Mr. Farey’s Notes on Mr. Bakewell’s Geology. 258 
P. 44, 
was perfectly right in concluding, 20 years ago, 
that rounded pebbles are never contained in regular 
strata or found under them, Rep. i. 109 and 134. 
After thoroughly and repeatedly considering 
the nature of the granular siliceous masses, called 
Sandstones and Grit-stones, from the finest, most 
uniform and almost imperceptible grit, (or even 
fine Sand in a stratum), to the irregularly coarse 
Millstone Grit of Derbyshire (Rep. i. 179), the 
still more irregularly coarse grit or puddingstone 
strata of South Wales and the Forest of Dean 
(Rep. i. xiii. and P. M. xl. p. 51), and the vastly 
more compounded and irregular Conglomerate 
or Puddingstone, which forms such stupendous 
Strata in the north of Scotland (Will. Min. King. 
ed Ed. i. 488), and stretch to the Orkneys: [am 
perfectly satisfied, that all such granular masses 
m strata, are of cotemporary formation with their 
paste or cement, and are distinguishable (though 
with difficulty sometimes), from rounded pebbles, 
having no real marks of attrition on them, though 
they often show on their outsides the effects of 
decomposition, so as to assume very exactly the 
appearance of worn stones. 
A Theorist, who sees in the same stratum or 
mass of conglomerate, distinct stones of all his. 
different classes perhaps, Primitive, Transition, 
and Secondary and even of the Alluvial of some 
Schools perhaps, will stoutly deny, and even ridi- 
cule my position, quoting against me the au- 
thority of a List of great Names from Lehman 
to Werner, &c.—Be it so, such may continue 
to enjoy their theories, and form Societies for 
amusing one another therewith, and [ will pursue 
my observations, until I meet with facts not ex- 
plainable but on their principles, and then I will 
not be backward in announcing them, and own- 
ing it. 
Opportunities more proper than this will doubr- 
Jess occur, in going through Mr. B’s volume, for 
these remarks, but I wished early to introduce 
them, and can refer back to them here, when 
necessary. 
44, Plate I. fig. 1.—see pages 44, 47, 83, 165, and 257.— 
Fig. 2, see page 45. 
45, |. 14, unconformable and overlying *.—* It has been 
hinted 
