58 " JVhether Music is necessary to the Orator, — 



How different is the course which Mr. Smith has pursued in 

 his attempt to develop the structure of his native country ! His 

 principles have arisen wholly out of his own obeervations on the 

 strata of England ; and I am not aware that he has attempted 

 to found any general system of geology upon his discoveries. He 

 has ascertained that certain shells are peculiar to certain strata*; 

 and, with the help of this and some other principles equally 

 original, he has succeeded in tracing the principal features of the 

 structure of England ; and by selecting a series ofstrata (many of 

 them in other respects insignificant) he has been able to lay 

 down on his Map the principal outlines of the geology of England 

 and Wales. 



If the results of Werner's researches had borne the least ana- 

 logy to those of Mr. Smith, we might have supposed tliem to 

 have been conducted on similar |jrinciples ; but it is too evident 

 that the Wernerians search only for evidence to support a fa- 

 vourite hvpothesis, while Mr. Smith attempts to describe the 

 real state of the earth's surface. 



I am, sir, yours, &;c. &;c, 

 Jan. 14, 1S18. Thomas Tredgold. 



Vni. On the Oneslion '■' Whether Music is necessary to the 

 Orator — to what Extent, and how most readily attainable ?" 

 ' By Henry Upjngton, Esq. 



[Continued from Vol. L. p. 327-] 



To Mr. Tilloch. 

 J , Blair's Hill, Cork, Dec. 17, 1817- 



X PERCEIVE that my last letter, which treated of ancient music, 

 was inserted in your Magazine for November ; and in pursuance 

 of mv inquirv " Whether Music is necessary to the Orator, — to 

 what Extent, and how most readily attainable?" I have now to 

 present vou with some observations on our harmonical system. 

 I cannot assure you that they are altogether new, for I am well 

 aware that few ideas deserve the epithet " original ;" yet, such 

 as they are, I shall submit them to your consideration. 



Having taken it for the present as granted, that the Greeks 

 were truly correct in acknowledging the fourth as the only per- 

 fect concord f, my next inquiry was — Why that concord has been 

 rejected by the modems ; wliile the subordinate fifth, and its 

 inferior associates the thirds, have constituted (at the expense of 



* See his " Strata identified," S:c. 



f The term " perfect concord" appertains to that note alone, which be- 

 ing struck in conjunction with any given fundamental and its upper octave 

 shall constitute — not the most decided jhigle, but the most intimate rela- 

 tion of both. 



perfection) 



