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well’s “ Introduction to Geology,” and which I sincerely 
wish may be read, and studied, by hundreds of persons, 
with no less care and attention than I have bestowed upon 
it. Because I can assure them, that it contains many 
more of the facts concerning our planet, and fewer of the 
absurd and whimsical assertions and theories concerning it, 
than any of the numerous systematic works which have 
preceded it in our language, or I believe in any other, 
By producing a work, which on the one hand no where 
shocks us by its impiety, in setting up mistaken pheno- 
mena of the Earth and false hypotheses regarding it, against 
those Revelations which have obtained the assent of the 
largest portions of civilized men; and on the other hand, 
has excluded those futile and mischievous attempts at sup- 
porting Revelations and Miracles, by inapplicable natural 
phenomena, by supposed present evidences of the Deluge 
of Noah, in particular; on these grounds J consider Mr, 
Bakewell as having performed most important services, to 
Science and to Religion, at the same time, That he has 
done all that might be done, and that doubtless will be done 
by future Geologists, in the support of both or either of 
these, would perhaps be unreasonable to expect. 
Mr. B. has unfortunately shrunk from the labour, of 
making a copious alphabetical Index to his volume, but 
which, nevertheless, is so essential to the studying of, and 
referring to any work containing numerous details, as this 
does, that T have been induced to make one (and which 
Mr. B. shall have the use of at any time, if he wishes to 
publish it). Ilament also, that he has not followed the 
very excellent example set him by the late Dr. Richard 
Kirwan, in more generally and expressly quoting his au- 
thorities. 
Kirwan’s * Geological Essays,”’ was the first professed 
work on Geology which fell into: my hands; [ found it 
then most importantly useful, by its very numerous re- 
ferences to the volumes and pages of previous writers, and 
still on that account, it ought to be recommended to the 
perusal and frequent reference, of every English student, as 
well as to future writers, although too many points of 
his theory and inferences, need now to be passed over or 
forgotten. 
Piss thought the pages of Mr. Bakewell’s recent work, 
worth marginal References and Memorandums, in pretty 
considerable numbers; and thinking that many of these 
will prove useful to several others of your Geological Readers, 
and perhaps to future writers, when we shall be no more, 
oe Walla I intend 
