Mr, Farey’s Reply to Mr. Bakewell’s Letter. 165 
In p. 121, as well as in p.2i2 of his Geology, Mr. B. 
has pretended to repeat my description of ‘* the great Der- 
byshire Fault,”’ without having had the candour to acknow- 
Jedge, that I had not spoken positively of it, except from 
Wottingham to near Cheadle, had represented it principally 
‘by a dotted instead of a fall line on my Maps, and 
bad spoken respecting these parts, rather in the form of 
queries to other observers, proposed, J hope, with that mo- 
desty which becomes a sincere inquirer after truth, not- 
withstanding Mr. B’s unhandsome insinuations to the con- 
trary, at the bottom of p. 123. 
Another material feature of my description, of the part 
of this fault which I had fully examined, viz. that its r7se 
is represented to commence or to be imperceptible near Not- 
tingham (Red Marl being there on both sides) and to increase 
westward on its north side to Ramsor in Staffordshire (see 
my Map, (p. 97, and p. 165, &c. of Report i.), these have 
been wholly overlooked by Mr. B. (see p. 122): although, 
if two Observers, who could distinguish gravel from strata, 
were to set out from near Nottingham and proceed for 
Ramsor, ove might keep along upon the same (nearly level) 
Red Marl strata on the south side of this Fault, and the 
other might proceed on its north side, continually passing 
on to lower strata, viz. first NW to near Annesley,*to the 
top of the lower yellow lime Rock, then turning WNW, 
along Mr. Silverwood’s probable line of section, which is to 
show “ al! the known Derbyshire strata”’ (see p. 110) to near 
Slaley, on the top of the 4th LimestoneRock, and thence, first 
W and then S'W, over the edges of the beds of this Rock 
in succession, perhaps 360 yards deep in it, to the corner 
of the fault near Ramsor ; when by only a few steps across 
the same, be might joi his companion, on the very stra- 
tum on which they both set out! 
{Instead of “* a calm’ investigation” of these simple and 
important facts, Mr. B. has chosen to introduce the figura- 
tive expressions ‘¢ a rent or fracture of the earth’s surface 
which has torn the island,” (p. 121), **a rent of such vast 
magnitude,” (p. 192), ‘€a rent of the island,” (Geo. 
p- 213), &e. 
I have neither ¢ gravely” or otherwise *¢ asserted, that 
such a fault” as Mr. B. has quoted from Dr. Kidd (p. 122 
extends in the direction mentioned, but the contrary of 
this, see p. 107 and 108; because the Doctor’s broken 
House, having nothing above its garrets but the roof and 
atmosphere, could. not do otherwise than form a step or 
cliff Ly the side of the fracture: and 1 lament to be called 
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