, however, 
the bowlder stones and organic remains that soil contains. 
As a general fact, this geest, in primitive regions, consists 
of comminuted particles and rolled stones of primitive 
rocks. In secondary tracts it consists of secondary detritus, 
though more renege’ mixed with penton of me: ofa 
where ; and among all the rocks none seems to be more 
scattered than granite : though perhaps the numerous beds 
and veins of this rock found almost every where may ac- 
