202 DRIFT DEPOSITS OF MANCHESTER 



which the study of this deposit is calculated to 

 yield ; and, having now shown that it is equally 

 full of proofs of the wisdom and goodness of our 

 beneficent Creator, in preparing the world for its 

 present inhabitants, let us investigate the appear- 

 ances which this deposit presents in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Manchester. It is only by carefully 

 observing the phenomena, and comparing them 

 with the effects now being produced, that we can 

 arrive at the true causes which have been in 

 operation. 



Slight Description of the Drift of Man- 

 chester, AND ITS Neighbourhood. 



In the following remarks the foreign Drift, will 

 alone engage our attention, without any mention 

 being made of the local Drift ; and it is intended, 

 for the most part, to confine our observations to 

 the townships of Manchester, Ardwick, Beswick, 

 Bradford, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Hulme, Salford, 

 Pendleton, Cheetham, Crumpsall, and Broughton. 

 In describing the different deposits, we will con- 



